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At the annual CES tech show in Las Vegas, hundreds of start-ups presented products aimed at improving Health , Education and work, increasing productivity and helping to save the planet. Here are some highlights from the 2023 edition of the popular gadget fest, which ends on Sunday: Brain-scanning cap Like the Sorting Hat in the "Harry Potter" book series, the iSyncWave sits atop your head, does a quick analysis of you, and reads out its results. But this gadget isn't magic. Developed by iMediSync, the headset performs an electroencephalogram (EEG) and uses artificial intelligence to predict potential risks of cognitive issues, including Alzheimer's disease, within 10 minutes. The South Korean company believes its headset could drastically reduce the financial cost and time needed to do such diagnostic tests. The device could also possibly be used one day to perform certain therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Ripe and ready The start-up OneThird, whi

Elon Musk's X Corp, facing its own legal claims over unpaid rent, has sued a financial services company to recoup more than $713,500 in allegedly past due rent and other fees stemming from a sublease agreement for San Francisco office space. X, formerly known as Twitter, sued Atlas Exploration in San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday in a complaint alleging breach of contract. Atlas, formerly Point Up Inc, markets itself as "an invite-only charge card" that gives members access to exclusive dining and Travel . Atlas and X entered a sublease agreement for space at 650 California Street in San Francisco's financial district in April 2021, the lawsuit said. The complaint said Atlas sought last year to terminate the sublease early. X said Atlas owes it more than $340,263 for September to November rent from last year. X also accused Atlas of failing to pay any of its early-termination fee. An attorney who has represented Atlas in the dispute, Kevin Hill, did not i

Formerly known as Twitter, X, has paid nearly $20 million to creators according to a post from X CEO Linda Yaccarino. Z began paying creators in July for a share of the ad revenue they earned from ads served in replies from to posts. Eligible creators had to have subscribed to X Premium and have more than 500 followers with more than 5 million tweet impressions for the last three months. The first payments accumulated to $5 million, Elon Musk said, from February onwards. Creators are also now incentivized to get users to reply to their tweets, as more are driven to subscribe to premium and win a share of the ad revenue from the company. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/elon-musk-s-x-has-paid-20m-to-creators-TheFOXposts-37177.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

An Adelaide woman has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that has been reported in less than 30 other cases worldwide. Mother of two, Lara Hall, 38, was diagnosed with broad li Game nt leiomyosarcoma this year when doctors removed a 16cm tumour that was blocking her kidney. Leiomyosarcoma is a rare form of cancer that can grow in any smooth muscle tissue, and for Hall it was found in her broad li Game nt connective tissue around her reproductive organs. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> Hall said a month earlier she had experienced sharp abdominal pain for about two days, then went to the emergency department. “It felt like stomach pain or back pain,” she said. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/adelaide-woman-one-of-30-cases-worldwide-of-broad-ligament-leiomyosarcoma-TheFOXposts-37142.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

Google announced on Tuesday it will be scrapping its Google Podcast app — which has been downloaded more than 500 million times — from 2024. As part of the controversial move, listeners will be encouraged to migrate to the YouTube Music app to listen to their podcasts— but not everyone is happy about the all-in-one listening product. Killing off Google Podcasts, after discontinuing Google Music Play in 2020, will enable the tech giant to move all of its audio offerings into one product. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> “We’ll be increasing our investment in the podcast experience on YouTube Music — making it a better overall destination for fans and podcasters alike,” YouTube said on Tuesday. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/google-to-axe-google-podcast-app-next-year-in-favour-of-youtube-music-TheFOXposts-36862.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXpos

The market for high-tech cleaning is growing, with more and more innovative devices hitting the market. Robotic vacuums have been around for a while, and I have been sceptical — do they actually clean well? Are they high maintenance? This sceptic has been proven wrong. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The Roborock Q Revo is the brand’s latest robot vacuum — and this one is a two-in-one vacuum and mop. Our review s always remain independent of the manufacturer, and the first time they will see the review is at the same time you’re reading it. How do I get it and what will it cost? The Roborock Q Revo will set you back $1,999 and is available online at Roborock, JB hi-fi, Godfreys and Harvey Norman. It comes with all the accessories you need, including its multi-functional dock which features two tanks for dirty and clean water. The entire unit is incredibly easy to set up — the only extra step with this device is the free Roborock app you’ll need

Telecommunications company Optus has laid off about 150 employees at an Adelaide call centre. The Optus staff were told on Wednesday morning their employment would end in four weeks. Workers told 7NEWS the company’s decision came as a shock, as some of them had only been hired and trained about three months ago. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> The call centre employs a total of about 400 staff members. Some employees have been with the company for 25-years. Optus has recently undertaken a review to “simplify” its operations. “As part of this review, we are realigning teams which will impact some roles across our business,” the company said “This has been a challenging decision to make, but necessary to strengthen our Business .” Optus said it will redeploy some individuals whose roles have been made redundant. But it would not confirm the number of staff affected by the decision. Staff who spoke to 7NEWS said they can’t understand the move, given Adelaid

Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday rolled out new AI products for consumers, including bots that create photo-realistic images and smart glasses that answer questions, as well as an updated virtual-reality headset. Zuckerberg described the products as bringing together virtual and real worlds, and underscored that part of what Meta offered was low cost or free AI that could integrate into daily routine. Meta's Quest is the bestseller in the nascent VR space and the company's executives described it as the best value in the industry, a nod to the impending release of a much more expensive headset from Apple. Speaking from a central courtyard on Meta's sprawling Silicon Valley campus, Zuckerberg said a new generation of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses would start shipping on Oct. 17, priced at $299. The device will incorporate a new Meta AI assistant and be capable of livestreaming broadcasts of what a user is seeing directly to Facebook and In

SYDNEY: Elon Musk's X, formerly called Twitter, disabled a feature that let users report misinformation about elections, a research organisation said on Wednesday, throwing fresh concern about false claims spreading just before major US and Australian votes. After introducing a feature in 2022 for users to report a post they considered misleading about politics, X in the past week removed the "politics" category from its drop-down menu in every jurisdiction but the European Union, said the researcher Reset.Tech Australia. Users could still report posts to X globally for a host of other complaints such as promoting violence or hate speech, the researcher added. X was not immediately available for comment. Removing a way for people to report suspected political misinformation may limit intervention at a time when social media platforms are under pressure to curtail falsehoods about electoral integrity, which have grown rapidly in recent years. It comes less tha

Apple has finally made its macOS Sonoma available as a free software update . With the new update , Mac now has an interesting set of features to make it more fun to use. These exciting features in the update include high-resolution screensavers, an update d login screen, interactive widgets, video conferencing improvements, Safari profiles for work and personal use, web apps in the Dock, predictive text, and a Game Mode for better gaming performance and lower latency with AirPods and wireless controllers. Read More Google celebrates 25-year journey from dorm to internet dominance To download and install the new update , go to System Settings > General > Software Update. The new update supports MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini models from 2018 and newer, iMac and Mac Pro devices from 2019 and later, the Mac Studio from 2022 onward and the 2017 iMac Pro. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/macos-sonoma-is-now-available-as-free-software-update-TheFOXposts-36772.html?

WASHINGTON: New Jersey and Ohio said on Monday they were joining other states in banning use of the popular video app TikTok on government-owned and managed devices. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said in addition to banning the short-video app owned by Chinese Technology conglomerate ByteDance from state devices he also was banning software vendors, products, and services from more than a dozen vendors including Huawei, Hikvision, Tencent Holdings, ZTE Corporation and Kaspersky Lab. Murphy's office said "there have been national security concerns about user data the Chinese government might require ByteDance to provide." Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, said in his order "these surreptitious data privacy and cybersecurity practices pose national and local security and cybersecurity threats to users of these applications and platforms and the devices storing the applications and platforms." TikTok said it was "disappointed th

A Darwin woman has shared her sweet note to a mother flying alone with her children on Sunday after seeing the mum cop a serve from a “grumpy” passenger . WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Passengers celebrate as ‘disorderly’ passenger is booted from flight. The note writer known simply as Kelly was seated near a mother of two children understood to be aged between one and three, from Brisbane to Canberra on Jetstar flight JQ656. For more Parenting related news and videos check out Parenting >> After watching events unfold on the flight, she had planned to give the handwritten note to the mother at baggage collection but was unable to find her. In hope of the message reaching her, Kelly posted the note onto the Canberra Notice Board Group on Facebook. “I really hope this finds you - wherever you are,” said. “You’re a good mum, don’t let anyone let you think otherwise,” the note read. “You’ve got this.” Kelly had hoped to deliver the handwritten note to the mother, but was unable to find

A new clinical trial has found that boiling peanuts can help up to 80 per cent of allergic children become desensitised to them. Boiling the nuts changes their chemical composition — lessening the likelihood of an allergic reaction and allowing researchers to gradually introduce nuts, which had been boiled for decreasing amounts of time, to children involved in the year-long trial. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: Researchers closer to helping children overcome peanut allergies. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> By the end of the trial, 80 per cent of the children could tolerate a dose of 12 unboiled peanuts. While it is potentially life-changing news for parents of children with severe nut allergies, such as nine-year-old Xavier Connery, experts warn against trying it at home. However, scientists are working on further research with more widespread applications. The trial was conducted by Flinders University and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute,

The shifting tectonic plates beneath Earth’s surface are slowly creating a supercontinent set to come together in the next 250 million years, a new study predicts. But humans won’t be around to experience it — in fact, they’ll be completely wiped out, along with all other mammals affected by a mass extinction that researchers say will be a “natural consequence” of the formation and decay of the supercontinent , named by scientists as Pangea Ultima. The sun, by then, will emit 2.5 per cent more energy than it does today, and volcanoes will pump twice as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The solid rock slab predicted to push all of Earth’s continents into one massive landmass will create vast deserts, and extreme global temperatures in doing so. Senior research associate at the University of Bristol, Alexander Farnsworth, who is the lead author of the study published in Nature Geoscience on Monday, said t

TAIPEI: The CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday that it was possible to get regulation wrong but it is important and should not be feared, amid global concerns about rapid advances in artificial intelligence, or AI. Many countries are planning AI regulation, and Britain is hosting a global AI safety summit in November, focusing on understanding the risks posed by the frontier technology and how national and international frameworks could be supported. Sam Altman, CEO and the public face of the startup OpenAI, backed by Microsoft Corp, said during a visit to Taipei that although he was not that worried about government over- regulation , it could happen. "I also worry about under-regulation. People in our industry bash regulation a lot. We've been calling for regulation, but only of the most powerful systems," he said. "Models that are like 10,000 times the power of GPT4, models that are like as smart as human civilization, whatever, those probably deser

A 40-year-old US woman who has had nine different skin cancers removed has revealed that every single time she went to get them checked, she had initially thought they were harmless blemishes . Acne, bug bites , and even ingrown hairs were the TikToker’s immediate concerns, but doctors revealed each time they were all basal cell carcinomas (BCC) — and now she has a warning. Molly was 35 when she became aware of her first cancer . She had gone to a dermatologist to check on an itchy, occasionally bleeding, bump on her leg, but the doctor dismissed it as normal and asked if she had any other concerns. Catch the best deals and products hand-picked by our team at Best Picks >> She then decided to ask for some pimple cream to treat a persistent spot on her top lip — but she was surprised to find it was this query which would pique her dermatologist’s interest. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/pimples-bug-bites-and-ingrown-hairs-the-nine-blemishes-one-tiktoker-discovered-were-all

An Italian immigrant has become the centre of attention in his local Brisbane neighborhood for his unusual morning routine — singing to his fruit trees. Carseldine local and classically trained singer Raffaele Pierno credits his rousing opera renditions for the large size of his home-grown lemons . Neighbours are less enthusiastic about his growing methods after attempting to set up a Pet ition to stop the morning melodies. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> However, the tradition of encouraging plant growth with music could be backed by Science . Raffaele Pierno says his grandfather ‘taught me how to love them, nurture them and sing for them’. Credit: 7NEWS Source: https://thefoxposts.com/brisbane-italian-immigrant-sings-to-grow-massive-lemons-his-musical-move-may-be-scientifically-sound-TheFOXposts-33947.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

A group of engineers, researchers and a Silicon Valley-based chip company collaborated to release advanced Arabic language software that can power generative AI applications. The new large language model called Jais contains 13 billion parameters that was made from a big batch of data combining Arabic and English, a portion of which is from computer code. The group, which included academics and engineers embarked, on the project in part because they said there are few large language models that are bilingual. The new language model was created with the help of supercomputers produced by the Silicon Valley-based Cerebras Systems, which designs dinner plate-sized chips that com Pet e with Nvidia's powerful AI hardware. Nvidia's chips are in short supply, which has driven companies around the world to seek alternatives. Named after the highest peak in the United Arab Emirates, Jais is a collaboration between Cerebras, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence a

John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for “systematic theft on a mass scale”, the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence programs are using their copyrighted works without permission. In papers filed Tuesday in federal court in New York, the authors alleged “flagrant and harmful infringements of plaintiffs’ registered copyrights” and called the ChatGPT program a “massive commercial enterprise” that is reliant upon “systematic theft on a mass scale”. The suit was organised by the Authors Guild and also includes David Baldacci, Sylvia Day, Jonathan Franzen and Elin Hilderbrand among others. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> “It is imperative that we stop this theft in its tracks or we will destroy our incredible literary culture, which feeds many other creative industries in the US,” Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger said. “Great books are generally written b

SHANGHAI: Over a hundred customers queued inside Apple's  flagship store in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on Friday, waiting to pick up their iPhone 15 orders on the first day of in- store availability. How Apple's latest iPhone sells in China is under close scrutiny by fans and market watchers alike, after widening curbs on iPhone use by government staff and the release of a high-end rival from domestic manufacturer Huawei sparked concern about demand for the device in its third-largest market. But the strength of pre-orders in the world's second-largest economy, which began last Friday, has eased worries, with delivery times pushed into November and the premium iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max selling out in just one minute on Alibaba's Tmall e-commerce site. Local media reported the queue at the store on Shanghai's East Nanjing road shopping belt started forming at 5 a.m. (1000 GMT). Among those at the store was social media i NFL uencer Zhang Ming,

This article first appeared in The Conversation. Spam might not have brought an end to the internet or email , as some dire predictions in the early 2000s claimed it could — but it’s still a massive pain. Despite all the spam being removed by spam-filtering technologies, most people still receive spam every day. How do these messages end up flooding our inboxes? And are there any legal consequences for the senders? Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> What is spam? The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) noted in 2004 “there does not appear to be a widely agreed and workable definition for spam” across jurisdictions — and this remains true today. That said, “spam” generally refers to unsolicited electronic messages. These are often sent in bulk and frequently advertise goods or services. It also includes scamming and phishing messages, according to the OECD. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/why-do-i-get-so-much-spam-and-un

The national medicine regulator has introduced restrictions on the prescription of diabetes drug Ozempic to help manage an international shortage . Danish company Novo Nordisk advised the Therapeutic Goods Administration that supply of the drug through the rest of 2023 and 2024 will be limited, following increased demand of the low dose (0.25/0.5 mg) version recently. The shortage has been linked to a social media trend in which people use it as a weight loss tool. Catch the best deals and products hand-picked by our team at Best Picks >> The TGA has blamed the shortage on “off-label prescribing”, where the drug is being advised for uses other than those approved in Australia. “Making Ozempic involves a complex process to produce semaglutide using specialised equipment in a unique manufacturing setting,” the TGA advised on its website. “Novo Nordisk advised that very limited new supplies of Ozempic 0.25/0.5 mg would be available before the end of 2023 and there would be intermi

HONG KONG: Alibaba stock lost more than 4% in Hong Kong on Monday after ex-group CEO Daniel Zhang quit its cloud computing unit in a surprise decision that unsettled investors and raised concerns over how it may impact the subsidiary's spinoff plans. Just two months since Zhang chose to relinquish other roles to focus on the cloud , new group CEO Eddie Wu will become acting CEO and chairman of a unit grappling with weak sales growth ahead of a planned initial public offering (IPO) next year. The Cloud Intelligence Group is Alibaba's second-biggest revenue source after domestic e-commerce and houses the group's generative artificial intelligence model Tongyi Qianwen and messaging app Dingtalk. The unit's revenue fell for the first time in January-March, by 2%, due to delayed projects and other factors. Still, analysts estimate it is China's largest cloud provider with a 34% market share. With an estimated value of $41 billion to $60 billion, the unit is headin

Meta Platforms is working on a new artificial-intelligence system intended to be as powerful as the most advanced model offered by OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Facebook parent is aiming for its new AI model to be ready next year, the Journal said, adding it will be several times more powerful than its commercial version dubbed Llama 2. Llama 2 is Meta's open source AI language model launched in July, and distributed by Microsoft's cloud Azure services to com Pet e with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. The planned system , details of which could still change, would help other companies build services that produce sophisticated text, analysis and other output, the newspaper reported. Meta expects to start training the new AI system, known as a large language model, in early 2024, the report added. Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Businesses and enterprises hav

A vaporiser used to help children with nasal congestion and sold at Chemist Warehouse has been recall ed due to fears it could overheat . A number of Euky Bear Warm Steam Vaporisers have been recall ed after consultation with the Therapeutic Goods Administration, Euky Bear Australia said on its Facebook page. A company spokesperson pointed to a “quality issue whereby the enclosed heating element can overheat ”. For more Recalls related news and videos check out Recalls >> “If the device is not turned off after steaming, the base of the blue heating module may disintegrate and produce smoke and fumes,” the recall notice said. “If you have any of these Euky Bear vaporiser batches, then stop using your device and email our customer service team.” Euky Bear Australia is recall ing a number of its warm steam vaporisers. Credit: Euky Bear Australia Euky Bear Warm Steam Vaporisers are sold at a number of pharmacies, including Chemist Warehouse, through online stores and at baby retai