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- Highlights From MR2025 – State of…
In mid-June, over 400 academics, policymakers and practitioners attended MR2025: Mobility, Adaptation, and Wellbeing in a Changing Climate, hosted by the Columbia Climate School in partnership with the Global Centre for Climate Mobility and the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change. Since its inception in 2019, the conference has convened every two years … Read more - Breaking the Siege: The Madleen and…
From the Madleen to the Sumud (Global March to Gaza), the silence has been broken. The state of Israel is enforcing two sieges: one on the people of Gaza and another that it exports to the world. The first siege is physical. It deprives Gaza of food, fuel, water, and medical aid. A narrow strip … Read more - Local Contributions of Protected Areas Support…
Fielding Memorial Park fieldtrip, Sudbury © Noah Cole Ontario Nature is excited to officially announce an additional 13,000 hectares of protected and conserved areas now contributing towards Canada’s target to protect 30 percent of all lands and waters by 2030, known as the 30×30 target. The 30×30 target represents a national and international movement to … Read more - With Jule from SB62: Fighting for…
As world leaders, civil society, and negotiators gather in Bonn for SB62 (16–26 June 2025), it’s easy to overlook these mid-year climate talks. But don’t be fooled, this is where the groundwork for bigger progress is laid. The SBs, short for Subsidiary Bodies, are mid-year UN climate negotiations that take place between the annual COP … Read more - Caught in the crossfire: little dodo…
Nearly two hundred years after the extinction of the dodo, Sir William Jardin – a Scottish naturalist and bird-aficionado – described another odd, bulky, island pigeon. From the island of Samoa, this one was distinguished by a massive, curving bill that sported tooth-like serrations on its lower mandible. Given the strangeness of the creature, Jardine … Read more
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- Yucatán Restoration affected by two severe…
Since the 23rd April 2025, the project area of our partner Plant-for-the-Planet AC in Constitución on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico has been affected by two severe forest fires. After an uncharacteristically hot and dry start to the year, the first fire broke out in the Las Americas 7a restoration area. Intensive restoration work has … Read more - With Jule from SB62: Fighting for…As world leaders, civil society, and negotiators gather in Bonn for SB62 (16–26 June 2025), it’s easy to overlook these mid-year climate talks. But don’t be fooled, this is where the groundwork for bigger progress is laid. The SBs, short for Subsidiary Bodies, are mid-year UN climate negotiations that take place between the annual COP … Read more
- Why your agentic AI will fail…
Agentic AI is powerful. But without control, it can quickly become a chaotic liability. As AI systems evolve into more dynamic, generative, and agentic approaches, complexity, cost, and governance challenges multiply. That’s where an AI gateway comes in. Think of it like a smart home hub: centrally coordinating devices, enforcing rules, and keeping everything running … Read more - Why we need strong vehicle and…
Why we need strong vehicle and power standards for our economy to thrive in the face of climate change The first two weeks of July saw the hottest temperatures on Earth in recorded history. As virtually the entire planet swelters, the human and economic costs to the U.S. and other global economies are rising. In 2022 … Read more - Why Traditional Cybersecurity is Already Obsolete
Having spent the last 20+ years in cybersecurity, helping scale cybersecurity companies, I’ve watched attacker methods evolve in creative ways. But Kevin Mandia’s prediction about AI-powered cyberattacks within a year isn’t just forward-looking, the data shows we’re already there. The Numbers Don’t Lie Last week, Kaspersky released statistics from 2024: over 3 billion malware attacks … Read more - Why Agentic AI Isn’t Pure Hype…
Image by Author | Ideogram We’ve all spent the last couple of years or so building applications with large language models. From chatbots that actually understand context to code generation tools that don’t just autocomplete but build something useful, we’ve all seen the progress. Now, as agentic AI is becoming mainstream, you’re likely hearing … Read more
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10 GitHub Awesome Lists for Data…
Image by Author | Canva Awesome lists are some of the most popular repositories on GitHub, often attracting thousands of stars from the community. These curated lists gather high-quality resources, tools, and tutorials on a specific topic, making them valuable references for developers and learners alike. However, simply adding the word “awesome” to your…
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19 Free Face Recognition Datasets to…
Are you searching for high-quality Free Face Recognition Datasets to elevate your AI and machine learning projects? Look no further! We’ve compiled a list of 19 free facial recognition datasets ideal for tasks like AI algorithm development, model training, and computer vision research. Why Face Recognition Datasets Are Essential Face recognition plays a vital role…
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3 Experts Share Their Top Tomato-Growing…
From silver mulch and DIY soil recipes to flawless varieties, 3 master tomato growers offer their best tomato-growing tips. Expert Tomato-Growing Tip #1: Use This 8-1-1-1 Ratio to Build Your Soil Name: James WorleyHome Digs: Kansas City, MOBusiness: KC Tomato TimesBlog: KCTomatoTimes.wordpress.comFollow on Social Media: KC Tomato Times (Facebook)Fast Fact: I won the 2017 World Championship Squirrel…
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3 Steps for Financial Institutions to…
Modernisation is Key to Unlocking Insights In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, financial institutions are increasingly recognising the critical need to modernise their data infrastructure. For many, the choice is no longer whether to modernise, but how to do so effectively. Aging legacy systems, once the backbone of operations, are now costly to maintain and…
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4 lessons from former fraudsters
Fraud and financial scams are on the rise. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center’s annual report, scammers stole a record $16.6 billion in 2024, a 33% increase from 2023. This problem affects everyone. The SAS Faces of Fraud Study revealed that 70% of consumers have fallen victim to fraud at least once, and…
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5 Fun Python Projects for Absolute…
Image by Author | Canva Sometimes, just learning by reading rules or following tutorials can get boring and you may lose interest. The best way to learn is by building fun projects that keep you engaged and energized. In this article, I’ll share 5 beginner-friendly Python projects that teach core programming principles and practical…
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5 things we learnt from the…
The Singapore general election was quick and felt like more of a touch-and-go event, but a lot was observed and could be learnt from media and audience reactions to the event. We analysed, using Pulsar TRAC, more than 270k mentions across online news, podcasts, TV, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, X, forums and blogs in Singapore…
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7 Mistakes Data Scientists Make When…
Image by Author | Canva The data science job market is crowded. Employers and recruiters are sometimes real a-holes who ghost you just when you thought you’d start negotiating your salary. As if fighting your competition, recruiters, and employers is not enough, you also have to fight yourself. Sometimes, the lack of success at…
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A 100-AV Highway Deployment – The…
Training Diffusion Models with Reinforcement Learning We deployed 100 reinforcement learning (RL)-controlled cars into rush-hour highway traffic to smooth congestion and reduce fuel consumption for everyone. Our goal is to tackle “stop-and-go” waves, those frustrating slowdowns and speedups that usually have no clear cause but lead to congestion and significant energy waste. To train efficient…
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A Case Study with the StrongREJECT…
When we began studying jailbreak evaluations, we found a fascinating paper claiming that you could jailbreak frontier LLMs simply by translating forbidden prompts into obscure languages. Excited by this result, we attempted to reproduce it and found something unexpected.