by alex | Sep 14, 2017 | newsletter
An AI algorithm developed by researchers at Stanford University has been able to identify men and women as gay or straight just by studying photographs, with up to 91% accuracy. Why? The study by Stanford’s Michal Kosinski and Yilun Wang used AI to test a theory that...
by alex | Sep 6, 2017 | newsletter
It has been reported that since May of last year, Microsoft and Amazon have been working in partnership to enable their respective AI digital assistants ‘Cortana’ and ‘Alexa’ to work together. What Does This Mean? In short, this partnership should mean that some of...
by alex | Sep 6, 2017 | newsletter
The second-hand electronics and video game store CEX have reportedly been hacked, and as many as two million customer details may have been stolen. What Happened? Hackers breached online security for CEX’s WeBuy.com online shop and were able to steal two million...
by alex | Sep 6, 2017 | newsletter
SanDisk’s parent company ‘Western Digital’ has announced at the ‘IFA 2017’ in Berlin that it is launching the world’s largest storage capacity (400GB) microSD card. What Is MicroSD Card? A microSD card is a small (fingernail size or less)...
by alex | Sep 6, 2017 | newsletter
The UK government has announced the six regions of the UK that will host trials of full fibre broadband for businesses, schools and hospitals as part of a £200m scheme by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS). Which Six Regions? The DCMS has...
by alex | Sep 6, 2017 | newsletter
A new book by an American Psychologist highlights her research findings that young people who spend more than an hour a day on smartphones are more likely to be unhappy, lonely, depressed, and have more risk factors for suicide. Title Says It All The new book by Dr...
