Incredible online tool colorizes and enhances grainy black and white pictures and it could do the same for your relatives Technology was released online by genealogy firm MyHeritage It improves the resolution of old photographs using machine-learning Company claims theirs is best technology in the world for enhancing pictures FEMAIL put the claim to the … Read more
Armed police locked in a 12-hour stand off as they try to negotiate with a man who threatened an emergency worker with a large power tool The incident started at 9.30am after an emergency worker was threatened Devon and Cornwall Police said the suspect is armed with a large power tool Officers have begun negotiating … Read more
Official Trump 2020 campaign app is a ‘one-way tool of propaganda’ that requests access to more than twice the amount of personal data than Biden’s Team Joe app, researchers say Researchers analyzed the data requests from the Trump 2020 campaign app They found it requested more than twice the permissions of Biden’s app The Trump … Read more
An artificial intelligence-powered tool that transforms pixelated images into clear photos has been accused of racial bias. Called Face Depixelizer, the tool was released on Twitter for users to test, who found the technology is unable to process Black faces properly. The tool transformed a pixelated image of Barack Obama into a a white man … Read more
It is not clear why the NHS app was so much worse as using Bluetooth to detect other phones than the Apple/Google technology is. And officials have not explained why or how it is better at measuring the distance between two phones. The main difference between the two apps is the way they store data. … Read more
Sniffing acts as an important tool in the art of conversation and is used to indicate the end of a thought or the approach of a difficult subject, researchers claim. Research by the University of Basel, Switzerland, focused on the sharp audible intake of breath through the nose, rather than sniffing as in smelling something. … Read more
Instagram blames anti-spam tool for blocking posts containing Black Lives Matter tags after some people are prevented from posting about the movement Posts with #BlackLivesMatter were prevented from being posted Instagram says the restriction was the result of its automated spam tool The tool apparently jumped into action due to an influx of posts on … Read more
Facebook introduces tool that makes it easier to find and mass-delete embarrassing or undesirable posts buried in your timeline The platform will now allow users to delete old posts en masse Facebook says it can help users prune their accounts when entering the job market or moving on from a relationship Its update makes it … Read more
Google unveils new Sodar augmented reality tool that creates a six-foot ring around you on your phone screen to help you follow social distancing rules The ‘Sodar’ tool superimposes a white ring around the user with a 6.5-foot radius This will allow users to more accurately judge who is entering their person space The six-foot … Read more
Reopening America has been a hot topic on Twitter, as millions are calling for the US government to end the lockdown – but a new study suggests the trend is being fueled by bots. Using a ‘bot-hunter tool, researchers discovered that there are twice as many web crawlers starting conversations about the coronavirus pandemic and … Read more