Japan has taken the lead in the supercomputer race, having built a machine that is 2.8 times faster than the previous title holder, according to its developers. The Fugaku supercomputer was developed by Japanese research institute RIKEN and Fujitsu Ltd – its processor technology comes from UK-based ARM. Chips designed by Intel and IBM have … Read more
Female students are four times less likely to enrol in a maths-heavy subject like physics or engineering than boys, a study found. This is despite evidence that girls demonstrate a ‘higher degree of competence’ for those subjects while they are at school, according to education policy experts. Researchers from New York University studied data from … Read more
China’s real coronavirus death toll could be 14 times higher than official statistics show, a study has claimed. US researchers suggest China covered up the true size of its epidemic and used the activity of crematoriums in Wuhan to try and calculate accurate numbers. They found the city — which is where the pandemic began … Read more
Revealed: Police forces EIGHT times more likely to fire Tasers as figures show huge variations in their use across England and Wales Officers in Humberside and Durham are most trigger-happy despite being rural They discharge their Tasers at more than twice the rate of those down in London Officers in Hampshire are the most restrained … Read more
Revealed: Police forces EIGHT times more likely to fire Tasers as figures show huge variations in their use across England and Wales Officers in Humberside and Durham are most trigger-happy despite being rural They discharge their Tasers at more than twice the rate of those down in London Officers in Hampshire are the most restrained … Read more
Trash talk! Man shares genius garbage bag-changing hack on TikTok – as users praise him for ‘transforming their lives’ with the clever tip Chris Lee from LA posted his bag-replacing technique on TikTok on May 31 He tells viewers not to put a fresh bag in with the bottom of the bag directly in the … Read more
AI turns blurry, unrecognizable face pictures into the perfect selfie that is more than 60 times sharper Duke University created an AI-powered tool makes blurry images sharper The system searches through AI-generated faces to find one that looks similar Then combines the low-resolution image with the high-resolution picture The system can convert a 16×16-pixel image … Read more
People with diabetes are up to four times more likely to break a bone — and the risk increases over time for Type 2 patients, review finds Researchers conducted a review of patients with who had hip or limb fractures They found that type 1 diabetics are the most likely to present with a broken … Read more
People with diabetes are up to four times more likely to break a bone — and the risk increases over time for Type 2 patients, review finds Researchers conducted a review of patients with who had hip or limb fractures They found that type 1 diabetics are the most likely to present with a broken … Read more
The true cost of panic selling: Investors who bailed out when the market plunged in March lost up to ten times more than those who held their nerve two months By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 07:05 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 08:09 BST, 12 June 2020 When a sea of red … Read more