Minorities should have a say on future Church of England bishops to improve diversity, leaders say

Minorities should have a say on future Church of England bishops to improve diversity, leaders say Move influenced by Black Lives Matter,it minorities a veto over appointments Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, compared the CofE to Nazi Germany Plans will go before a meeting of the Church’s parliament, the General Synod  By Steve Doughty Social … Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook wants to use AR to improve conversations with charts and objects that appear

Apple CEO Tim Cook, 60, revealed to he does not see himself running the tech firm in 10 years. The CEO  spoke with Kara Swisher for The New York Times Monday about Apple’s upcoming technologies, specifically AR and an autonomous car, along with his own future. ’10 more years, I probably not. But I can tell … Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook wants to use AR to improve conversations with charts and objects that appear

Apple has yet to make waves in augmented reality (AR), but a recent interview from CEO Tim Cook suggests tech giant is heading down the path with a focus to make conversations better. Cook spoke with Kara Swisher for The New York Times Monday about Apple’s upcoming technologies, specifically AR and an autonomous car. When … Read more

Will green mortgages encourage landlords to improve energy efficiency?

Landlords could get preferential treatment when applying for mortgages if their properties are energy efficient, as lenders begin to launch new green products to the market.   This week, Paragon Bank launched a new range of buy-to-let mortgages which offer lower-deposit options to landlords whose properties have an Energy Performance Certificate rating between A and C. … Read more

Health remedies by Royal appointment: Harry’s ring to improve sleep and Kate’s bug-resistant gloves

Both the Duchess of Cambridge and the Queen wear gloves from Cornelia James, some of which are made from fabric treated with an anti-microbial coating called HeiQ Viroblock Cornelia James Imogen Gloves are seen above We all have our favourite products we rely on for our health needs — and the Royal Family is no … Read more

Google Assistant brings new “Help improve” machine learning option

While Google Assistant more often than not gives us what we’re asking for, there is still room for improvement in terms of accuracy. Google previously let us customize how sensitive we want the hotword to be on our smart displays and speakers. But now they’re using federated learning with a new “Help improve Assistant” option … Read more

Now you can collect stamps… and barcodes! Move by Royal Mail to improve efficiency

Royal Mail will add barcodes to stamps to improve efficiency sparking fears it is the beginning of the end for traditional design featuring the Queen A pilot by Royal Mail will add barcodes to second-class stamps from March 23 Move is arguably the biggest change to post since Penny Black stamp in 1840 First barcodes … Read more

Samsung shares AI tricks that improve night mode photos

One of the things that Google highlighted when they released the flagship devices for 2021 is that the Galaxy S21 series brings better, calling it “stunning images”, even in low light conditions. Taking photos at night and in low light areas can be especially challenging but with the power of multi-frame layering and Artificial Intelligence … Read more

T-Mobile WFX Solutions to improve your work-from-home situation

T-Mobile just announced the T-Mobile Magenta MAX plan. It promises no throttling ever for mobile consumers. The Un-Carrier hasn’t stopped working on improvements and new services and the latest that will probably rock your world is this: WFX Solutions. T-Mobile WFX is meant for millions of people working from home. You see, the pandemic isn’t … Read more

Policing: Placing people who do NOT look the same in line-ups can improve accuracy by 10 per cent

Is THIS the key to improving eyewitness identification? Placing people who do NOT look the same in police line-ups can improve accuracy by 10%, surprising study reveals US and UK researchers recruited 19,732 volunteers to play the role of eyewitness Each participant was shown a video of a faked crime, followed by a photo line-up The … Read more