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Baskaran

@baskaran.bsky.social
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HR Technology Practitioner. I am excited about the future of work and the intersection of HR and tech. MBA, SHRM-SCP, GPHR, SPHR, HRIP *Amor Fati*

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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#VR nature scenes ease pain sensitivity... @anthonyrochand.bsky.social @sharleneisenia.bsky.social @amalmerzouk.bsky.social @labordeolivier.bsky.social @tysonlester.com @baskaran.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @jblefevre60.bsky.social medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07... #Medical #research
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Virtual reality nature scenes ease pain sensitivity, especially with strong sense of presence
Immersing in virtual reality (VR) nature scenes helped relieve symptoms that are often seen in people living with long-term pain, with those who felt more present experiencing the strongest effects.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Ushering in a new era of suture-free tissue reconstruction for better healing @anthonyrochand.bsky.social @sharleneisenia.bsky.social @newsneus.bsky.social @amalmerzouk.bsky.social @labordeolivier.bsky.social @tysonlester.com @baskaran.bsky.social news.mit.edu/2025/usherin... #biopolymer #medicine
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Ushering in a new era of suture-free tissue reconstruction for better healing
MIT spinout Tissium offers surgeons a new solution for suture-free nerve repair. The company’s flexible, biocompatible polymers conform to surrounding tissues, attaching to them in order to repair tor...
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
#AI at Cannes—how #Amazon, #Apple, #Mars #marketers are using the #tech @tysonlester.com @baskaran.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @jblefevre60.bsky.social @akwyz.com @kalydeoo.bsky.social @atanas-g-atanasov.bsky.social @mariopawlowski.bsky.social adage.com/events-award...
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AI at Cannes—how Amazon, Apple and Mars marketers are using the tech
At Cannes Lions 2025, marketing leaders shared how AI is reshaping creative marketing strategies.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
#AI models shrink to fit tiny devices, enabling smarter #IoT sensors @baskaran.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @jblefevre60.bsky.social @akwyz.com @kalydeoo.bsky.social @atanas-g-atanasov.bsky.social @mariopawlowski.bsky.social @knutjaegersberg.bsky.social techxplore.com/news/2025-06...
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AI models shrink to fit tiny devices, enabling smarter IoT sensors
Artificial intelligence is considered to be computationally and energy-intensive—a challenge for the Internet of Things (IoT), where small, embedded sensors have to make do with limited computing powe...
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Grateful for freedom, and for those who sacrificed. Happy 4th of July.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Smart #AI model thinks like real-life missing persons to help search and rescue cc @andrewincontact.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pettet.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @akwyz.com @jblefevre60.bsky.social interestingengineering.com/innovation/a... #innovation
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Smart AI model mimics lost person's mind to help search and rescue
Scottish researchers have developed a groundbreaking computer model based on AI agents that mimics the thought process of missing persons.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
How do #brands really stand the test of time? cc @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pettet.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @akwyz.com @jblefevre60.bsky.social @kalydeoo.bsky.social @atanas-g-atanasov.bsky.social @mariopawlowski.bsky.social l www.fastcompany.com/91298382/how...
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How do brands really stand the test of time?
By not standing (still) at all, brands can keep pace with customers and their needs.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Using smart tech and #AI in food packaging can reduce #foodwaste @nicochan33.bsky.social @dg-collective.bsky.social @andrewincontact.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pettet.bsky.social brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/ana...
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Analysis: Using smart technologies and artificial intelligence in food packaging can reduce food waste
Tohid Didar is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Nano-biomaterials, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University. This article is republished from The Conversation . ...
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
How the #Arts Reshape #Brain Function @treasadovander.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pettet.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @akwyz.com @jblefevre60.bsky.social @kalydeoo.bsky.social @atanas-g-atanasov.bsky.social www.news-medical.net/news/2024102... #neuroscience
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How the Arts Reshape Brain Function: Susan Magsamen on the Future of Neuroaesthetics
The intersection of arts and neuroscience reveals transformative effects on health and learning, as discussed by Susan Magsamen in her neuroaesthetics research.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Simulating #scientists - #AI-powered scientific discovery @baskaran.bsky.social @pettet.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @akwyz.com @jblefevre60.bsky.social @kalydeoo.bsky.social @atanas-g-atanasov.bsky.social @mariopawlowski.bsky.social @knutjaegersberg.bsky.social techxplore.com/news/2025-02...
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Simulating scientists: A new tool for AI-powered scientific discovery
In an article published in Nature Machine Intelligence, an Australian team led by Monash University researchers has developed a generative AI tool that mimics scientists to support and speed up the pr...
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
What happens in your mind when insight strikes? @nicochan33.bsky.social @dg-collective.bsky.social @andrewincontact.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @pettet.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... #brain #science
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How ‘Aha! Moments’ Happen in the Brain and How to Invite Them In
What happens in your mind when insight strikes?
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
#Rubidium can help with clean #energy technologies @andrewincontact.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @pettet.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @akwyz.com @jblefevre60.bsky.social @kalydeoo.bsky.social interestingengineering.com/energy/japan...
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Japan makes breakthrough in next-gen fuel cells, creates new material
Japanese researchers have made a groundbreaking development in fuel cell technology with huge potential for cleaner energy.
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus." - Turkish proverb
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
"Until the lion learns to write, the world will glorify the hunter" - African Proverb
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"Where there's a will, there's a way" - Albert Einstein
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
U.S. economy added just 143,000 jobs in January but unemployment rate fell to 4% via @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/j...?
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U.S. economy added just 143,000 jobs in January but unemployment rate fell to 4%
Nonfarm payrolls were projected to increase by 169,000 in January, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Timeless virtues, new #technologies @haroldsinnott.bsky.social @nicochan33.bsky.social @dg-collective.bsky.social @andrewincontact.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @pettet.bsky.social news.mit.edu/2025/timeles... #industry #innovation
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Timeless virtues, new technologies
In his book, “The New Lunar Society,” MIT Professor David Mindell rethinks industrialism for the 21st century. He argues that process innovation — the making, fixing, rebuilding, or upgrading of syste...
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"If you get on the wrong train, get off at the nearest station; the longer it takes you to get off, the more expensive the return trip will be." - Japanese Proverb
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"Rise with courage, chase your dreams. Through every storm, let your light beam. Failures teach, but hope prevails, With every step, your strength unveils." - Unknown
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
MIT Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu estimate of how AI will affect the U.S. economy over the next 10 years. Estimating that only about 5% of tasks will be able to be profitably performed by AI, the GDP boost would likely be closer to 1% via @mitsloan mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...?
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A new look at the economics of AI | MIT Sloan
MIT Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu predicts that artificial intelligence will have a “nontrivial, but modest” effect on GDP in the next decade.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Why #Snarkitecture builds artistic ‘interventions’ in #retail stores @andrewincontact.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @pettet.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @akwyz.com @jblefevre60.bsky.social www.retailbrew.com/stories/2024...
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Why Snarkitecture builds artistic ‘interventions’ in retail stores
A basketball marble run. A sneaker chandelier. A life-sized astronaut. Meet the firm breathing spectacle, play, and adventure into store design.
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
OpenAI has launched a new agent capable of conducting complex, multistep online research into everything from scientific studies to personalized bike recommendations at what it claims is the same level as a human analyst via @technologyreview www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/03/1...
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OpenAI’s new agent can compile detailed reports on practically any topic
In just minutes, Deep Research can produce reports that would take humans “tens of hours” to complete.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
How good old mud can lower building costs @haroldsinnott.bsky.social @nicochan33.bsky.social @dg-collective.bsky.social @andrewincontact.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @pettet.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @akwyz.com news.mit.edu/2025/how-goo... #3Dprinting
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How good old mud can lower building costs
MIT researchers developed a method to use lightly treated mud, including soil from a building site, as the “formwork” molds into which concrete is poured. The technique deploys 3D printing and can rep...
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Grazing Sheep Double #Solar Farms' #Sustainability Factor @allcell9.bsky.social @christinalattimer.bsky.social ‬ @haroldsinnott.bsky.social @nicochan33.bsky.social @dg-collective.bsky.social @andrewincontact.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social www.inc.com/associated-p...
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Grazing Sheep Double Solar Farms' Sustainability Factor
Despite a new administration hostile to renewable energy, solar farms are booming, and using thousands of sheep to maintain their sites.
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Bill Gates thinks everyone should read "The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century’s Greatest Dilemma.” written by AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman, who predicts AI will change what most jobs look across every industry in the next 5 years. via @cnbc www.cnbc.com/2025/01/21/b...?
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Bill Gates: This is 'one of the most important books on AI ever written'—it predicts a 'hugely destabilizing' impact on jobs
Bill Gates is both optimistic about AI and realistic about the "genuine risks" it poses to jobs, as outlined in Mustafa Suleyman's book "The Coming Wave."
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
How Thrive Market Is Building A Different Type Of #Retail Media Network @haroldsinnott.bsky.social @nicochan33.bsky.social @dg-collective.bsky.social @andrewincontact.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/kirima...
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How Thrive Market Is Building A Different Type Of Retail Media Network
The privately held online grocer is building a retail media network that balances member experience with ad revenue.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissue @dg-collective.bsky.social @andrewincontact.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @akwyz.com @jblefevre60.bsky.social news.mit.edu/2024/noninva... #medicine
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Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissue
MIT researchers developed a non-invasive imaging technique that enables laser light to penetrate deeper into living tissue, capturing sharper images of cells. This could help clinical biologists study...
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
MIT students decode the science behind the perfect cup @haroldsinnott.bsky.social @nicochan33.bsky.social @andrewincontact.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @jblefevre60.bsky.social news.mit.edu/2025/coffee-...
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Coffee fix: MIT students decode the science behind the perfect cup
A new MIT coffee class combines coffee science, brewing techniques, and hands-on experiments to explore coffee and its chemical composition, empowering students to exercise their curiosity through gro...
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Happy 2025!!
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
"My faith demands -- this is not optional -- my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.” - Jimmy Carter R.I.P #JimmyCarter
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
"Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder". - Rumi. Have a great Sunday, everyone.
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
How is the EU boosting support for innovation in the health sector? @andrewincontact.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @nicochan33.bsky.social @pierrecappelli.bsky.social @jblefevre60.bsky.social @ym78200.bsky.social www.euronews.com/health/2023/...
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How is the EU boosting support for innovation in the health sector?
In this latest episode of Smart Health, we ask why Europe is lagging behind other countries when it comes to medical innovation, and find out what steps industry leaders are taking to turn the tide. #...
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Steve Browne @sbrownehr.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
#HR folks to be connected to !! @staciebaird.bsky.social @ajarrowsmith.bsky.social @stephenodonn.bsky.social @angieschaefer.bsky.social @ttara.bsky.social @peteeiden.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social @elevatewithshannon.bsky.social @sheridanwebb.bsky.social @jonmertz.bsky.social #HRCommunity
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Fantastic read, Dear Eva
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Smaksked Skåne AB @smaksked.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
#Researchers May Have Solved a Decades-Old Brain Paradox With #AI @nicochan33.bsky.social @rosycoaching.bsky.social @haroldsinnott.bsky.social @mikeflache.com @andrewincontact.bsky.social @amitav63.bsky.social @treasadovander.bsky.social @baskaran.bsky.social scitechdaily.com/researchers-... #tech
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Researchers May Have Solved a Decades-Old Brain Paradox With AI
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists developed an AI algorithm inspired by the genome's efficiency, achieving remarkable data compression and task performance. In a sense, each of us begins life r...
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
There are so many things to be grateful for. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
As co-director of nascent DOGE, Elon Musk has wasted no time posting about specific government departments to his 205 million X followers and is now singling out individuals. Is this the way to go about efficiency or a recipe for chaos via @wsj www.wsj.com/tech/musk-un...?
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Musk Unleashes Online Army on Federal Workers. ‘A Tough Way to Find Out She’s Losing Her Job.’
As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X—sparking pushback.
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Meta is rolling out a series of new features for Threads. The updates promise "long-overdue improvements" to the platform. Users can now search for posts within a specific date range or from a single account, similar to Twitter/ X's search functionality via @verge www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/2...
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Threads is overhauling its search and trending features
As Bluesky surges, Threads is making changes
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Niantic, the developer behind the Pokémon Go, announced last week it is building an AI model to map the physical world. This "large geospatial model" would utilize data collected from players to "achieve spatial intelligence," per @nianticlabs via @usatoday www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...
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It's not just a game. Your Pokemon Go player data is training AI map models.
Niantic's geospatial model is using geolocation data from scans players submit of real-world locations while playing the company's mobile games.
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The Department of Justice says that Google must divest the Chrome web browser to restore competition to the online search market, and it left the door open to requiring the company to spin out Android, too via @theverge.com www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/2...
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DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly
Divesting Android is still on the table.
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Baskaran @baskaran.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
PEW research shows that 76% of Americans believe scientists can act in the public's best interests. Majorities see scientists as intelligent (89%) and focused on solving real-world issues (65%), though 45% believe they are ineffective communicators. www.pewresearch.org/science/2024...
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Public Trust in Scientists and Views on Their Role in Policymaking
Americans’ trust in scientists is slightly higher than it was last year, but remains lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/12/2023
Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, Kyivstar, said it had come under a powerful cyberattack on Tuesday that knocked out service and affected internet access for millions of people. The country relies on phone alerts to warn of close Russian bombardments.
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Huge Cyberattack Knocks Ukraine’s Largest Mobile Operator Offline
The interruption could pose real danger in a country where many rely on phone alerts to warn them of impending Russian bombardments.
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