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Saturday, 15 April 2023 03:37

7 overhyped features in smartphones you don't actually need

Smartphone innovation has come a long way. A lot of the tasks that used to require separate tech gadgets can now be done on your smartphone—something companies love bragging about in their ads and launch events. But as great as it is to have all those bleeding-edge specs and features inside a handheld device you can carry everywhere, do you need them? Do they actually make a difference? Let's take a look at some overhyped features you can ignore when buying a new phone. 1. 8K Video Recording We've had 4K video recording (3840 x 2160 pixels) on smartphones for…

Friday, 14 April 2023 03:46

Malaria vaccine with 80 percent efficacy approved by Ghana

A malaria vaccine called R21/Matrix developed by scientists at Oxford University has received approval to be used in Ghana. TheCable had reported that the vaccine was said to be 80 percent effective in preventing malaria. The only vaccine currently endorsed for malaria by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is the RTS, S/AS01 (RTS,S) vaccine which is 29 percent effective in preventing severe malaria. In a statement on Thursday, Oxford University said this is the first time its vaccine has received regulatory clearance anywhere in the world. The university said the vaccine has demonstrated high levels of efficacy and safety in…

Friday, 14 April 2023 03:45

Russia deploys ‘Sky Scanner’ radars In Ukraine that can detect fighter jets, drones, others up to 500km away

On April 9, on the occasion of the Russian Day of Air Defense Forces, an official revealed that the Russian military was deploying the cutting-edge technology of ‘Niobium’ radar in Ukraine, which is used to detect aircraft, helicopters, drones, ballistic missiles, and MLRS rockets. The commander of the Niobium radar station, Anatoly, spoke extensively to local Russian media Izvestia about the advantages of working with the advanced radar system and its combat benefits against Ukraine. A video was also published by Izvestia showing how the combat duty of the Niobium radar crews of Russia’s ‘Western Military District’ was going. The…

Wednesday, 12 April 2023 03:28

Artificial intelligence won’t ever be able to comprehend this one thing

Artificial Intelligence will never be able to truly understand the feeling of some human emotions, a humane technologist told Fox News. "The more integrated AI gets into our lives, the more we will see a difference between human and computer," Alexa Eden, a humane technologist at AlgoAI Tech, told Fox News. "And one of these impenetrable differences will be human emotions, as well as empathy, intuition and other intelligences only humans have. "Empathy is not anything that AI will ever be able to really, truly understand. If you were to get into a shared Uber with a couple that was…

Wednesday, 05 April 2023 03:21

AI expert warns: ‘Literally everyone on earth will die’

An artificial intelligence expert is warning America that Elon Musk and others’ proposal to halt AI technology for six months is not nearly enough. Eliezer Yudkowsky, a decision theorist at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute with more than two decades of experience studying AI safety said Musk and other understated the “seriousness of the situation.” Yudkowsky said that he would take the moratorium further, implementing a halt of AI production that is “indefinite and worldwide.” Yudkowsky’s suggestions appeared in an op-ed in which he warned that “literally everyone on Earth will die” if tech companies don’t put an end to…

Tuesday, 04 April 2023 03:31

Drone-on-drone combat in Ukraine marks a new era of aerial warfare

In the skies over Ukraine, a new epoch in air warfare is emerging: drone-on-drone combat. These aerial duels don’t involve bullets, missiles or bombs. In some, hobby-type camera quadcopters that are used to spy on enemy positions simply ram each other in a crude aerial demolition derby. In other encounters, highly sophisticated craft use advanced radar—backed by artificial intelligence and the latest aerospace engineering technology—to precision fire nets that snag other drones. “This is something we haven’t seen before,” says Caitlin Lee, who leads the Center for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Autonomy Studies at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies…

Tuesday, 04 April 2023 03:29

Inside the AI ‘arms race’: How Google is combating AI language generators like ChatGPT

While it's fascinating to witness the intensifying arms race between AI-powered language generators like ChatGPT and Google (and make no mistake – that's exactly what's happening), my thoughts keep turning to those of us caught in the middle. We, the content producers, businesses relying on search engines for web traffic and customers looking for reliable information, we all have questions. And one question in particular: Will this fundamentally change how we work, learn, create and interact on the internet? ChatGPT (like other natural language generators) poses a significant challenge – a significant threat – even to Google. As ChatGPT's writing…

Wednesday, 29 March 2023 03:29

I gave ChatGPT an IQ test. Here's What I discovered

ChatGPT is the first nonhuman subject I have ever tested. In my work as a clinical psychologist, I assess the cognitive skills of human patients using standardized intelligence tests. So I was immediately intrigued after reading the many recent articles describing ChatGPT as having impressive humanlike skills. It writes academic essays and fairy tales, tells jokes, explains scientific concepts and composes and debugs computer code. Knowing all this made me curious to see how smart ChatGPT is by human standards, and I set about to test the chatbot. My first impressions were quite favorable. ChatGPT was almost an ideal test…

Sunday, 26 March 2023 04:07

Robots are replacing humans in the last place you'd expect, and it's terrifying experts

Artificial intelligence has infiltrated several aspects of humanity in the last few years. But technology may have crossed the line in India, where a robot is performing a prayer ritual. While some feel that the robotic change highlights innovation, leading to the betterment of society, others are worried that the incorporation of artificial intelligence into religion is a bad omen for the future. The first time a robot was introduced into Hinduism was in 2017. At the time, a technology firm developed a robotic arm to perform an aarti. During the prayer, light (in the form of a small lamp)…

Saturday, 25 March 2023 04:16

New mobile app can detect alcohol, cannabis impairment in 30 seconds using facial recognition

The latest in a rapid trend towards AI-powered tools, Predictmedix has announced the production of a mobile app that can detect alcohol and cannabis impairment using speech recognition and “multi-spectral imaging.” AI-powered facial recognition is coming to the world of breathalyzers. Though the technology is still ill-defined, there are some causes for concern. If that mishmash of convoluted buzzwords sounds concerning, then you’re not alone. The new algorithm, which is being designed primarily for law enforcement and healthcare providers, can allegedly identify impaired individuals in under 30 seconds with an over 90% success rate. That’s leaps and bounds better than…

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Thursday, 23 March 2023 02:54

This electric plane could be in the sky in just two years

Early customers include Air New Zealand, which aims to start with cargo deliveries and then explore passenger flights. The transition to electric vehicles on the road is well underway. But electrifying aviation is a longer slog, mainly due to battery limitations for long ranges and large loads. The key may be starting with shorter flights. One of the companies striving to electrify aviation, Beta Technologies, announced this week that it’s producing an all-electric plane for regional trips. The model could start to replace jet-engine aircraft for cargo delivery starting in 2025, and could eventually be deployed for passenger flights as…

Wednesday, 22 March 2023 03:46

Google opens AI chatbot Bard to the public with this caveat

Google is rolling out open access to the chatbot Bard, its answer to ChatGPT’s artificial intelligence computer program. The search engine said the “early experiment” makes the generative AI chatbot available for people in the U.S. and Britain starting Tuesday, with more countries and languages to be added at a later date. The announcement was made in a Google blog post written with Bard’s assistance. “We’ve learned a lot so far by testing Bard, and the next critical step in improving it is to get feedback from more people,” the Google blog post reads. The company said it will continue…

Monday, 20 March 2023 03:35

AI develops treatment for an aggressive cancer in just 30 days

Artificial intelligence has developed a treatment for an aggressive form of cancerin just 30 days and demonstrated it can predict a patient's survival rate using doctors' notes. The breakthroughs were performed by separate systems, but show how the powerful technology's uses go far beyond the generation of images and text. University of Toronto researchers worked with Insilico Medicine to develop potential treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using an AI drug discovery platform called Pharma. HCC is a form of liver cancer, but the AI discovered a previously unknown treatment pathway and designed a 'novel hit molecule' that could bind to…

Saturday, 18 March 2023 01:47

Common cleaning chemical linked to 500% increased risk of Parkinson’s Disease

A common and widely used chemical may be fueling the rise of the world’s fastest-growing brain condition – Parkinson’s disease. For the past 100 years, trichloroethylene (TCE) has been used to decaffeinate coffee, degrease metal, and dry clean clothes. It contaminates the Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune, 15 toxic Superfund sites in Silicon Valley, and up to one-third of groundwater in the U.S. TCE causes cancer, is linked to miscarriages and congenital heart disease, and is associated with a 500% increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. According to the National Cancer Institute, TCE is present in some household products, including cleaning…

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