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Alphabet Inc's Google will change procedures before July for reviewing its scientists' work, according to a town hall recording heard by Reuters, part of an effort to quell internal tumult over the integrity of its artificial intelligence (AI) research . In remarks at a staff meeting last Friday, Google Research executives said they were working to regain trust after the company ousted two prominent women and rejected their work, according to an hour-long recording, the content of which was confirmed by two sources. Teams are already trialing a questionnaire that will assess projects for risk and help scientists navigate reviews, research unit Chief Operating Officer Maggie Johnson said in the meeting. This initial change will roll out by the end of the second quarter, and the majority of papers will not require extra vetting, she said. Reuters reported in December that Google had introduced a "sensitive topics" review for studies involving dozens of issues, such as China … [Read more...] about Google pledges changes to research oversight after internal revolt

India on Thursday rolled out new regulations for social media companies and digital streaming websites to make them more accountable for the online content shared on their platforms , giving the government more power to police it. The Information Technology Ministry said the new regulations would require social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to swiftly erase content authorities deem unlawful. The regulations include a strict oversight mechanism that would allow the government to ban content affecting "the sovereignty and integrity of India." The regulations would also require social media companies to assist investigations by India's law enforcement agencies. They were announced as debate swirls over free speech and the suspension by Twitter of some Indian accounts linked to farmers' protests after regulators ordered them to be blocked. Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the new regulations were a "soft touch progressive institutional … [Read more...] about India introduces new rules to regulate online content

The latest expedition by divers to the wreck of the Mentor, which sank just off the island of Kythera (also spelled Kithira and Kythira) in 1802, has recovered several pieces of the ship's rigging, coins, the leather sole of a shoe, a metal buckle, a token for playing cards, two chess pieces, fragments of cooking utensils and other seemingly mundane objects. When it sank, the ship was carrying marble sculptures chipped from the badly damaged Parthenon in Athens — later known as the " Elgin Marbles or Parthenon Marbles. These spectacular sculptures — which depict Greek gods, heroes and animals — are now on display at the British Museum in London. Related: 20 of the most mysterious shipwrecks ever But the small objects recovered from the wreck reveal intriguing aspects of the lives of the people onboard the ship when it sank, said marine archaeologist Dimitris Kourkoumelis, of the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, a department of the Greek Ministry of Culture and … [Read more...] about Greek ship carrying parts of the Parthenon is giving up more secrets

A rare Amazonian cactus that blooms only once a year for just 12 hours has successfully flowered in the U.K. for the first time, capturing the attention of hundreds of thousands of people around the world who watched the event online. The moonflower ( Selenicereus wittii ) is a rather unusual cactus with a flattened stem that spirals around other trees like ribbons. It grows deep inside a single patch of rainforest in Brazil and flowers for a single night every year, so only a handful of people have witnessed the blooming process in the wild. On Feb. 20, a moonflower at Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG) bloomed and the entire process was captured on film for the first time. More than 400,000 people watched the livestream on the CUBG website and YouTube channel, according to the BBC . "It's been absolutely overwhelming for us," Alex Summers, the CUBG greenhouse supervisor in charge of the moonflower, told Live Science. "Growing plants doesn't normally get … [Read more...] about 1st time-lapse of rare moonflower blooming is stunning

This story is part of Elections 2020 , CNET's coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. It's onto New Hampshire. After the confusing and frustrating Iowa caucuses , which were marred by glitches in an app designed to count the results , the Democrats vying to be their party's candidate for the White House this November are turning their attention to the northeast. On Tuesday, the Granite State holds the first primary in the US. A host of technology policies are among issues, including health care, climate change and immigration, the candidates will be campaigning on. In the highly polarized political climate, it's often easy to overlook that there's a lot of agreement on broad tech concerns. Democrats and Republicans agree online platforms like Amazon , Google and Facebook are too powerful and need to be reined in. They also believe the digital divide between rural and urban America needs to be closed , and that we need some net neutrality … [Read more...] about As New Hampshire primary nears, here are the biggest tech issues on the campaign trail