Conspiracy theorists are flooding social networks ahead of the Federal Emergency Management Agency testing its blaring Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Wednesday (today) afternoon. The routine event — which will reach cell phones, televisions, and radios at about 2:20 p.m. ET — “is to ensure that the systems
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The beauty of a nice infographic published alongside a news or magazine story is that it makes numeric data more accessible to the average reader. But for blind and visually impaired users, such graphics often have the opposite effect. For visually impaired users — who frequently rely on screen-reading software that
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The federal government has urged small businesses still operating in the informal sector of the economy to formalise their operations in order to take benefit from the government’s ongoing financial interventions. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, gave the advice at the opening of the 18th Abuja
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People can adopt biases from artificial intelligence in their decision-making processes, according to a new study. New research provides evidence that people can inherit artificial intelligence biases (systematic errors in AI outputs) in their decisions. The study was conducted by the psychologists Lucía Vicente and Helena Matute from Deusto University in
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Taking your cell phone into the bathroom to entertain yourself on the toilet may not be such a good idea, according to a Stanford- and Harvard-trained gastroenterologist. In a video posted to TikTok over the summer, Dr. Saurabh Sethi revealed that scrolling on social media while doing your business can actually
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Meta has unveiled a new series of AI chatbots for its Messenger service that aims to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. Speaking at the tech giant’s annual Meta Connect conference, the company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, pictured, announced its AI chatbots will have “personality” and be played by celebrities and influencers. Kendall Jenner, Charli
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Observations of the BlueWalker 3 prototype satellite show it is one of the brightest objects in the night sky, outshining all but the brightest stars. Astronomers have raised concerns that without mitigation, groups of large satellites could disrupt our ability to observe the stars from Earth and perform radio astronomy. Several companies
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Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, yesterday, urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the Bola Tinubu administration, saying that crisis in the power sector will be over soon. The minister, who spoke during the Independent Day celebration in the Presidential Villa, said the Tinubu administration can feel the people’s pain and that
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The Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, yesterday, released a strategic blueprint for digital economy. The blueprint focuses on five major pillars of knowledge, policy, infrastructure, innovation and trade, as roadmap outlining the goals and objectives of the ministry. The strategic plan, which was released via the X (Twitter) handle of
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Zelda Williams has said she finds artificial intelligence technology that is used to recreate people such as her late father Robin Williams “disturbing”. The 34-year-old actor has voiced her opinions on the use of AI – which was a central issue of the recent writer’s strikes. The Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio
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