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AI-Powered Tech Supercharges Ocean Cleanup, Boosting Plastic Collection by 60%
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 23, 2025 – As plastic pollution in the world’s oceans reaches critical levels, groundbreaking new research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal – boosting efficiency by more than 60%.

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China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it
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Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

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Trump’s tech tariff confusion
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The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains.  
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New Audio Available for Media Use: Human Trafficking and America’s Borders

New Audio Available for Media Use: Human Trafficking and America’s Borders

Audio Clip, March 1, 2023

BALTIMORE, MD, March 1, 2023 – New audio is available for media use featuring Renata Konrad. She’s an associate professor of business at the Business School of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Konrad continues our series on trafficking. She focuses on human trafficking and America’s borders. This content is provided by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on February 27, 2023.

Amazon develops algorithm to improve collaboration between robots and humans

Amazon develops algorithm to improve collaboration between robots and humans

Tech Street Now, February 27, 2023

Amazon has identified a financially beneficial way for robots and humans to coexist, and it's saving the online enterprise half a billion dollars per year. Using robots to bring shelves of inventory to associates to pick customer orders cuts down the distance traveled by robots and decreases the company's storage footprint.

ChatGPT, Cheating, and the Future of Education

ChatGPT, Cheating, and the Future of Education

The Harvard Crimson, February 26, 2023

Professors are grappling with whether to ban ChatGPT or let students use it. But beyond this semester, larger questions loom. Will AI simply become another tool in every cheater’s arsenal, or will it radically change what it means to learn?

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