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How we can save the world by fueling it with our waste

Sep04
by on September 4, 2018 at 9:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication, world


Earlier this year, the federal government announced that it is giving recycling company ResourceCo a loan of $30 million to build two waste-to-fuel plants producing “solid waste fuel”. Waste-to-energy is an important part of the waste industry in Europe. Significant demand for heat means efficient and tightly controlled waste incinerators are common. However, Australia lacks an established market, with low levels of community acceptance and no clear government policy encouraging its uptake. But the federal announcement, coupled with an uptake in state funding, a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry and several new projects in the pipeline, signals a growing interest…

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Beautystack is a glimpse into the future of female-centric tech

Sep04
by on September 4, 2018 at 8:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media, TNW Answers


Sharmadean Reid will host a TNW Answers session tomorrow (Wednesday, September 5th). You can ask her questions now! When I was a kid, I bit my nails. It wasn’t normal nail biting — it was anxiety biting. I’d chew on them ‘til they bled. My fingers looked like the stump from The Giving Tree — except way more bloody and depressing. My parents tried everything — they taped mittens on my hands, dipped them in vinegar, threatened to execute my goldfish if I didn’t stop (kidding, but it would have been effective). All failed. The only way I stopped myself from treating…

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Beautystack is a glimpse into the future of female-centric tech

Sep04
by on September 4, 2018 at 8:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media, TNW Answers


Sharmadean Reid will host a TNW Answers session tomorrow (Wednesday, September 5th). You can ask her questions now! When I was a kid, I bit my nails. It wasn’t normal nail biting — it was anxiety biting. I’d chew on them ‘til they bled. My fingers looked like the stump from The Giving Tree — except way more bloody and depressing. My parents tried everything — they taped mittens on my hands, dipped them in vinegar, threatened to execute my goldfish if I didn’t stop (kidding, but it would have been effective). All failed. The only way I stopped myself from treating…

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Google sics its new AI on child abuse images online

Sep04
by on September 4, 2018 at 5:15 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Google


Google’s latest attempt to battle the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online comes in the form of an AI that can quickly identify images that haven’t been previously catalogued. It’s part of the company’s Content Safety API, which is available to NGOs and other bodies working on this issue. By automating the process of rifling through images, the AI not only speeds things up, but also reduces the number of people required to be exposed to it – a job that can take a serious psychological toll. Given that the UK’s Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) found nearly 80,000…

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