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A simple brain teaser has sent the internet into a frenzy as it went viral on TikTok this week. In the video, which has more than 3.5 million views, a man asked two women a seemingly simple question. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Brain teaser goes viral. For more Lifestyle related news and videos check out Lifestyle >> The man begins by revealing a piece of paper which reads: “Can you spot the the MISTAKE?” Underneath, the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are written in a rainbow of colours. The TikTok, posted by House of Highlights, shows the women re-reading the sentence over and over again. At first, the women wondered whether the numbers were in the wrong order, however they seemed correct. They then suggested perhaps “ mistake ” had been misspelt, but it was written correctly. “Is it something to do with the colours?” one of them asked. A simple brain teaser has sent the internet into a frenzy as it went viral on TikTok this week. Credit: House of Highlights “Is it something...

Tesla Inc's Full Self-Driving Beta software is now available to everyone in North America, Elon Musk said early on Thursday, as the automaker awaits regulatory approval for its cars to be driven without human oversight. "Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone in North America who requests it from the car screen, assuming you have bought this option," Musk tweeted. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment. Musk said last month that Tesla's advanced driver assistant software would not gain regulatory approval in 2022. Musk hopes to provide an update to Full Self Driving (FSD) in 2023 to show regulators that the Technology is much safer than the average human driver. The Silicon Valley automaker sells a $15,000 FSD software add-on which enables its vehicles to change lanes and park autonomously. That complements its standard "Autopilot" feature, which enables cars to steer, accelerate and brake within their lanes with...

Blinking lights were visible in Melbourne’s cloudy night sky on Saturday night, leaving many scratching their heads over the source. The eerie sight was actually morse code, beaming up from The Substation in Newport as part of a light installation from artist Michaela Gleave and lighting designer Fausto Brusamolino called ‘Between Us’. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Eerie blinking lights in Melbourne sky actually morse code For more Travel related news and videos check out 7Travel >> A video posted on a Melbourne Reddit thread discussed the possible sources of the blinking lights , with one user writing: “Looks like someone playing with a high-beam torch”. “I just assumed this time of year it would be Christmas lights ,” another wrote. Words collected from the community were translated into morse code for the project and beamed skyward from the Melbourne-based gallery on Saturday night, as well as from Footscray Community Arts Centre. The public artwork creates light signals that the a...

An American child crimes investigator has revealed the five thing s she will never let her kids do. The mother who is known as @thegirlcop on TikTok said that while some may disagree with her parenting style, her choices are based on cases she comes across in her line of work. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Child crimes expert reveals the thing s she would never let her kids do. For more Parenting related news and videos check out Parenting >> Her number one rule: No sleepovers. “I know I’m going to get a lot of hate for this,” she said, “You don’t know who is there, you don’t know who else is spending the night. Brothers, cousins, uncles, sisters, you just don’t know.” Her second rule is that she doesn’t let her children use Snapchat, explaining the app - which allows users to share their location - has played a role in many of the cases she has worked on. “I have a lot of cases that have come from predators utilising this app, and kids think that thing s disappear and they don’t,”...

Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc are planning to resume advertising on Twitter, according to media reports on Saturday. The developments follow an email sent by Twitter on Thursday to advertising agencies offering advertisers incentives to increase their spending on the platform, an effort to jump-start its Business after Elon Musk's takeover prompted many companies to pull back. Twitter billed the offer as the "biggest advertiser incentive ever on Twitter," according to the email reviewed by Reuters. U.S. advertisers who book $500,000 in incremental spending will qualify to have their spending matched with a "100% value add," up to a $1 million cap, the email said. On Saturday, a Platformer News report er tweeted that Amazon is planning to resume advertising on Twitter at about $100 million a year, pending some security tweaks to the company's ads platform. However, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters that Amazon...

Microsoft has offer ed Sony a 10-year contract to make each new "Call of Duty" release available on PlayStation the same day it comes to Xbox, according to an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on Monday from a Microsoft executive. Sony's gaming chief Jim Ryan said in September that Microsoft's earlier offer to keep the popular game series made by Activision Blizzard on PlayStation for three years after the current agreement expires was inadequate. Xbox maker Microsoft's latest offer to Sony comes as it faces increased regulatory scrutiny over its $69 billion buyout deal for Activision Blizzard. The offer , made in January, has attracted regulatory headwinds in the European Union, Britain and in the United States, with Sony criticizing the deal and even calling for a regulatory veto. Reuters reported last month that Microsoft's remedy would consist mainly of a 10-year licensing deal to Playstation owner Sony. ...

She’s the Queensland outback property owner with a penchant for amateur palaeontology. But now Cassandra Prince, from the McKinlay area about 200km east of Mount Isa, has made a discovery that’s being compared to the archaeology’s famous Rosetta Stone. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: How a Queensland property owner discovered of 100-million-year-old creature Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> Prince, along with two other like-minded friends who form an amateur palaeontology posse self-titled the “Rock Chicks”, discovered the remains of a 100-million-year-old long-necked marine reptile on her sprawling remote station. The discovery of the complete skeleton of an ancient plesiosaur, or extinct marine reptile, is an Australian first. A team of museum palaeontologists travelled to the remote site to collect the fossil of the elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur that lived alongside the dinosaurs. The elasmosaur lived in the Eromanga Sea, which covered large parts of inland Au...

Apple Inc has scaled back ambitious self -driving plans for its future electric vehicle and postponed the car's target launch date to 2026, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The iPhone maker's shares fell 2.4% following the report. The company's automotive efforts, known as Project Titan, have proceeded unevenly since 2014, when it first started to design a vehicle from scratch. Apple is now planning a less-ambitious design that will include a steering wheel and pedals and only support full autonomous capabilities on highways, the people told Bloomberg. The report added that the company plans to develop a vehicle that lets drivers conduct other tasks on a freeway and be alerted with ample time to switch over to manual control. Last year, a Bloomberg report said Apple was pushing to launch its electric car as early as 2025 and refocusing the project around full self -driving capabilities. Apple's idea...

YouTube is bringing Twitch-style emotes , called Youtube emotes , to live chats and comment s on its platform. The emotes have been designed by three independent illustrators and are currently themed around gaming. While the emotes can be used on different channels, the streaming platform will soon release more variety to cater to other communities. for the times where words just aren’t enough… introducing YouTube Emotes! 🥳 now everyone can join in & react to all the biggest Ws across streams w/ new emotes . we’re starting with emotes for Gaming but more types of emotes to come, stay tuned👀 more: https://t.co/H2iZYffWAS pic.twitter.com/rpTmVvnCtj — TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) December 5, 2022 To use the emotes, users can click the smiling face icon in the chat or comment section. If the user has a membership to a channel that offers custom emojis, the YouTube Emotes will be visible under the emoji picker option. Apart from that, it also ha...

The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia have agreed to pursue a merger in a move that would create the nation’s largest university for Australian students. After months of discussions with the state government, the two universities will develop a business case and financial plan but have already agreed the new entity would be called Adelaide University. If it gets final approval it will be operational from January 2026. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> “The creation of a university for the future would put South Australia at the forefront of education in Australia, with a truly globally com Pet itive tertiary education institution,” Premier Pet er Malinauskas said. “The combined university would make South Australia a magnet for domestic and international students and a global leader in research, unlocking incredible benefits for our state’s economy.” As part of the merger plan, a transition council of 14 members will be created with...

Google revealed an interesting wrap-up of 2022 with a list of what users found most fascinating while search ing on the web. The most searched word of the year was 'Wordle', the word-guessing game that had everyone hooked on for their word of the day. The most search ed news topic was regarding election day in the US. The passing of Britain's Queen Elizabeth and actress Betty White were also among the top search es, coming in second and third respectively in terms of news search .  Disney's new movie, Encanto, based on Marvel's playful superhero, Thor, had the most search ed-for song - 'We don't talk about Bruno'. The list of categories also includes the most searched-for people, definitions, actors, movies, etc. Johnny Depp topped the list of most searched-for actors and people, while Euphoria and Stranger Things were the top two searches on the TV show list. Google also expanded the list to search es for cultural landmarks on Googl...

Social media platform TikTok said on Friday accusation s by the Malaysian government that it was blocking pro-Palestinian content were "unfounded". Muslim-majority Malaysia on Thursday warned of action against social media firms TikTok and Meta, saying their platforms had been accused of restricting content supporting Palestinians. Meta responded on Thursday, saying there was "no truth" to the accusation and it was not deliberately suppressing voices on its Facebook platform. A TikTok spokesperson, in an email to Reuters on Friday, also rejected Malaysia's accusation that it was blocking pro-Palestinian content. "The claim is unfounded. Our community guidelines apply equally to all content on TikTok, and we're committed to consistently enforcing our policies to protect our community," the spokesperson said. Both Meta and TikTok designate Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that governs Gaza, a "dangerous organisation...

US ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc and driverless tech-maker Motional said on Wednesday they launched their public robotaxi service in Las Vegas. Tough regulatory scrutiny and delayed commercial adoption of autonomous vehicle Technology have delayed deployment of robotaxi service s, leaving investors worried. The launch is part of a non-exclusive 10-year agreement between both the companies for driverless vehicles, with a rollout in Los Angeles expected to follow. In the multi-market deal, Motional's autonomous vehicles would also ferry both passengers and delivery items for Uber and its Uber Eats division. Riders are currently not being charged as part of the early days of launch, Uber said in an interview with Reuters, but added that they plan to start charging for their driverless commercial launch. The companies said they would have vehicle operators for now, although they are working to make a fully driverless experience available to the public by 2023...

BANGKOK: Tesla Inc launch ed two electric vehicle (EV) models in Thailand on Wednesday, marking its first foray into the regional autos hub that has long been dominated by Japanese manufacturers. The launch of two EVs with prices ranging between 1.7 million baht to 2.5 million baht (($48,447 to $71,205) comes as Thailand makes a push for EV adoption and production by offering tax cuts and subsidies. The US automaker plans to start selling its EVs in Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy via online channels, with deliveries set to start early next year. But it faces stiff com Pet ition from Chinese brands like BYD and Great Wall Motors, which have set up showrooms and distribution partners in recent years to reach customers and offer EVs with prices starting at 800,000 baht. Tesla did not provide details on sales targets. Thailand is Asia's fourth-largest auto assembly and export hub for companies like Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co Ltd. It produces about 1.5...

BENGALURU: Around five million people globally have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market till date, of which 600,000 are from India, making it the worst affected country, according to one of the world's largest VPN service providers NordVPN. Bot markets are used by hackers to sell stolen data from victims' devices with bot malware. The study by NordVPN, of Lithuania's Nord Security, said the stolen data included user logins, cookies, digital fingerprints, screenshots and other information, with the average price for the digital identity of a person pegged at 490 Indian rupees($5.95). NordVPN tracked data for the past four years, ever since bot markets were launched in 2018. India has been dealing with cyber security concerns for a while. As recently as last month, multiple servers of the All India Institute of Medical Science s (AIIMS), a federal government hospital that caters to ministers, politicians and the general public, were infected on Nov. 23, ...

Apple, the world's largest tech company, said on Tuesday that it will back a US right-to-repair bill, following years of complaints from consumer advocates that its sleek devices are difficult and expensive to fix. The announcement is part of a broader push by President Joe Biden to promote competition and crack down on so-called junk fees and other actions that increase prices for consumers. Apple also on Tuesday said it would make parts, tools and documentation needed to fix its iPhones and computers available to independent repair shops and consumers nationwide, a move that could help push other companies to follow suit. Restrictive practices used across industry raised costs for consumers, stifled innovation, closed off business opportunities for independent repair shops and created unnecessary electronic waste, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said. "We've heard from health care workers and hospitals worried that they would be unable to fix a ventila...

Microsoft has again updated and re design ed its classic Paint app, after its last rebranding in 2017 Windows 10 update. Paint 3D has been replaced with classic Paint with new UI features, and interface. Paint has now a re design ed look, with new icons that give a minimalist outlook, based on "simple and geometric forms," while using "modern metaphors that are easily understood." Microsoft has also added new fonts to the collection including Segoe Fluent Icons, which "complements Windows 11's geometry," and refers to "the shape, size and position of UI elements, with Windows 11 featuring "progressively rounded corners, nested elements, and consistent gutters." Removing all text from the ribbon, Windows 11 design has just seven words when expanded, compared to the previous 20-word ribbon from Windows 10. The design is difficult to navigate and get used to, as users may need to invest time re-discovering where tools lie. Much o...

Millions of social media users who love to share their best photos of the year online are being urged to be wary of fake apps trying to steal their personal information. At the end of each year, Instagram users post a “top nine” of their most liked photos by using one of several apps that exist to create the collage . WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Mother loses $3000 in ‘Hi Mum’ text scam. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> But the original app offering the service, Top Nine, is warning some of those alternative apps are fakes secretly stealing their data. Top Nine says millions of users download its app each year but some continue to fall victim to opportunistic cyber criminals who create fake platforms appearing to offer the same service. The dodgy apps promise to assemble the user’s top nine photos but are actually stealing Instagram logins and hacking into accounts, Top Nine warns. Some even look “exactly the same” as the official platform and have ...

Earth has been hit by an extremely rare and massive blast of light from a nearby galaxy , scientists have revealed. A new study, led by Jillian Rastinejad at Northwestern University in the US state of Illinois discovered late last year the Earth was hit by a 50-second-long blast of energy . WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: First full colour image from NASA’s new space telescope. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The blasts, known as a gamma-ray burst or GRB, are the most powerful explosions in the universe. But, Rastinejad says the study of these rays could change the way we understand our universe. “This event looks unlike anything else we have seen before from a long gamma-ray burst,” Rastinejad said. “Its gamma rays resemble those of bursts produced by the collapse of massive stars. “Given that all other confirmed neutron star mergers we have observed have been accompanied by bursts lasting less than two seconds, we had every reason to expect this 50-...

Japan's com Pet ition watchdog said on Monday it has started investigating Google for a possible breach of antimonopoly laws in web search services, following similar steps by authorities in Europe and other major economies. The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) said it was investigating whether Google violated Japan's Antimonopoly Act by returning part of its revenue to Android smartphone makers on the condition they not install rival search engines. It is also looking into Google's practice of making Android phone makers install its "Google Search" and "Google Chrome" browser applications with the "Google Play" app. "There is suspicion that through these steps it is excluding competitors' business activity and restricting its business partners' business activity in the search services market," a JFTC official told a press conference. The official said the issue was not that Google's service was widely used, ...

A Google service relied upon by many large websites to sell and display ads was down for about three hours Thursday, denying major news publishers revenue during the crucial holiday period, two sources familiar with the matter said. "The issue with Google Ad Manager has been resolved and ad serving has now been restored for the affected users,” Google said in a tweet on Thursday evening. “We apologize for the inconvenience.” News websites such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times were being affected by the issue, one of the sources said. Another said the lost revenue for one large news website was thousands of dollars an hour and it was coming during a key revenue period as advertisers promote holiday deals. "This is real economic loss," the source said. The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times and Google did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Google...

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX secretly funded media company the Block for over a year with money sent to the Block's chief executive, Axios reported on Friday, citing sources. The Block's employees were previously unaware of the payments, according to the report. FTX did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, while FTX's former Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried did not respond to a phone call and text message seeking comment. Regulators around the globe, including in the Bahamas where FTX is based and in the United States, are investigating the role of FTX's top executives in the firm's stunning collapse, Reuters previously reported. The crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy last month after a liquidity crisis that saw at least $1 billion of customer funds vanish. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/ftx-secretly-funded-crypto-news-site-TheFOXposts-3868.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogg...

Instagram is testing a sticker creation feature which will allow users to create their own stickers from their photos and use them in their Reels and Stories. The simple feature will select the subject of the photo and remove the background to create a floating sticker. Instagram head, Adam Mosseri, demonstrated how the feature would work in his broadcast channel. He also added that users will be able to make them from “eligible images you see on Instagram.” Instagram is still running tests on this feature with no confirmation when the feature will be widely available to everyone. Last week, the platform tested a polling feature which showed up in the comments section under posts. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/instgram-s-new-feature-enhances-reels-and-stories-TheFOXposts-39551.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

Google Chrome has launched two new performance modes that help save the memory and battery life of devices to provide a fast browsing experience. Through the help of new modes, users can reduce the memory usage of Chrome by around 40% and 10GB, helping to extend the battery life of a device when it is running low on power. The Memory Saver mode frees up memory from tabs not currently being used, so the active websites have a smooth browsing experience. Read Ericsson and Apple end patent-related legal row with licence deal With the help of Energy Saver, Chrome will save the device's battery by limiting background activity and visual effects for websites with animations and videos. As these features roll out, the users can turn off either of them for all sites or specific web pages. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/chrome-introduces-battery-and-memory-saving-features-TheFOXposts-3873.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger...

This article was first published in The Conversation Have you ever chatted with a friend about buying a certain item and been targeted with an ad for that same item the next day? If so, you may have wondered whether your smart phone was “ listening ” to you. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> But is it really? Well, it’s no coincidence the item you’d been interested in was the same one you were targeted with. But that doesn’t mean your device is actually listening to your conversations — it doesn’t need to. There’s a good chance you’re already giving it all the information it needs. Can phones hear? Most of us regularly disclose our information to a wide range of websites and apps. We do this when we grant them certain permissions, or allow “cookies” to track our online activities. So-called “first-party cookies” allow websites to “remember” certain details about our interaction with the site. For instance, login cookies let you save your login de...