Scientists have developed a low-cost ‘smart tablecloth’ that can suggest recipes for dinner by identifying ingredients placed on top of it. When hooked up to a smart speaker like Amazon Echo, the ‘Capacitivo’ tablecloth, which is layered with diamond-shaped electrodes, can relay recipe steps to the user. The technology, which has been developed by Microsoft … Read more
Scouts will be prepared… to spot fake news! Latest badge is awarded for identifying online dangers such as ‘bogus bulletins’ and celebrity-sponsored products The Scouts’ latest Digital Citizen Badge is awarded for spotting fake news Scouts will learn how to spot ‘bogus bulletins’ and manage cyber bullying Its introduction comes as the organisation modernises itself … Read more
Scientists claim to be able to identify Twitter trolls in 50 tweets using algorithms to that can detect ‘distinctive’ patterns of word repetition. The algorithms identify linguistic patterns in tweets in order to distinguish deceptive ‘troll’ messages – which aim to achieve a specific purpose while also masking that purpose – from those posted by … Read more
German police probing the Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner are reportedly ‘close to identifying’ a mystery caller who he spoke to on the night the British teenager vanished from Praia da Luz. Officers are said to be following up 16 leads from members of the public after an appeal on a German TV show … Read more
A Google-developed AI that was capable of identifying cases of diabetic retinopathy (DR) with 90 percent accuracy in the testing laboratory has turned out to be much less useful in clinics and hospitals. In laboratory settings, the AI designed by Google Health performed at the equivalent level of a medical ‘specialist,’ but in testing at … Read more