Brian Nosek, the executive director for the Open Science Framework, announced last month that the platform will soon stop hosting code, data and supplementary materials for researchers. Credit: Kirsten Luce/New York Times/Redux/eyevine The co-founder of a prominent open-science platform has announced that funding uncertainties have forced the site to make changes to some of its
Business leaders can’t predict their way through today’s turbulent environment—and should stop trying. “Instead of trying to predict the future, it’s probably better off to really enhance the muscle of adaptability,” Carol Liao, chair of BCG Greater China, said at the Fortune Leaders Forum on Sept. 8. And in an era when AI is commoditizing
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GOLDEN, Colo. — A judge sentenced a former forensic analyst for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to 10 years in prison on Tuesday after authorities said her manipulation of DNA data had raised questions about the validity of hundreds of criminal cases. Yvonne “Missy” Woods pleaded guilty in June to perjury, attempting to influence a
Mark Cuban is urging local governments to negotiate harder before approving data centers, saying towns should secure enforceable protections while they still have leverage. In a series of X posts on Monday, the billionaire tech entrepreneur shared a 10-part playbook for communities considering their first project. His basic rule: Every major promise from a developer
On a Tuesday in mid-April, the UK Biobank — one of the largest and most comprehensive health-tracking studies in the world — received a troubling e-mail from an anonymous researcher. The sender had discovered what appeared to be sensitive information from hundreds of thousands of the study’s participants for sale on Xianyu, an e-commerce website