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Higher risk of dementia in English older individuals who are overweight or

Several risk factors contribute to dementia, but the role of obesity remains unclear. This study investigated whether increased body weight or central obesity were associated with a higher risk of developing dementia in a representative sample of older English adults. Higher risk of dementia in English older individuals who are overweight or

Guy Who Reverse-Engineered TikTok Reveals The Scary Things He Learned, Advi

Facebook got itself into a sensitive data scandal when it did shady business with Cambridge Analytica, Instagram confirmed a security issue exposing user accounts and phone numbers, but these apps are basically online security havens compared to TikTok, according to one senior software engineer with Guy Who Reverse-Engineered TikTok Reveals The Scary Things He Learned, Advi

Using data science and machine learning for improved customer support

In this blog post we’ll explore three tricks that can be used for data science that helped us solve real problems for our customer support group and our customers. Two for natural language processing in a customer support context and one for identifying attack Internet attack traffic. Using data science and machine learning for improved customer support

2nd Generation JavaScript Frameworks & Libraries: beyond Angular, React, an

In recent years, large enterprises have been open sourcing their internal JavaScript technology stacks, with an emphasis on reliability, stability, and maintainability. Geertjan Wielenga explained at FOSDEM’20 the drivers behind that move and how that benefits developers. 2nd Generation JavaScript Frameworks & Libraries: beyond Angular, React, an

MuseNet

We've created MuseNet, a deep neural network that can generate 4-minute musical compositions with 10 different instruments, and can combine styles from country to Mozart to the Beatles. MuseNet

Coronavirus could upend traditional workweeks - Axios

One of the pandemic's longer-term impacts on how we work could be the end of the five-day, 9-to-5 workweek. What's happening: For many companies, these past few months have been a period of rapid experimentation — and some are finding that shorter workdays and four-day weeks can work quite well. Coronavirus could upend traditional workweeks - Axios

The biggest dinosaur ever may have been twice the size we thought | New Sci

FOR a century, visitors to Chicago’s Field Museum have marvelled at a display featuring two African bush elephants, frozen mid-fight. In the past couple of years, however, this awesome spectacle of the largest living land animals has been overshadowed by an enormous skeleton. The biggest dinosaur ever may have been twice the size we thought | New Sci

Listen to Google Meet’s impressive new background noise cancellation featur

Google Meet’s new AI-powered background noise cancellation has started rolling out, VentureBeat reports. Google announced the feature back in April for its G Suite Enterprise and G Suite Enterprise for Education customers. It’s coming to the web first, with iOS and Android following later. Listen to Google Meet’s impressive new background noise cancellation featur

After 10 Years in Tech Isolation, I'm Now Outsider to Things I Once Had Mas

The world isn’t the way I remember it, and certainly not the way I left it back when I was arrested in 2009 for installing botnets and commercial remote access programs on a handful of sensitive clinic systems, which included a critical SCADA system. After 10 Years in Tech Isolation, I'm Now Outsider to Things I Once Had Mas

THE UNSENT PROJECT – A Collection of Unsent Text Messages to First Loves

Rora Blue started The Unsent Project in 2015 to figure out what color people see love in. Since then she has received over 40,000 anonymous submissions from people all over the world. The Unsent Project is a community dependent project that would not exist without your support. THE UNSENT PROJECT – A Collection of Unsent Text Messages to First Loves

MIT Develops Wearable Sensors Sewn into Clothes That Monitor Vital Signs

The future of wearables is a smart one, with many companies and individuals focusing on how to incorporate them into day to day lifestyles to ameliorate our lives. A team of researchers from MIT has developed a small wearable that can be sewn into clothing and monitors the wearer's vitals. MIT Develops Wearable Sensors Sewn into Clothes That Monitor Vital Signs