Excessive use of mobile phones brings with it a series of health problems that deserve our attention. According to a study by the consulting firm Data.ai, Brazil is among the five countries where the daily time spent with a mobile phone is the greatest, reaching 5.3 hours in 2022. This habit has negative consequences for our well-being. Read more: If you go to one of these three places, never take your mobile phone with you Spinal, tendon and joint problems One of the most common things to do with prolonged phone use is the effect on posture and spine. The…
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During the week, scientists announced important discoveries in astronomy, such as the presence of a fundamental molecule for humans in space and a rare white pulsar. We even had a green meteor of uncertain nature.Check out these and other news highlights of the week below.Black hole sound A*200 years ago, the black hole Sagittarius A*, at the center of the Milky Way, erupted into activity by gobbling up surrounding matter. This interaction caused light to be emitted in different wavelengths, which were reflected from nearby gas clouds.To describe the phenomenon in other, unseen ways, the researchers flagged the emissions. Radiation…
What is good can become better. That’s because Amazon announced Prime Day 2023 dates and news, which promises to be even bigger than last year’s. Also read: The company will join giants Amazon and Meta in the ‘Trillionaires Club’ This year, the event will take place on July 11th and 12th, offering 48 hours of exclusive performances. This time, Prime Day will offer specials in 25 countries, including Brazil. Only Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to view and buy products with special discounts and free shipping, from a selection of 100 million products in 50 categories. Commenting on what…
The WhatsApp messaging app has some features, such as Bubble Mode, that improve the display of messages and statuses. Some of these functions can be easily activated in the application itself or in the general settings of the mobile phone. Quickly, you can make your device more connected and interactive, with just one notification function activated on the screen. It is a very useful way to continue activities and receive messages without wasting time. Watch here how to activate the “Bubble Mode” function and enjoy the messaging app even more. What is bubble mode? Basically, Bubble Mode is a feature…
The large galaxy NGC 6872 appears in the image highlighted by NASA on Friday (23). It spans more than 500,000 light-years, which means it is at least five times the size of the Milky Way. It’s easy to find in the image below: just look out for the galaxy so distorted that its spiral arms ended up stretched out, resembling a bird’s wings. For this reason, it became known as the Condor Galaxy. Located 200 million light-years away from us, NGC 6872 has been distorted by gravitational interactions with galaxy IC 4970. It is a smaller galaxy, visible above the…
Microsoft should remove Bing information, which uses artificial intelligence (AI), from its search platform that attributes to a doctor whether he authored crimes involving sexual harassment, which he is investigating. So Judge Gaeter Cortez Jr., of the Seventh Civil Court of Bauru, decided when issuing an injunction. The decision should be among the first in the world to force the removal of inaccurate material generated by the use of artificial intelligence, according to some lawyers. According to the documentation minutes attached to the process, the artificial intelligence tool provided incorrect information in its research that the author would be investigated…
Microsoft should remove Bing information, which uses artificial intelligence (AI), from its search platform that attributes to a doctor whether he authored crimes involving sexual harassment, which he is investigating. So Judge Gaeter Cortez Jr., of the Seventh Civil Court of Bauru, decided when issuing an injunction. The decision should be among the first in the world to force the removal of inaccurate material generated by the use of artificial intelligence, according to some lawyers. According to the documentation minutes attached to the process, the artificial intelligence tool provided incorrect information in its research that the author would be investigated…
Before Zenimax was acquired by Microsoft, Starfield and Redfall were also planned for PS5. And the FTC, writing in black and white in a document filed at the trial, opposes the antitrust commission to Microsoft, for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The document doesn’t explain much, given that most of its parts are censored, but the news isn’t surprising given that the Zenimax acquisition happened in 2021 and that Bethesda has released all of its latest titles on PlayStation consoles as well, even being awarded twice. Exclusives: Deathloop from Arkane Studios and Ghostwire: Tokyo from Tango Gameworks. During the trial,…
Bethesda has confirmed in court that MachineGames’ Indiana Jones is no longer a cross-platform game and Microsoft has ported it to an Xbox exclusive on consoles. Bethesda’s Pete Hines has been called into court, in the case between the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Microsoft over the purchase of Activision Blizzard, to confirm that the initial agreement with Disney was to develop an Indiana Jones game for various platforms. His answer was yes. Then FTC lawyers asked Heinz if Microsoft had bought Bethesda, and Disney asked if this would affect the platforms on which Indiana Jones would be released.…
A smartphone is a necessary item for almost everyone in the modern world, but sometimes we can forget how delicate these devices and their components are. An example of this is the battery, which although it is lithium-ion, needs certain care in order for the device to have greater durability. Adhering to “healthy” habits when recharging your smartphone and other devices with a battery will ensure longer battery life, as well as more safety in everyday life by avoiding overheating incidents in chargers. Check out eight tips for recharging devices more efficiently. Fake or poor quality chargers It is essential…