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New artificial intelligence tool may spot Alzheimer’s sooner

07/15/202207/14/2022 QR Code Press

Artificial intelligence tool - Alzheimer's Disease

This language processing tool could help to provide earlier diagnoses mental degenerative diseases. Researchers at Boston University have developed a new artificial intelligence tool that they say has the potential to help with earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other mental degenerative diseases. The AI software can be used for detecting cognitive impairments and spot Alzheimer’s earlier. The researchers published their findings in The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. Within their paper, they indicated that their artificial intelligence tool uses a machine learning computational model that can use audio recordings…

District of Columbia sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica facial recognition scandal

05/27/202205/26/2022 QR Code Press

Washington DC filed a lawsuit against the Meta CEO, regarding the privacy breach to its users. On Monday, the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, aiming to hold him personally liable for the Cambridge Analytica facial recognition company scandal. That scandal involved a privacy breach of the personal data of millions of the social media platform’s users. DC Attorney General Karl Racine filed the civil lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg in the DC Superior Court. In the filing, it accuses Zuckerberg of having a direct role…

How To Select The Right Influencer For Your Brand

04/29/202205/04/2022 QR Code Press

Many business owners are experimenting with different marketing strategies to entice existing and potential customers to avail themselves of their products and services. One of them is influencer marketing, an effective digital marketing strategy that enables you to reach a larger target market and drive sales. At its core, influencer marketing is all about collaboration and partnership. You’re paying a person or a group to advertise, feature, or positively promote your brand to their existing audience. Some people may also see this as ‘paid word-of-mouth.’ However, influencer marketing can only…

Insurance claims related to virtual reality technology spiked last year

02/16/202202/16/2022 QR Code Press

Virtual Reality Technology - Person playing game with VR

According to an insurer in the United Kingdom, filings related to VR rose 31 percent in 2021. As virtual reality technology takes off, so have the number of insurance claims related to the use of VR tech. Though the specifics of how many VR headsets have been sold aren’t known, they’re rising fast. The Reality Labs VR division at Meta hasn’t disclosed how many Quest 2 headsets have been sold so far, but what is known is that their popularity has never been higher. The Oculus app reached the top…

China wants its digital currency to reach greater use

01/18/202201/17/2022 QR Code Press

The country is boosting its efforts to roll out the online yuan to the general population. China is boosting its efforts to roll out its digital currency to the general population, as local tech giants such as Tencent and Alibaba join in with its use. That said, there are a spectrum of challenges in the way of the widespread use of this online yuan. The primary question is whether people across China who are already using two exceptionally popular mobile payments systems operated by Alibaba and Tencent will want to…