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Suffolk County Students Among 300 Semifinalists Nationwide In Prestigious Science Competition Suffolk County Students Among 300 Semifinalists Nationwide In Prestigious Science Competition
Suffolk County Students Among 300 Semifinalists Nationwide In Prestigious Science Competition Dozens of students from New York have been named semifinalists in the country’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. The Society for Science announced the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search for 2024 on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Participants were whittled down from 2,162 applicants from 712 high schools across 46 states, Puerto Rico, and 10 other countries. Students were chosen based on their outstanding research, leadership skills, and community involvement, as well as a commitment to academics and creativity in asking scientific …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Suffolk County Police Urge Residents To Be Vigilant Of Holiday Scammers Suffolk County Police Urge Residents To Be Vigilant Of Holiday Scammers
Suffolk County Police Urge Residents To Be Vigilant Of Holiday Scammers Police on Long Island reminding residents to be vigilant of scammers looking to profit during the holiday season and are offering seminars to help get the message out.  Criminals are constantly looking for new opportunities to prey on people for financial gain, and the holidays are traditionally a time when people are preoccupied and could fall victim to a scam, said the Suffolk County Police.  Scammers are also increasingly turning to artificial intelligence “spoofing” tools to clone the voices of individuals who post on social media, police said. "Scammers use th…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
'Tis The Season For Scammers: AI Voices Increasingly Used To Victimize Long Islanders 'Tis The Season For Scammers: AI Voices Increasingly Used To Victimize Long Islanders
'Tis The Season For Scammers: AI Voices Increasingly Used To Victimize Long Islanders Police are sounding the alarm about a clever new way scammers are targeting New York residents this holiday season. In a warning issued Thursday, Nov. 16, Suffolk County Police on Long Island said scammers are increasingly using fake voices that are generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to dupe victims out of their money. To pull off the “spoofing” scam, criminals use AI tools to clone the voices of people who post on social media and then call their relatives pretending to be them. Police highlighted a recent example in which an 85-year-old Hauppauge man got a call from someone posing…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
'Deepfake' Targeted Law Proposed By NY DA 'Deepfake' Targeted Law Proposed By NY DA
'Deepfake' Targeted Law Proposed By NY DA A New York district attorney has unveiled a plan to propose new legislation that would protect citizens in the event that their personal images are digitally manipulated for sexual content. Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly hopes that her proposal, called the “Digital Manipulation Protection Act,” would close any loopholes left open by the current New York State law. The proposal was announced Tuesday, April 18, alongside the news that a 22-year-old Seaford man had been sentenced for stealing and manipulating underage girls’ photos for use on a pornographic website. Earl…

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by Sophie Grieser
Lifestyle
Book Review: Are Relationships and the World Better Off When Technology Facilitates Change? Book Review: Are Relationships and the World Better Off When Technology Facilitates Change?
Book Review: Are Relationships and the World Better Off When Technology Facilitates Change? Edison in the Hood by Nadia Uddin If you had the opportunity to ask the dearly departed questions, to retract those last words said in anger, to tell them you love them, would you? Can technology solve personal communication problems? Can it solve the social ills of the world? Those questions may seem unrelated, yet they are woven into one story, Nadia Uddin’s first published novel, Edison in the Hood (October 2020). Uddin quite successfully makes the reader care about the siblings with her careful and empathetic prose. The book opens in a future not too far from our own where technology …

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News
COVID-19: Study Discovers Link Between Virus, Brain Changes Seen In Alzheimer’s COVID-19: Study Discovers Link Between Virus, Brain Changes Seen In Alzheimer’s
Covid-19: Study Discovers Link Between Virus, Brain Changes Seen In Alzheimer’s Scientists from across the world will present their findings on how COVID-19 affects the brain this week amid a new study that has identified mechanisms by which COVID can lead to Alzheimer’s disease-like dementia. The scientists are meeting at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, which gets underway in Denver on Monday, July 26. Research that has been conducted up till now has been concerning. A Cleveland Clinic study discovered a link between infections of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) and brain changes that are commonly seen in those with Alzheim…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Robots May Be Coming After White Collar Jobs Like 'Phil In Accounting,' New Report Says Robots May Be Coming After White Collar Jobs Like 'Phil In Accounting,' New Report Says
Robots May Be Coming After White Collar Jobs Like 'Phil In Accounting,' New Report Says In the past, when people thought about “computers taking jobs away from real people” most pictured manufacturing processes and call centers becoming robotized. While we have seen that, it’s not the only way robots are replacing people at work. Less visible are the robotics and artificial intelligence taking over white-collar jobs in fields like accounting and human resources, The New York Times just reported in an analysis of the workplace. In some studies, algorithms outperform lawyers and doctors. “The trend — quietly building for years, but accelerating to warp speed since the pan…

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by Kristin Palpini
Business
Amazon Gets FAA Approval To Deliver Packages By Drone Amazon Gets FAA Approval To Deliver Packages By Drone
Amazon Gets FAA Approval To Deliver Packages By Drone Half-hour deliveries may soon be a reality. A fleet of drones is now poised to deliver packages for Amazon  Prime now that the Federal Aviation Administration has granted the mogul company approval to deliver unmanned packages on Monday, Aug. 31. The company said that it went through a rigorous approval process, including demonstrating the safety and efficiency of its drones to FAA officials.  “This certification is an important step forward for Prime Air and indicates the FAA’s confidence in Amazon’s operating and safety procedures for an autonomous drone delivery service that w…

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by Christina Coulter
Business
New CEO Named 'For The Next Era At IBM,' Company Says New CEO Named 'For The Next Era At IBM,' Company Says
New CEO Named 'For The Next Era At IBM,' Company Says A prominent IBM executive has been named as the company’s new chief executive officer. Arvind Krishna, IBM’s current Senior Vice President for Cloud and Cognitive Software, was announced as the company’s new CEO and member of its board of directors, effective as of Monday, April 6. Virginia Rommetty, IBM chairman, the company’s president and current CEO, will continue as executive chairman of the Board and serve through the end of the year, when she will retire after almost 40 years with the company. "I am thrilled and humbled to be elected as the next dhief executive officer of IBM, and a…

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by Zak Failla
Business
AI-Powered Store Of Future Unveiled By Walmart In Levittown AI-Powered Store Of Future Unveiled By Walmart In Levittown
Ai-powered Store Of Future Unveiled By Walmart In Levittown As the technology surrounding artificial intelligence and supermarket convenience continues to evolve, one retailer is already a step ahead of the game: Walmart in Levittown. The Levittown location has been developing and installing everything from artificial intelligence-enabled cameras to interactive displays, a gigantic data center and more, suggesting, in the words of the corporation, “a retail future that seems like science fiction.” This high-tech Walmart location has been dubbed the Intelligent Retail Lab (IRL), according to Business Insider. As the name implies, the location is desi…

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by Valerie Musson