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Computers 'judge personality better than friends'

Posted in Software on 13th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Computers can be better at predicting our personality than our friends and family, an experiment with tens of thousands of volunteers has indicated.

Saving information on a computer boosts human memory resources for new information

Posted in Science on 13th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

The simple act of saving something, such as a file on a computer, may improve our memory for the information we encounter next.

Robots face new test of creative abilities

Posted in Software on 21st Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

A US professor is proposing a new way to test whether artificial intelligence (AI) is on a par with that of humans.

Is Screen Time Bad For Your Eyes?

Posted in Medicine on 5th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Theres no direct evidence that TVs, computers, or cell phones cause nearsightedness.

Britons spend more time on tech than asleep, study suggests

Posted in Online on 7th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

UK adults spend an average of eight hours and 41 minutes a day on media devices, compared with the average night's sleep of eight hours and 21 minutes.