Fri 18 February 2022: The rise in popularity of media cloud services, technological advancements in facial recognition technology, surge in mobile devices equipped with cameras and increase in demand for security applications and products enabled with image recognition functions drive the market growth. Market data shows that demand for facial recognition is mushrooming. Tradingplatforms.com has presented stats […]
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Fri 18 February 2022: A 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery containing at least 20 ornately decorated graves has been uncovered near the shoreline in the northern Gaza Strip, with the Antiquities Ministry calling it the most important local discovery of the past decade, Reuters reports. Gaza is rich with antiquities, having been an important trading spot for many civilisations, […]
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Thu 17 February 2022: New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon, 23-26 April) reviews 21 studies from six countries on using social media for health information about COVID-19—and shows that, for some migrant and ethnic minority populations, social media platforms such as Facebook, […]
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Wed 16 February 2022: Six mummified children thought to have been sacrificed hundreds of years ago, apparently to accompany a dead nobleman to the afterlife, have been unearthed in a tomb near Lima, archaeologists reported. The tiny skeletons, wrapped tightly in cloth, were found on Sunday in the grave of an important man, possibly a […]
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Mon 14 February 2022: Social media sites want it. Insurance companies and drug makers want it. Fast-food chains, sporting goods companies and car manufacturers want it, too. What is it? Your attention. “That is really the key currency in these markets, but the gauge being used—the Nielsen measure—is imperfect,” said Jura Liaukonyte, the Dake Family […]
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Sun 13 February 2022: Switzerland’s voters will decide on Sunday whether to make history by becoming the first country to outlaw animal testing in a referendum that will also examine strengthening cigarette advertising restrictions. Campaigners who want to ban all tests on mice, rats, and other animals gathered enough signatures to hold a vote under […]
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A photogrammetry image of the tracks. The horizontal and vertical scales are in metres. CHARLES HELM _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sat 12 February 2022: It’s been 27 years since geologist David Roberts identified some of the oldest footprints of our species ever discovered. The trackway of three footprints was found on the surface of a cemented sand dune (called […]
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This handout image released by The European Southern Observatory (ESO) on February 10, 2022 shows an artist’s impression of Proxima d, a planet recently discovered orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri 11 February 2022: Just four lightyears distant, there could be a new planet in […]
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Thu 10 February 2022: According to financial results released Wednesday, revenue for the Walt Disney Company increased by 34% from October to December 2021. Revenues increased to more than $21.8 billion in the company’s first fiscal quarter, which ended on January 1, 2022. This is up from $16.2 billion in the same time the previous […]
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Thu 10 February 2022: After just going on exhibit for the first time, “The Enigma,” the world’s largest known cut diamond at 555 carats, went under the hammer in London on Wednesday for 3.16 million pounds ($4.3 million, 3.8 million euros). The unique black diamond, also known as carbanado, is thought to have been formed […]
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