RALEIGH, NC — For years, WRAL Investigates tracked problems with North Carolina's unemployment benefits system. Now, two new follow-up audits show the same problems still persist inside the Division ...

As the adage goes, “big things come in tiny packages.” Just ask the humble bumblebee. A team of researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland published a research paper on June 4, suggesting that ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

A study of 4 million job applications screened by a hiring algorithm found evidence of "clear racial disparities" in applicant outcomes, with 26% of applications submitted by Black applicants and 15% ...

Modern recruiting is marked by an “algorithmic monoculture” in which only a small number of vendors supply applicant screening algorithms, Stanford researchers said. The tendency of employers to use ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The most comprehensive independent study of AI-powered hiring algorithms ever conducted has found stark racial disparities ...

A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...

Researchers say the findings raise questions about what happens to our brains and patterns if we depend too much on AI. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven ...

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The Seattle Mariners aren't hitting. Sure, they weren't helped the other night by Jo Adell robbing three potential home runs of theirs. But that's not the whole story of the season. The story, noted ...

For decades, the college athlete's world has been split between the classroom and the playing field––and now there's a third role: chief marketing officer. Name, image and likeness policies provide ...

A University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology-developed algorithm—paired with a continuous glucose monitor—can help users better manage their type 2 diabetes by recommending insulin-dose ...