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Want To Read Voice Notes? WhatsApp Brings To You Voice Message Transcripts
On WhatsApp, voice messages can now be transcribed into text "to help you keep up with conversations no matter what you're doing".
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Phantom Cost Explained: Why People Think Freebies Are Too Good To Be True
If you're offered a free cookie, you might say yes. But if you're paid to eat a free cookie, would your response be the same?
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How AI Threatens Free Speech - And What Must Be Done About It
Threats of AI tend to be full of killer robots or fears that when they're not on killing sprees, these same robots will be hoovering up human jobs. But a serious danger is the impact these new technologies are likely to have on freedom of expression.
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"This Is The Future": ChatGPT Can Now Interpret Images And...
The new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT offer "a new, more intuitive type of interface by allowing you to have a voice conversation or show ChatGPT what you're talking about".
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5 Unusual Psychiatric Syndromes - Including One Where People Believe They're Dead
Most people are familiar with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some conditions are so rare that many psychiatrists wont come across a single case in their professional lives.
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AI Isn’t Close to Becoming Sentient – the Real Danger Lies in How Easily We’re Prone to Anthropomorphise It
AI chatbots like ChatGPT that utilise language models to offer human-like answers have raised some old questions about the possibility of machines becoming conscious, self-aware, or sentient. Here are the real dangers posed by the development of AI tools and why machine sentience is still the stuff of science fiction.
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Sennheiser Conversation Clear Plus Announced, Helps Lessen Noise and Boost Voices
Sennheiser announced the Conversation Clear Plus Bluetooth-friendly earbuds on Thursday. These earbuds are not hearing aids, instead, they're wearable devices, which look and feel like true wireless earbuds, with innovative speech enhancement technology that Sennheiser claims sets a "new standard for speech-enhanced consumer wearables" in a crowded...
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Avatar 3: James Cameron Prepared to End Franchise With Trilogy if Avatar 2 Underperforms
Avatar: The Way of Water director James Cameron is prepared to end the franchise with Avatar 3 if the sequels underperform. Speaking to Total Film, the director cited the pandemic and streaming platforms as a hurdle to more Avatar films getting produced, further noting that he is willing to end it after the third film. “We're in a different world...
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Go Slow And Accept Your Limitations: How To Exercise If You're Recovering From Long Covid
A significant proportion of people who contract COVID are left with ongoing symptoms, commonly termed "long COVID".
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COVID-19 Can Cause Lasting Lung Damage - 3 Ways Long Covid Patients Can Suffer
Researchers have observed ongoing airflow obstruction in some patients who have recovered from COVID-19. This condition is typically treated with inhalers that deliver medications that open up the airways. Such treatments may also be helpful while re
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Wearable Technology Can Change Autistic People’s Lives – if They’re Involved in Designing It
A recent study found only 10 per cent of current wearable technologies for autistic people addressed their needs. Emotional regulation technology in smartwatches that detect physiological stress signals and prompts users to start coping techniques can be more beneficial to people who suffer from autism.
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Has COVID-19 Affected Your Sleep? 'Coronasomnia' Is Growing
During the early phases of the pandemic, and especially during lockdowns, many people reported disruptions to sleep and their sleeping patterns. As COVID infections have increased, we're again seeing reports of people experiencing poor sleep.
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"We're Being Fooled": Army Aspirants Question 'Agnipath' Recruitment Plan
"What will we do after four years?" This question dominated the conversation with Indian Army aspirants training for recruitment in Patna on Tuesday after the announcement of the Agnipath scheme of the armed forces.
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Mars Rover Mission Suspended Because of Ukraine War – Here’s What We’re Hoping for Next
ESA and partners are actively looking for options to launch Mars Rover Rosalind Franklin, a part of the ExoMars mission between Europe and Russia. As the plan was cancelled by ESA in March this year after Russia’s invasion of Europe, ESA can now plan to launch the mission alone, or teaming up with a partner such as NASA or SpaceX.
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The Power of Tech Giants Has Made Them as Influential as Nations. Here’s How They’re Sanctioning Russia
Google (now Alphabet), Apple, Facebook (now Meta), Amazon and Microsoft have taken steps to impose significant and (mainly) voluntary sanctions on Russia, in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
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Want To Read Voice Notes? WhatsApp Brings To You Voice Message Transcripts
On WhatsApp, voice messages can now be transcribed into text "to help you keep up with conversations no matter what you're doing".
-
Phantom Cost Explained: Why People Think Freebies Are Too Good To Be True
If you're offered a free cookie, you might say yes. But if you're paid to eat a free cookie, would your response be the same?
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How AI Threatens Free Speech - And What Must Be Done About It
Threats of AI tend to be full of killer robots or fears that when they're not on killing sprees, these same robots will be hoovering up human jobs. But a serious danger is the impact these new technologies are likely to have on freedom of expression.
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"This Is The Future": ChatGPT Can Now Interpret Images And...
The new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT offer "a new, more intuitive type of interface by allowing you to have a voice conversation or show ChatGPT what you're talking about".
-
5 Unusual Psychiatric Syndromes - Including One Where People Believe They're Dead
Most people are familiar with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some conditions are so rare that many psychiatrists wont come across a single case in their professional lives.
-
AI Isn’t Close to Becoming Sentient – the Real Danger Lies in How Easily We’re Prone to Anthropomorphise It
AI chatbots like ChatGPT that utilise language models to offer human-like answers have raised some old questions about the possibility of machines becoming conscious, self-aware, or sentient. Here are the real dangers posed by the development of AI tools and why machine sentience is still the stuff of science fiction.
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Sennheiser Conversation Clear Plus Announced, Helps Lessen Noise and Boost Voices
Sennheiser announced the Conversation Clear Plus Bluetooth-friendly earbuds on Thursday. These earbuds are not hearing aids, instead, they're wearable devices, which look and feel like true wireless earbuds, with innovative speech enhancement technology that Sennheiser claims sets a "new standard for speech-enhanced consumer wearables" in a crowded...
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Avatar 3: James Cameron Prepared to End Franchise With Trilogy if Avatar 2 Underperforms
Avatar: The Way of Water director James Cameron is prepared to end the franchise with Avatar 3 if the sequels underperform. Speaking to Total Film, the director cited the pandemic and streaming platforms as a hurdle to more Avatar films getting produced, further noting that he is willing to end it after the third film. “We're in a different world...
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Go Slow And Accept Your Limitations: How To Exercise If You're Recovering From Long Covid
A significant proportion of people who contract COVID are left with ongoing symptoms, commonly termed "long COVID".
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COVID-19 Can Cause Lasting Lung Damage - 3 Ways Long Covid Patients Can Suffer
Researchers have observed ongoing airflow obstruction in some patients who have recovered from COVID-19. This condition is typically treated with inhalers that deliver medications that open up the airways. Such treatments may also be helpful while re
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Wearable Technology Can Change Autistic People’s Lives – if They’re Involved in Designing It
A recent study found only 10 per cent of current wearable technologies for autistic people addressed their needs. Emotional regulation technology in smartwatches that detect physiological stress signals and prompts users to start coping techniques can be more beneficial to people who suffer from autism.
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Has COVID-19 Affected Your Sleep? 'Coronasomnia' Is Growing
During the early phases of the pandemic, and especially during lockdowns, many people reported disruptions to sleep and their sleeping patterns. As COVID infections have increased, we're again seeing reports of people experiencing poor sleep.
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"We're Being Fooled": Army Aspirants Question 'Agnipath' Recruitment Plan
"What will we do after four years?" This question dominated the conversation with Indian Army aspirants training for recruitment in Patna on Tuesday after the announcement of the Agnipath scheme of the armed forces.
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Mars Rover Mission Suspended Because of Ukraine War – Here’s What We’re Hoping for Next
ESA and partners are actively looking for options to launch Mars Rover Rosalind Franklin, a part of the ExoMars mission between Europe and Russia. As the plan was cancelled by ESA in March this year after Russia’s invasion of Europe, ESA can now plan to launch the mission alone, or teaming up with a partner such as NASA or SpaceX.
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The Power of Tech Giants Has Made Them as Influential as Nations. Here’s How They’re Sanctioning Russia
Google (now Alphabet), Apple, Facebook (now Meta), Amazon and Microsoft have taken steps to impose significant and (mainly) voluntary sanctions on Russia, in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
