Animal Robot Developed to Save Endangered Plant and Animal Species Posted August 1, 2020 Scientists developed a robot that will be used to help conserve endangered plant and animal species. Engineers from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgi…
Microsoft Adds Custom Background Effects for Its Communication App Posted July 26, 2020 Microsoft has rolled out a new feature that enables users to add their own background images for video calls on its business communication platform, Teams. Even before the rele…
Autonomous Cars Cannot Completely Eliminate Crashes Posted July 18, 2020 A new study suggests that Autonomous Vehicle technology may not have the capacity to prevent all accidents caused by human error. The research conducted by the Insurance Instit…
American Rights Group Sues AI Facial Recognition Company Posted July 14, 2020 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a complaint against facial recognition tool developer Clearview AI. Clearview AI’s facial recognition tool is used by law enforc…
Australian Researchers Create World’s Fastest Internet Connection Using Single Chip Posted July 5, 2020 A team of researchers in Australia has recorded the fastest internet speed in the world using an optical chip that is the size of a fingernail. According to the researchers, th…
Google Lens Rolls Out New Updates Posted June 30, 2020 Google Lens, Google’s multipurpose image recognition program, recently launched an update that enables users to convert text on paper to a digitally editable vers…
Microsoft Enables Feature That Blocks Reply-All Emails Posted June 24, 2020 Microsoft has introduced a new "Reply All Storm Protection" feature in Office 365. This email protection feature is intended to detect and stop "reply-all email storms,” which …
Facebook Launches New Video Chat Feature Posted June 15, 2020 Social media company Facebook recently introduced Messenger Rooms, a new feature that allows as many as 50 people to communicate in a video chat room. Because of the Covid-19 p…
Virtual Braille Keyboard Now Available on Android Posted June 8, 2020 Google’s mobile operating system Android now includes a built-in braille keyboard that can help people who are blind or have low vision. Prior to the release of the built-in br…
NASA Creates Video Game that Can Map Out the World’s Coral Reefs Posted May 31, 2020 NASA has created NeMO-Net, or the Neural Multi-Modal Observation and Training Network, a video game that enables players to map out the world’s coral reefs. In NeMO-Net, gamers…