Google Assistant improves on saying names, understanding context

The Google Assistant is no doubt the top virtual and voice assistant today. It has an advantage because it uses Google’s database. As the search giant, Google knows almost everything. The Google Assistant can help you become informed about a lot of topics and get things done everyday. It also knows you in many ways. … Read more

Rap music and coffee improves driver reaction times, study says

Caffeine consumption and listening to rap music could increase a driver’s reaction times behind the wheel, a new study indicates.  The lab-based report found evidence of noisy children in the car heightening a motorist’s hazard perception levels. Women are quicker at spotting dangers on the road than men and R&B music is likely to slow … Read more

Health: Looking up symptoms online IMPROVES ability to diagnose without increasing anxiety

Dr Google will see you now! Looking up symptoms on the Internet IMPROVES your ability to diagnose illness without increasing anxiety, surprising study finds US researchers tested the ability of 5,000 volunteers to diagnose illnesses They were asked to do so both before and after looking up symptoms online The findings suggest that concerns over … Read more

Facebook AI improves descriptions of photos for visually impaired

In recent years, Facebook has tried to be more accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired by using alt text for their photos so a screen reader will be able to describe photos they come across their visual feed. Later on they introduced automatic alternative text (AAT) that generates photo descriptions on demand … Read more

Samsung Internet improves privacy, security features

If you prefer using your Samsung smartphone’s default Internet browser over the more popular ones like Chrome and Firefox, you’ve probably been happy to see that your OEM has been seriously upgrading Samsung Internet the past years. And while it still has a lot of catching up to do with the more established third-party apps, … Read more

OCD drug improves coronavirus symptoms by helping stop the body from attacking own cells and tissue

OCD drug improves coronavirus symptoms by helping stop the body from attacking its own cells and tissues in ‘storms’ that can cause organ failure, study finds Fluvoxamine is a drug commonly used to treat patients with obsessive compulsive disorder or anxiety disorder  Researchers gave half of a group of COVID-19 patients the medication for 15 … Read more

Eli Lilly’s antibody drug lowers viral loads and improves symptoms in mildly ill COVID-19 patients

Eli Lilly & Co’s coronavirus antibody treatment can almost completely reduce viral loads in COVID-19 patients to zero and lowers the risk of hospitalization. Researchers found that mildly and moderately ill patients given a high dose of the antibody, LY-CoV555 (also known as bamlanivimab), had viral loads that were 3.4 times lower than those who … Read more

Brain power: Version of just ONE gene increases brain size and improves numerical skill

Do you have the maths genius gene? Version of just ONE gene you inherit from your parents increases brain size and improves numerical skill Experts from Germany studied the DNA and brains of 178 3–6-year-old children They compared this data with results of maths tests taken during the ages of 7–9 Variants in a growth … Read more