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She Escaped an Abusive Marriage—Now She Helps Women Battle Cyber Harassment
Nighat Dad grew up in a conservative family in Jhang, in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The threat of early…
December 5, 2024
A New Benchmark for the Risks of AI
MLCommons, a nonprofit that helps companies measure the performance of their artificial intelligence systems, is launching a new…
December 4, 2024
Lasers Are Making It Easier to Find Buried Land Mines
scientists in the US have developed a technology that can detect land mines from far away and with…
December 4, 2024
Emergency Vehicle Lights Can Screw Up a Car’s Automated Driving System
Tesla, which disbanded its public relations team in 2021, did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment. The…
November 26, 2024
5 Best Personal Safety Alarms (2024), Tested and Reviewed
Make some noise for safety with our favorite alarms, from keychain sirens to wearable bracelets. Source link
November 25, 2024
Automatic Braking Systems Save Lives. Now They’ll Need to Work at 62 MPH
But no story can be all good news. Auto industry officials argue that meeting that 2029 target will…
November 18, 2024
6 Tested Safety Apps for Personal Protection (2024)
Your iPhone comes equipped with a few safety features that work right out of the box—no extra downloads…
November 7, 2024
How Electric-Vehicle Battery Fires Happen—and How You Should React
Lithium-ion battery fires can be intense and frightening. As someone who used to repair second-hand smartphones, I’ve extinguished…
August 22, 2024
Amazon Has to Recall More Than 400,000 Dangerous Products
Amazon failed to adequately alert more than 300,000 customers to serious risks—including death and electrocution—that US Consumer Product…
July 31, 2024
What’s the Safest Seat on an Airplane?
The back, though liable to separate from the plane in a catastrophic crash, is more likely to stay…
April 26, 2024