The Download: a “dire wolf” revival, and safeguarding AI companions
09 Apr
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The Download: a “dire wolf” revival, and safeguarding AI companions

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This is today's edition of The Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Game of clones: Colossal’s new wolves are cute, but are they dire? For several years now, Texas-based company Colossal Biosciences has been in the news for its plans to re-create woolly mammoths someday. But now it’s making a bold new claim—that it has actually “de-extincted” an animal called the dire wolf. Dire wolves were large, big-jawed members of the canine family. More than 400 of their skulls have been recovered from the La Brea Tar Pits in California. Ultimately they were replaced by smaller relatives like the gray wolf. In its effort to re-create the animal, Colossal says, it extracted DNA information from dire wolf bones and used...
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How to make great coffee with fewer beans, according to science
09 Apr
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How to make great coffee with fewer beans, according to science

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Physics Physicists have determined that the ideal technique for pour-over coffee can use up to 10 per cent fewer beans to make a cup just as flavoursome By Matthew Sparkes   The right technique can make great pour-over coffee with fewer beans Kemal Yildirim/Getty Images Physicists have discovered a technique that can produce the perfect cup of coffee with up to 10 per cent fewer beans. With climate change making coffee production an increasingly tricky proposition, it is becoming more important to brew in the most efficient way possible, says Arnold Mathijssen at the University of Pennsylvania. “Coffee is getting harder to grow, and so, because of that, prices for coffee will likely increase in coming years,” he says. “The idea for this research was really to see if we could help do something by reducing the amount of coffee beans that are...
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How Kraken HR leverages AI to supercharge hiring and employee experience
09 Apr
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How Kraken HR leverages AI to supercharge hiring and employee experience

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By Pranesh Anthapur, Kraken Chief People Officer As one of the world’s most trusted crypto platforms, we embrace innovation – not just in crypto, but also in how we manage and support our employees, Krakenites. AI is an element of our HR strategy, helping us make more data-driven decisions, enhance the candidate experience and continuously improve Krakenite engagement. Here’s a look at how we’re using AI in our hiring process – aligned with our belief that the future of hiring should embrace AI, but not be dictated by it.AI-powered hiring: Efficiency without losing the human touchFirst things first: Kraken doesn’t use AI to make yes or no decisions on hiring. You will not be hired or denied based on an AI decision. What AI does do is cut through...
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IEEE-HKN Marks 120th Anniversary With Hackathon
09 Apr
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IEEE-HKN Marks 120th Anniversary With Hackathon

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Among the many events that marked the IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) honor society’s 120th anniversary last year was its first international hackathon. Organized by a group of 10 HKN students and led by recent graduate Christian Winingar from the Gamma Theta chapter at Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, the hackathon required more than seven months of planning. The idea originated from students who attended the society’s 2023 Student Leadership Conference to continue fostering international collaboration among the society’s chapters. “It seemed a natural fit to organize it as a way to celebrate the society’s anniversary,” says Serena Canavero, one of the event’s organizers and the 2025 HKN student governor. To tie the hackathon to the establishment of the society, the organizing committee created mathematical and engineering problems around saving the eight founders of HKN from...
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