Referring to newly released genetic data, The Guardian says live food samples collected from the Wuhan food market were Covid-19 positive in racoon dog DNA “adding weight to the theory that infected animals sold at the site started the coronavirus pandemic”. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told “These data do not provide a […]
Remembering Passwords
Margo Milanowski from Popular Science explains why many of us struggle to remember our computer passwords. This is especially true now that everything has moved from paper records to internet accounts with usernames and passwords. Researchers at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China studied which information that individuals must pay careful attention to but isn’t needed […]
The Science of Forgetting
I found an interesting article by Richard Sima, a neuroscientist turned science journalist, who regularly writes about brain matters at The Washington Post. While discussing the science of forgetting, he writes “because of information overload and the monotony of pandemic life, your brain may already be forgetting parts of the covid years”. Sima thinks that […]
Microsoft is launching ChatGPT-based Copilot for its most popular productivity tools including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word, according to CNN and Verge. It is supposed to be designed to help people with generating documents, emails, presentations, and other tasks. Since 2021, Microsoft has lunched a similar copilot AI, powered by OpenAI Codex, bot for programmers […]
Biggest Waste of Time
Why do some people accomplish more than the others? We have limited time, 24 hours and 365 days, which is equally available for everyone. Leon Ho, the founder and CEO of LifeHack, writes in a recent article that he wanted to learn the secrets of the most successful and productive people. After reading hundreds of […]
In this 2017 ToDay’s article, A. Pawlowski discusses about the outlet’s conversation with Karl Pillemer, a gerontologist at Cornell University and the author of the book “30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans“. “If you get to the end of your life with no regrets at all, you probably haven’t […]
The Mozilla, parent company of the Firefox browser, is reportedly lunching responsible AI challenge competition, and soliciting ideas “for the future of both the internet and the world involve AI solutions”. The company wrote in a blog post “Mozilla has been working to make sure that the future of AI benefits humanity in the right […]
ChatGPT-4
The OpenAI has released its most anticipated advanced ChatGPT-4, which reportedly aims “solve difficult problems with greater accuracy, thanks to its broader general knowledge and problem solving abilities”. The new product is “expected to bring even more advanced capabilities, making it a game-changer for the workforce and economy. This upcoming technology revolution is anticipated to […]
Memory Clutter
In a recent article on The Conversation magazine, Prof. Alexander Easton of Durham University explains why we can’t remember things as we get older. He writes “Forgetting things can even be a way of defining old age. Many people will cry something along the lines of “oh my goodness, I’m getting old” when they can’t […]
Minnesota’s Potholes
Anyone who has lived here in Minnesota for a while knows how hard its brutal winter takes a toll on its roads, driveways, cars, and elderly people. When you consider that the snowfall amount is among the 10th highest since 1884, this is especially true. The Star Tribune reports that, Minnesota’s potholes are so deep […]