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January 23, 2018 Gardening May Help Cancer Survivors Eat Better, Feel Greater ‘Worth’
FILE – Sweet peppers are seen in a garden in Virginia. (Photo: D. Bekheet). Share For cancer survivors, three seasons of home vegetable gardening may increase physical activity, fruits and vegetables in the diet and also enhance feelings of self-worth, researchers say. Possibly as a result of these healthy behaviors, gardeners in the small study […]
ELECTRONICS September 3, 2017 New Firewall Claimed to Better Protect Android Devices From Threats
HIGHLIGHTS A new firewall programme can protect smartphones from malware attacks It can be implemented as a tiny chip, or an independent software module Researchers use machine learning algorithms to monitor smartphones Scientists have developed an innovative firewall programme that can protect smartphones from malicious codes and security threats. Earlier this year, researchers from the […]
COMPUTERS 
May 4, 2017 Computers learn to understand humans better by modelling them
The picture shows how ABC-driven parameters lead to more accurate predictions of user behavior. Credit: Aalto University Computers are able to learn to explain the behavior of individuals by tracking their glances and movements. Researchers from Aalto University, University of Birmingham and University of Oslo present results paving the way for computers to learn psychologically […]
NEWS January 30, 2017 9 Smart Widgets for a Better Customer Experience
Customer experience is the number one concern when creating your website. You might not get it down the first time. Revisiting your design and features is a regular part of maintaining that site. Here are 10 smart widgets (mostly WordPress-only) that will allow you to tweak your site functionality to offer your customers more options to […]
ALL DEALS December 9, 2016 10 Tips for Better Break Room Etiquette at Your Small Business
Giving your workers a space to relax, enjoy a cup of coffee or a quick lunch can really improve employee satisfaction and morale. But if your break room is full of disusting food, dirty dishes and inconsiderate co-workers, then no one will even want to spend time there. For that reason, it’s important that you […]
ELECTRONICS November 18, 2016 HP Did Better Than The Market on PC Sales, But Mum About Mobile
Meg Whitman, the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, said in the latest quarterly earnings conference call that the market for personal computers is “in a slow decline.” Yet, she said, HP “outperformed the market pretty dramatically this quarter.” In other words, even though the market for personal computers is declining, HP did not decline like the market. HP’s sales […]
ELECTRONICS October 30, 2016 Cortana for Android Gets Better Notification Sounds, Faster Home Page Loading, and More
HIGHLIGHTS App updated to version 1.9.10 Update brings along better notification sounds Brings more accurate reminder triggering for Android Marshmallow devices In the field of voice-based virtual assistants, Google recently made a strong statement with its Google Assistant, which has received positive response from critics for its use of artificial intelligence. In order to provide […]
NEWS August 24, 2016 Microsoft’s New Pix Camera App Wants to Help You Click Better Pictures
HIGHLIGHTS Pix also creates short looping videos called Live Images The app enhances the quality by using artificial intelligence The app has no settings to un-complicate the clicking process Ever wished for a camera app that un-complicates everything and does its primary function effectively? Microsoft’s camera app ‘Pix’ on iOS aims to do just this […]
ELECTRONICS August 11, 2016 New Nano-Film Could Help Developer Better Wearable Devices: Study
Nano material researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Korea University have invented a cheap ultra-thin film that is both transparent and highly conductive to electric current, offering promise for bendable, wearable electronic devices like smart watches. The film a mat of tangled nanofibre is also bendable and stretchable, offering potential applications […]
COMPUTERS August 7, 2016 Researchers Probe How Humans Recognise Images Better Than Computers
What makes computers and a human brain different when it comes to recognising images? The presence of an “atomic” unit of recognition – a minimum amount of information an image must contain for the recognition to occur – in human brain, researchers report. Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Massachusetts […]
NEWS July 27, 2016 Flipkart Seeks Better Infrastructure for Karnataka Investment: Official
India’s leading e-tailer Flipkart has sought better infrastructure and ease of doing business to invest more in Karnataka for expanding its operations, Industries Minister R.V. Deshpande said on Wednesday. “They (Flipkart) did talk about fresh investments in the state and are looking for our support, especially better infrastructure and favourable regulatory framework for e-commerce segment,” […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 Researchers Probe How Humans Recognise Images Better Than Computers
What makes computers and a human brain different when it comes to recognising images? The presence of an “atomic” unit of recognition – a minimum amount of information an image must contain for the recognition to occur – in human brain, researchers report. Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Massachusetts […]
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