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Four foods that become toxic when stored in the refrigerator

Although the refrigerator keeps food fresh, some foods should not be stored in the refrigerator because they can become toxic. Doctor Dimple Yangda, who is a specialist in gut health, stated on Instagram that these foods are garlic, onion, ginger and rice and revealed the reasons why this is so. Garlic Garlic can become soft if stored in the refrigerator. "Never store garlic in the refrigerator because it starts to mold very quickly, and mold on garlic is actually linked to cancer," Yangda said, advising to store garlic in a dry, dark place. "Garlic has a low acidity, which makes it prone to the deposition of the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which is one of the culprits of botulism," she warned. Onion Onion is a crop that is resistant to low temperatures. The expert explains: "When you put onions in the fridge, the starch starts to turn into sugar and mold starts to form." Many people make this mistake. Cut the head of the onion, use half...

Study: Do you know which the most harmful stress to health is, that creates series of bad consequences?

Financial stress is the most damaging to an individual's health and general well-being, accelerates the aging process, affects health biomarkers and has a stronger effect on mental health compared to the consequences of grieving an illness, severe loss or divorce, according to a new study by British scientists.   Almost 5,000 adults aged 50 and over took part in the British study, which was carried out by scientists from University College London (UCL) and King's College, who said their analysis was the first to investigate how they differed from types of chronic health-related stress in older age groups. A nationally representative study confirmed that financial stress is associated with long-term changes in key health indicators, such as the immune, nervous and hormonal systems. They compared the six most common stress factors Of all the six most common stressors studied by the British scientists, namely financial stress, caring for a seriously ill or disabled person,...

If you want to live better, you need to see the good in everything

  It often happens in life that we see things negatively and see only bad things in everything and everyone. Sometimes we just want to change some things that we don't see positively, but if you keep seeing things negatively, then you already have a problem. Many people have things in life that they should be happy about, but they only look at the negative things and concentrate on what they need to change. To improve the quality of your life, try to look at things as if nothing needs to be changed. It will be hard for you at first, but with time you will learn to live like that. After some time you will see that your life is not changing in a negative direction, but in a positive one and that you are much happier. Try to see only the good in everything and everyone. Be more understanding. It is enough just to turn on the heart and turn off the brain in certain situations. With a little practice you will achieve this more easily.

The leaves of this evergreen plant will solve your health problems

  Spring is in February and we often hear someone coughing or sneezing, not to mention a stuffy nose. Teas, rest, honey, it's usually what we usually resort to first, but it's not always that effective. Instead of visiting the nearest pharmacy to buy lozenges or syrup for your persistent cough and sore throat, sometimes it is better to look in your drawer and prepare a very simple and natural syrup that will solve all your ailments. Bay leaves are often used in the kitchen as an addition to dishes, giving them a special aroma, and bay essential oil is great for inhaling and disinfecting rooms, especially during flu season. The leaves of this evergreen plant are rich in various minerals, vitamin B and are an excellent choice for immunity protection due to their antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effect. To prepare the syrup, only three ingredients are needed: bay leaf, water and brown sugar or honey. Ingredients for syrup: 6 pieces of dried bay leaf 1 lemon 3-4 teaspoons of ...

Eating this food for breakfast is the key to losing weight fast

  British weight loss expert Dr. Michael Moseley shared his advice to those who want to lose weight "quickly". He suggests following a crash diet that includes just 800 calories a day, with eggs for breakfast. Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Dr. Moseley explained: "This is a phased process – the first phase is rapid weight loss with 800 calories a day. Follow the diet for at least two to three weeks, and some people continue to follow it for up to 12 weeks. Moseley addressed the studies that support his diet plan: "A study in northern England of a diet involving eating 800 calories a day for up to 12 weeks showed an average weight loss of around 14kg. ”There was another study done by Oxford and they lost 10 pounds in a year." The expert explained that one food is the best choice for losing weight: "I eat eggs and asparagus for breakfast – the book has lots of recipes but I'm a big fan of eggs, eggs will fill you up." "You can eat scrambled eggs, ...

Trojan apps that take photos of users without permission, if you have them, delete them

  ESET antivirus experts have released a new list of Android messaging apps that track users and steal their information. These are apps from the Google Play Store and almost all of them look like regular messaging apps. However, behind the scenes they run a remote device access Trojan known as "VajraSpy" and are part of the "Patchwork APT" campaign, with the primary goal of spying on downloaders. These apps can steal your contacts, files, call history and messages, and some can even access your WhatsApp or Signal conversations, record phone calls or see what notifications you receive, the website PhoneArena" published post. The worst that has been discovered is that they can take pictures of users and record sound in the environment. They are primarily used in Pakistan and India, but it is possible to find them in other areas as well. If you accidentally came across them, skip them, and if you downloaded them, delete them. These are the Google Play Store apps ...

Android phones are finally getting the feature that users have been waiting

  The website Android Authority has released information about a feature that will make it much easier to monitor battery health for Android device users. According to the document, which was published by Android expert Mishal Rahman, Google could start offering users notifications that their device's battery has degraded. Android users currently have to resort to external apps or use special commands to check battery health, whereas Apple has been offering iPhone battery health statistics for quite some time. Android 14 QPR2 Beta 2 has a hidden Battery Health app, according to Rahman. While it doesn't yet activate the battery health meter, the codes indicate that the option will display information such as the percentage of battery charge compared to when the battery was new. Icons are also detected indicating that the battery is low or unable to read the battery. In the Settings section, alerts are sent when there are battery health updates (when the phone can't r...

This AI can locate you from a photo

  Stanford students have created a new artificial intelligence project that has the potential to become a "privacy nightmare" because it can determine the location where a photo was taken. The project is called PIGEON (Image Geolocation Prediction) and is designed to help find the locations where Google Street View photos were taken. However, when given several photos it had never seen before, this AI model was able to find their locations with great accuracy. Jay Stanley of the American Civil Liberties Union says this could have serious privacy implications, including government surveillance, corporate surveillance and tracking. For example, governments could use PAGEON to find dissidents or see if you've visited "forbidden" sites. All in all, in the wrong hands, this kind of technology can wreak havoc. Motivated by these concerns, the students said that the technology would not be available to the public, but if they could do something like this, the o...

Brussels launched proceedings against the X network

  The European Commission has launched official proceedings against the social network X, formerly Twitter, on suspicion that it has failed to fulfill its obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA), thus violating the rights of the European Union. The new regulation, which came into force last year, mandates the very large internet platforms and search engines to step up their fight against illegal content and risks to public safety and to protect their services from manipulative techniques. The procedure will focus on preventing the spread of illegal content in the EU, on the effectiveness of the measures taken to combat the manipulation of information, in particular the system of "community notifications" and the measures taken by the X network to increase the transparency of its platform, the Commission states. Emphasizing that he will conduct a thorough investigation as a priority. The X Network, owned by Elon Musk, is part of a group of big tech companies und...

“Google Maps” is getting a new feature, and here is what it improves

  Nowadays, it seems nearly impossible to keep something like your location a secret, and we are often left at the mercy of companies to take the appropriate steps to ensure this. To achieve just that goal, Google has released new location controls for Maps designed to give you better control over what data is captured and where. One of the most significant changes being introduced is the option to save your Timeline directly to your device instead of the cloud. If you do not already know, the Timeline is an encrypted record of all the areas and attractions you have visited. You need to turn on location history; it is off by default, to activate Timeline. As part of the Google Maps update, Location History will automatically delete your data after three months, compared to the previous 18 months. However, you can delete all information whenever you want or you can turn off automatic deletion. Additionally, you can turn off Location History at any time. Google Maps will also let you...

How artificial intelligence changed the internet in 2023

  Although it does not look like it, ChatGPT is only a year old. It came out in November 2022, and a lot has changed in the meantime. The rise of artificial intelligence systems is being called by many a new industrial revolution and has raised various philosophical and ethical questions. Therefore, it has been a big year for chatbots and other AI stuff – even though it is all happening fast, we still do not seem to be aware of what is changed. During 2023 we learned that AI can "hallucinate", but not in a fun way. Those hallucinations make linguistic sense and contain some elements of reality. That is why it is not always easy to separate the truth from complete nonsense. The internet has been flooded with stupid things "said" by various chatbots, for example, Google Bard presented incorrect things as correct, while ChatGPT managed to ruin a lawyer's career. Deepfake has entered the mainstream over the year, as new fake AI-generated content looks even more real...

He has access to photos, videos, surfing history: Google's AI could know about users

  One of the most common expressions associated with the most popular search engine in the world is that it knows us better than even our closest friends because, thanks to tracking everything we do on the Internet, Google knows what we like, what we eat, whether we exercise, what music we listen to, etc. But that's nothing compared to what Google is thinking about, a new tool, that is, an option based on artificial intelligence that could really have full insight into everything we do in our lives. As commented by Google in an internal meeting, their tool would be like ChatGPT, with the difference that this tool would fully know people and their lives and habits and would be able to give them suggestions, tips and so on that would be personalized exclusively for them . This new product, which is still being discussed within Google, so it is not known if the company will actually start its development, is called Project Ellmann and should provide a "bird's eye view of the ...

‘Meta’ introduces new ‘Messenger’ encryption: 'We don't know what's sent either'

Meta said it will introduce default encryption for personal calls and messages through the Messenger app so "no one, including Meta, can see what is being sent or said." It's a major update to privacy terms reminiscent of Meta's other app, WhatsApp, CNBC reports. Messenger boss Loredana Crisan added in an accompanying post on the company's blog that it will take an indefinite amount of time to encrypt all conversations. In 2016, users were given the option to choose whether they wanted to protect their communications through so-called end-to-end encryption, and now it will be the default option. This change was confirmed by the CEO of "Meta", Mark Zuckerberg, with a post on the social network "Facebook" and on that occasion he congratulated the team for a job well done.

Artificial intelligence: Google's new model 'will outperform humans in solving intelligence tests'

Google has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that it claims will "answer questions more carefully" because its "functionalities are more advanced". AI content generators sometimes invent things that developers call hallucinations.  The new Gemini model has been tested to solve problems in 57 areas, including mathematics and the humanities. "This is the new era of artificial intelligence," said Sundar Pichai, head of Google.  Earlier this year, Google launched its own version of the chatbot – Bard – calling it an "experiment".  During the presentation, the program made an error when answering the space question.  Google claims that the new model is "the most capable" and will outperform humans in solving intelligence tests.  Gemini can recognize image, text and sound, but it is not a product in itself.  It is a program that will be integrated into existing Google tools, including search, but also into the Bard...

Should we accept all the cookies? Here's what you should pay attention

Automatically accept all internet cookies? If you care about privacy, we suggest a little caution.  Cookie consent pop-ups are so common these days that you've probably started clicking "accept" automatically, just to keep surfing in peace. The question, however, is – should all cookies be accepted? In most cases, when you visit a site for the first time, internet cookies are created. Your web browser stores these files on your device and the next time you visit the same website, it accepts cookies and sends them to its network server.  Thus, network servers can easily identify you and your device, remember information about your previous visits and make the website more useful. It should be emphasized that cookies are not always bad. In fact, some are even helpful. These are the three types of cookies we recommend you accept while browsing.  Strictly Necessary Cookies  These cookies got this name because some parts of the website cannot function without ...

ChatGPT has serious competition: Google introduced Gemini

Google has announced the launch of its most powerful artificial intelligence model yet, called Gemini, which the company claims has surpassed Open Al's GPT-3.5 generative system. Gemini will be available in three different sizes, which are the largest and most powerful Gemini ultra, Gemini pro, which has a wide range of uses, and Gemini nano, which is used for special tasks and mobile devices, reports CNN. "Gemini was built to be multi-modal, meaning it can understand and combine different types of information, including test, code, audio, video and images," said Google CEO Sundar Pichai. This AI model will be available through Google Cloud from December 13 and will work simultaneously with Google's Bard chatbot.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WRITE LAWS: A regulation written entirely by chatbots was adopted in Brazil

  The city council of Porto Alegre, the capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, passed a law whose text was written entirely with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) produced by ChatGPT. The document was created by AI with the help of questions entered by city council member Ramiro Rosario, and the proposal of that law allows the municipality not to charge taxpayers for replacing water meters if they are stolen, reported TASS. The city council already approved the document, and it was signed by the mayor Sebastiu Melu, and the members of the council, the mayor, and the citizens only found out after the law was passed that it was completely written by AI. - Our strategy was not to tell anyone that the AI did it, we just wanted to conduct an experiment. In the coming years, society will face a revolution in various fields thanks to artificial intelligence, and politics will not be left out of these changes, Rosario said. The American company OpenAI introduced the Ch...