Many automakers are turning to subscriptions in order to bring in extra money. Owners benefit by having the option to choose if they want these services or being able to skip out. While some subscriptions seem like a waste of money, Hyundai has released the Bluelink+, and it appears to …
Read More »Microsoft-Activision faces fresh blow to bid to buy Call of Duty maker
US regulator the Federal Trade Commission has moved to appeal against a decision to allow Microsoft to proceed with its $69bn (£53bn) purchase of games publisher Activision Blizzard. Earlier this week, the FTC’s request to block the takeover was rejected by a district judge in San Francisco. The technology giant’s …
Read More »Karen Carney: Women’s football in England could be a ‘billion pound industry’ in next 10 years
Domestic women’s football could become a “billion pound industry” in 10 years’ time says former Lionesses midfielder Karen Carney – the chair of a major review into the sport. Her 126-page report recommends the top two tiers of women’s football in England being fully professional. It also calls for a …
Read More »Dele Alli: Former England footballer reveals he was sexually abused aged six
Former England and Tottenham midfielder also says he entered a rehab facility for six weeks for help on addiction to sleeping tablets and excessive drinking. Footballer Dele Alli has revealed he was sexually abused when he was six years old. The former England star, 27, told Gary Neville’s YouTube channel …
Read More »Sir Salman Rushdie says he has ‘crazy dreams’ about attack in New York
Sir Salman Rushdie says he is physically “more or less OK” nearly a year after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in New York. However the 76-year-old told he was still processing the incident, which left him blind in one eye. “I have a very good …
Read More »Colorado dentist accused of killing wife ‘searched how to make murder look like heart attack’, court hears
James Craig, 45, is accused of lacing his wife’s protein shakes with poison so he could kill her off and pursue a relationship with another dentist. A US dentist accused of the fatal poisoning of his wife searched the internet for “how to make murder look like a heart attack” …
Read More »Covid pandemic linked to surge in child and teen diabetes
There has been an unusual rise in the number of children and teenagers around the world diagnosed with type 1 diabetes since Covid, say researchers. A new study in JAMA Network Open journal has collated available data from different countries, including the UK, on more than 38,000 young people diagnosed …
Read More »Google creates AI with same level of accuracy and bias as doctors
Some large language models of artificial intelligence contained biases that could exacerbate health disparities and produce inaccurate answers to medical questions. Artificial intelligence produces misinformation when asked to answer medical questions, but there is scope for it to be fine tuned to assist doctors, a new study has found. Researchers …
Read More »Smartwatches may provide early Parkinson’s diagnosis
Smartwatches might help diagnose Parkinson’s disease up to seven years ahead of symptoms, a study suggests. The UK Dementia Research Institute team at Cardiff University used artificial intelligence to analyse data from 103,712 smartwatch wearers. And by tracking their speed of movement over a single week, between 2013 and 2016, …
Read More »India CEO criticised for picking AI bot over human staff
An Indian CEO is being criticised after he said that his firm had replaced 90% of its support staff with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Suumit Shah, founder of Dukaan, said on Twitter that the chatbot had drastically improved first response and resolution time of customers’ queries. The tweet sparked …
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