The technology was meant to provide connectivity in the Amazon rainforest, but criminals are using it. Brazilian federal agents are increasingly finding Starlink internet units on the sites they raid in the Amazon rainforest. The agents are shot at, and the criminals often escape, but the technology is being left behind. Starlink internet services are a division of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The company has nearly 4,000 satellites in low orbit, providing with people in remote areas of the world – such as the Amazon rainforest – with online connectivity. The…
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New AI model has over 90 percent accuracy detecting Alzheimer’s disease
A team of researchers has leveraged artificial intelligence as a highly effective way of diagnosing the disease. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently published a study in PLOS ONE in which they detailed a novel way of using an AI model to detect Alzheimer’s disease with greater ease and accuracy. Artificial intelligence software has already been proven helpful in detecting several types of disease. Deep learning in AI models have already shown to be successful for the detection of several kinds of disease using data from high-quality brain magnetic…
Read MoreGoogle Play to warn users about mobile apps with known problems
Users are already receiving warnings when they are about to download known performance issues. Google has been taking additional steps to help people downloading mobile apps from its Play store to spot the applications functioning well and those that already have known performance issues reported by individuals with similar devices. Users are starting to report having been given a heads up about applications that are known to be problematic. The new form of warning is based on data Google collects about the performance of mobile apps on user devices. This…
Read MoreReltime revolutionizes e-commerce with its decentralized Web3 merchant payment solution
The Norway-based payments company is leading the shift toward direct e-commerce. Reltime AS is using its revolutionary Web3 merchant payment solution to help lead the transition from traditional ecommerce, which is controlled by many intermediary organizations, to a direct e-commerce platform where values are instantly exchanged between customers and/or merchants/businesses worldwide. Reltime’s platform will support direct e-commerce across 170 countries. Currently, the payments company, which is a global leader in Web3, Layer 1 Proof of Authority and Metaverse financial services platform, is supporting the direct e-commerce solution in 170 countries…
Read MoreMeta acquisition of Within Unlimited virtual reality company closes
The Facebook parent company was able to win an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by the FTC. When Meta recently won an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the judge required the company to wait a week before closing its acquisition deal of virtual reality company Within Unlimited. The FTC’s lawsuit sought to stop Meta from being able to purchase Within Unlimited. Meta’s efforts to purchase the virtual reality company best known for its Supernatural fitness application were delayed by over a year as it…
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