As if women needed more problems

With all the pushback from Facebook against Karen Hao's recent story, and as one of the editors on the piece, I thought it worth making some observations on the PR strategy Facebook has adopted in response. Other journalists may find this useful. technologyreview.com/2021/03/11/102…

COVID-19 vaccines are here. So, if you are vaccinated, what next? The first question is, when are we considered fully vaccinated? In Pakistan, we are getting a two-dose vaccine. You are considered fully vaccinated TWO weeks after your second dose. cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…

Who Is Making Sure the A.I. Machines Aren’t Racist? nytimes.com/2021/03/15/tec…

This looks like something from a science fiction movie. Crazy.

Graduating with a CS degree really makes it easy to come up with a technical code-first solution for everything. It's coming up with solutions that require the least amount of coding expertise that's usually harder

A must see thread about a data-driven analysis on covid in Pakistan. One of my most enjoyable projects working with Nousheen Zaidi Mobin Javed Ali Usman Qasmi Talha

This is a very good effort!

I pity the physics undergrads who'd have to solve the equations for this a few years down the road

Join in if you want some advanced Python tips and tricks! Or if you just want to learn how to convert linear algebra from paper to efficient numpy code! Or.. If you want to learn OOP in Python. There will be something to learn for everyone!

After spending a few years cutting through Big Tech's B.S. about AI ethics, I've created a glossary to help you decode what all of their favorite terms actually mean. I had way too much fun working on this! Threading some of my favorites below. technologyreview.com/2021/04/13/102…

Vaccine deniers are using the same age-old science denial strategies to refute science. Such as 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, i.e., Demanding unrealistic standards of certainty before acting on the science.

This is absolutely not how I did my Operating Systems assignments

It's moments like these where everyone in the world needs to stop and reflect. Forget the "nuances" of the "conflict" for a moment - these are innocent lives being lost to a state-sanctioned genocide. If we can't stop this in the 21st century, what's the point of anything else?

Heartbreaking scenes from Gaza shows a Palestinian man sobs after Israeli airstrikes killed his 4 children. He still can't believe that he lost them.“ 4 children have gone” he said. Write for him, tell his story. Let the world know what is happening in Gaza #GazzaUnderAttack

Learned a lot working on this project! Check out this thread on how we analysed covid-19 related discussions from twitter.

Are we getting closer to anti-trust laws for big tech? bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…