China proposes strict control of algorithms – TechCrunch

China is not done with curbing the influence local internet services have assumed in the world’s largest populous market. Following a widening series of regulatory crackdowns in recent months, the nation on Friday issued draft guidelines on regulating the algorithms firms run to make recommendations to users. In a 30-point draft guidelines published on Friday,…

Are Regulations and Taxes Coming for Waste?

Could our waste soon be regulated? Will we have more ESG (environmental, social, and governance) policy in the future? Will we have government mandates and sustainable material regulations? A new report gives analysis of past regulatory practices and a newly developed predictive framework. Lux Research’s new report, Predicting Policy for Sustainable Materials, provides a framework…

A Piece of This Martian Rock Could Be Coming to Earth

NASA’s Perseverance rover will soon try for the second time to collect a sample of Martian rock for return to Earth. Scientists hope that the gathered material will reveal if microbial life ever existed on the distant planet. Perseverance’s first collection attempt ended in failure earlier this month as the drilled sample was too crumbly,…