The world now regularly becomes so hot and humid during heat waves that some places exceed the “theoretical limit of human survival”. Scientists’ forecast of the Judgment Day predicted that it would happen due to global warming, but not for several decades. But a study found that parts of the world have already become so …
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Trying to analyze Donald Trump literally made a CRASH speech recognition bot – and the only way to get it to work properly was to remove his grammar and syntax tools Researchers awarded speech recognition bot to analyze Donald Trump The bot struggled to make sense of its disjointed and fragmentary sentences Team hired specialist …
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WeChat “monitors text messages from international users to preventively identify content to be censored for its Chinese users” The Citizens Lab studied how WeChat builds its database of blacklisted terms They discovered that the company was monitoring international messages to preventively identify potential images or content that should be banned in China The application creates …
Samsung Pay expands to face rival Apple with launch of branded debit card this summer Samsung Pay was launched in 2015, but was a digital service on the smartphone Now the company is rolling out a branded debit card to users this summer The card will also support a cash management account with SoFi This …
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Welcome to the DARK side! Facebook rolls out desktop redesign for all users that includes Dark Mode Facebook rolled out an updated version of the desktop site to a select few in January Now the company is making the redesign available to all of its users Update includes Dark Mode to improve screen viewing It …
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A swollen and constipated lizard that lived near a pizzeria is found with poop representing 80% of its body mass thanks to its fatty diet Lizard with belly the size of a golf ball has been discovered in Florida He was eating insects covered with grease-soaked sand near a pizzeria The lizard was constipated with …
Clearview AI, controversial facial recognition company, announces it will stop selling technology to private companies after violent reaction and class action Court documents suggest Clearview will stop selling software to private entities He will continue his contract with governments and law enforcement The move did little to appease public defenders like the ACLU By James …
YouTube blames abrupt termination of live female sex technology conference on moderation algorithm and lack of human oversight Women’s Sex Technology Conference Banned After Just Four Minutes of Streaming YouTube says it was due to lack of human moderators spurred by coronavirus The conference would have been banned by YouTube’s moderation algorithm How to Help …
It may sound like a plot from a sci-fi movie, but NASA and scientists are concerned about the foreign viruses contaminating the Earth. As first humans prepare for mission to Mars, experts warn that protocols are needed to prevent extraterrestrial pollutants from hitchhiking on spacecraft and astronauts when they return home from the planet red. …
Researchers are building the world’s fastest “soft” robot, which can travel more than THREE times faster than the previous record holder using movements that mimic a cheetah North Carolina State University researchers built a new “soft” robot using silicone bands to mimic a cheetah’s gait It is only 2.7 inches long but travels almost three …
Boston Dynamics’ robotic “ dog ” deployed in Singapore parks to tell people to keep a safe distance – while its cameras record the number of people in public spaces Boston Dynamics ‘Spot’ Four-Legged Robot Patrols Singapore Parks The bot reads the recorded messages and estimates the number of people He has been in the …
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Homework Boosts Productivity, Survey Finds One-Third of People Believe Improved Performance When Teleworking with Coronavirus Millions of Americans work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic Survey finds many say more productive since change Those who feel isolated or rely on others to do their jobs are less productive How to Help People Affected by Covid-19 …