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Protecting cities with AI-driven flash flood forecasting

Protecting cities with AI-driven flash flood forecasting

A new flood-warning model aims to extend early warning coverage beyond hyper-local systems by relying on global weather products and ... Read more

Should You Go Electric? How Rising Gas Prices Are Pressuring Drivers to Make the Switch

Should You Go Electric? How Rising Gas Prices Are Pressuring Drivers to Make the Switch

When Kevin Ketels bought his electric 2026 Chevrolet Blazer last year, he was excited about going green. He wanted to ... Read more

Protecting cities with AI-driven flash flood forecasting

Introducing Groundsource: Turning news reports into data with Gemini

Researchers have described a system called Groundsource that turns unstructured news reports about flooding into structured data by using Google ... Read more

Uber Launches Nationwide Women-Only Rides: A Safe Travel Solution Across the US

Uber Launches Nationwide Women-Only Rides: A Safe Travel Solution Across the US

Uber has introduced a new feature allowing women riders and drivers to be matched with each other for trips across ... Read more

Cytotrait Raises £3 Million Seed Funding to Revolutionize Global Food Security and Promote Sustainable Agriculture

Cytotrait Raises £3 Million Seed Funding to Revolutionize Global Food Security and Promote Sustainable Agriculture

Cytotrait, a biotech company spun out from The University of Manchester, has raised £3 million in seed funding. This investment, ... Read more

Envisioning 2040: The Revolutionary Future of Food Technology and Farming

Envisioning 2040: The Revolutionary Future of Food Technology and Farming

Imagine biting into a strawberry that’s been cultivated right in the heart of the city. It’s grown without soil or ... Read more

Protecting cities with AI-driven flash flood forecasting

WAXAL: A large-scale open resource for African language speech technology

The WAXAL project was built with a focus on the African AI ecosystem, with data collection led by African academic ... Read more

Protecting cities with AI-driven flash flood forecasting

Where wild things roam: Identifying wildlife with SpeciesNet

Google-developed AI model SpeciesNet is being used to identify animals in camera trap images, giving researchers and conservation teams a ... Read more

Unlocking the Future: Insights from India’s AI Summit and the Impact of Techno-Civilizational Modernity

Unlocking the Future: Insights from India’s AI Summit and the Impact of Techno-Civilizational Modernity

India’s AI Impact Summit 2026 showcased the country’s growing tech strength, attracting big names like Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman. ... Read more