Fans are reflected in Disney+ logo during the Walt Disney D23 Expo in Anaheim, California in September 2022. Disney’s streaming service has attracted nearly seven million new subscribers, the company…
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How Anesthesia Blocks Consciousness – Neuroscience News
Summary: A new study reveals insights into how general anesthesia affects consciousness and sensory perception. Using animal models, researchers found that while propofol anesthesia allows sensory information to reach the…
Time-Traveling Minds: Decoding History Through Tech
Summary: Modern computing methods like text mining, face detection, and melodic extraction are allowing cognitive scientists to analyze historical cultural artifacts at scale, uncovering psychological data of past societies. By…
21st century Total Wars will enlist technologies in ways we don’t yet understand, researcher says
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The war in Ukraine is not only the largest European land war since the Second World War. It is also the first large-scale shooting war between…
Telecoms outage cuts off millions of Australians
Australian communications company Optus was hit by a major service outage on Wednesday. More than 10 million Australians were cut off from internet and phone services on Wednesday after unexplained…
Tech giants pool efforts to fight online child sex abuse
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Big tech companies, including Facebook-owner Meta and Google, said Tuesday they would team up in a new program to fight online child sexual abuse or exploitation.…
Fake Bollywood video highlights AI worries in India
Credit: Tara Winstead from Pexels A fake video of a Bollywood actor purporting to show her wearing a low-cut top has triggered calls for AI regulation in India, where past…
Powered by AI, new system makes human-to-robot communication more seamless
The new software system, called Lang2LTL, marks an important contribution toward more seamless communications between humans and robots. Photo by Juan Siliezar The black and yellow robot, meant to resemble…
