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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

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 cli

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 them.

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 ChatGP

iPhone devices are at risk, Apple has issued an important warning

If you have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you should update your device as soon as possible because Apple has released a fix for two Zero Day vulnerabilities that hackers can use to steal your personal information. That said, both questions are about the WebKit "engine" used by Safari on all platforms. iOS, iPadOS and macOS are at risk, meaning there is a potentially wide range of devices that could be attacked. One problem is “the processing of Internet content where sensitive information may be exposed. Another problem is that there is a risk of a hacker injecting malicious code because there is a memory error. The fixes are available in iOS 17.1.2, iPadOS 17.1.2, and macOS 14.1.2, as well as Safari 17.1.2 for macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura operating systems. To download the update if you have an iPhone, go to: Settings->General->Software Update, and it should say iOS 17.1.2 available. Apple says the following models are affected:   iPhone XS and later models i

“Google” explains how it plans to protect “Chrome”

  “Google” has officially announced plans to phase out third-party cookies as part of the “Privacy Sandbox” initiative. This approach will be implemented in phases and will begin testing 1% of users in early 2024, followed by a more extensive elimination of third-party cookies during the third quarter of next year. External cookies are tracking codes that are placed by websites and are used primarily for online advertising and tracking user habits on different websites. They help advertisers create profiles of users' interests, after which they can offer them more specific ads. However, these same external cookies can also be used to track the user's browsing habits, leading to a loss of privacy. “Google's” decision to eliminate third-party cookies will represent a significant step forward in protecting online privacy. The process aims to reduce the tracking of users across the network, while allowing the most essential online services to remain easily accessible. During th

Update Google Chrome urgently, a serious problem has been detected

  Every update brings with it the chance to exploit a Zero Day vulnerability, and that is something you should protect at all costs. Recently, a Zero Day vulnerability was also spotted for Google Chrome, so Google released an important security update for those with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-6345 and was discovered by the Threat Analysis Group on November 24. It's not detailed yet to avoid further exploitation, but it's known to affect something called Skia – an open source 2D graphics library used in Chrome's graphics engine. Although Google only discovered the issue last week, it's not known how long malicious actors were able to use it, or exactly how much damage it caused. This vulnerability could allow hackers to remotely access personal data and inject malicious code, potentially leading to data theft. Google automatically releases the update to all Chrome browsers, so if you do not already have it, it s