SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

-Editorial As Artificial Intelligence becomes an important part of our daily lives and benefits the world in many ways, there are also side effects that can do irreversible damage to humanity. AI applications include advanced web search engines (e.g., Google), recommendation systems (used by YouTube, Amazon, and Netflix), understanding human …

-Editorial Elon Musk is the new boss of Twitter and he is making his presence felt as changes are being made internally.  After months of speculation, Musk sealed the deal to buy the popular social media platform. According to the Associated Press, Musk is in charge of the social media …

-Editorial San Diego State University has selected Sundt as the general contractor to build the new Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) facility on the SDSU Imperial Valley Brawley campus. This selection comes on the heels of an $80 million investment by the State of California to develop the roughly …

-Editorial Katya Echazarreta, 26, made history when she became the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Echazarreta, who moved to the United States at the age of seven, has been selected from a pool of 7,000 applicants by nonprofit organization Space Humanity to participate in …

-Editorial Automakers from Tesla to Rivian to Cadillac are hiking prices on their electric vehicles amid changing market conditions and rising commodity costs, specifically for key materials needed for EV batteries. Battery prices have been declining for years, but that may be about to change. One firm projects a sharp …

-Editorial One of the most prominent and likely enduring changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has been the rapid shift towards new technologies that facilitate remote communication, entertainment, learning, and work. While older Americans generally have lower rates of technology adoption than their younger counterparts—for example, 78% of 65-and-over …

By: Dr. Elton Gómez, a specialist in regenerative medicine. Do you remember the old dot matrix printers, the ones that had to be loaded with continuous paper, with perforations on the sides, that were noisy, expensive, and very slow, and that at the end of each print, you had to …

By: Gabriel Barajas, Staff Writer In recent days, Google announced a few updates to Live View, the augmented reality walking directions in its Google Maps app that launched last year. The live view utilizes your phone’s GPS and camera to tell you exactly where to go. For now, the only …

-Editorial India and the European Union committed to a framework for strategic cooperation until 2025 and vowed to cooperate on their response to the coronavirus pandemic, and at the United Nations Security Council. The assurances came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with the European Council President Charles Michel …

-Editorial Imperial Irrigation District recently launched the new EVolve online platform to connect IID customers with everything they need to know about electric cars, vehicle chargers, charging stations, and incentives. IID customers interested in electric vehicles are encouraged to explore https://evolve.iid.com. Designed to increase consumer awareness of electric vehicles, IID’s EVolve online platform was created in conjunction with …