Netflix significantly improves sound streaming

The audio rendering of Netflix videos gets new features and capabilities. The audio transmission technology that Netflix will use from now on will be able to adjust audio quality in a similar way to what makes it for video streaming quality, depending on bandwidth and connection capabilities. It is obvious Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Free new broadcasts from YouTube

Alphabet YouTube (Google) revealed on Thursday nine new broadcasts that will be available to watch for free later in the year, as the popular service seems to restrict attempts to attract subscribers through content that is only available behind paywalls (for a fee). As reported by Reuters, these presentations were Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

First organ transplant delivered by drone

The first organ transplant delivered by drone was performed in April by surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. “All this is impressive. Years ago you would not even think about it”, said a kidney recipient, a 44-year-old resident of Baltimore, who has now been discharged from Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

“Army” of microrobots to destroy bacteria on teeth

Microrobots for bacterial tooth cleaning have been developed by researchers at the School of Dental Medicine and the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). Visiting the dentist, as it is known, involves lengthy and often painful scraping procedures with mechanical tools to remove the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Instagram Changes: What will happen to the likes of posts

Viewing the number of likes on Instagram posts is changing as the popular social media tool looks to make them visible only to the account user. Specifically, the well-known researcher Jane Manchun Wong has identified the above change in the Android application’s source code, talking about Instagram developer testing before Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

This way you’ll have two WhatsApp accounts on your mobile

The reasons for others are professional and for other purely personal, but today more and more people choose to have two phone numbers. Usually the solution to this is buying a smartphone with dual sim, but this is not always desirable. After all, the choices are very limited. Sure, therefore, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Greek Police warns of new malware – What to care about

The attention of internet users to malicious software that can invade computers and block the files is drawn by the Greek Electronic Crime Prosecution Unit, with a notice issued and inform about the risks. In particular, information to citizens is about the emergence -internationally- of a new version of the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Facebook put “in hand” contacts of its 1.5 million users

Facebook “mistakenly” put “in hand” email contacts of its 1.5 million users. As the BBC reports, data leakage occurred through an application used to identify new members of the social media. According to the procedure, Facebook asked its new users to give their e-mail account password to connect, while creating Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Printing of an artificial, full heart using the patient’s own cells

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have created, through 3D printing, the first artificial, fully vascularized heart, consisting of the patient’s own cells and biological materials. Their findings were published on Tuesday in Advanced Science. Note that until now, scientists in this branch of medicine (where biology and technology meet) had Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Autonomous flying robot-rescuer finds the missing persons by itself

A flying robot, which can search autonomously for missing persons in large areas, equipped with sensors (thermal cameras, etc.), was presented by the Rega air rescue service (active in Switzerland and Liechtenstein). According to the company -which has been working on its own drones project in the last year and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Facebook attempts to combine Stories and News Feed

Facebook’s “Stories” feature is not yet widespread, but the company seems determined to invent new ways of introducing it. As revealed by software engineer and researcher Jane Manchun Wong, on the TechCrunch website, Facebook is testing a new feature that basically combines “Stories” with the “News Feed” features of the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Microsoft changes safe device removal

With the global use of the latest Windows 10 update, how to remove devices safely changes. Changes concern both the safe removal of devices that are connected to a computer via a USB interface and via a Thunderbolt port. It goes without saying that the changes will apply to external Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Delivery and courier service drones by Google

The world’s first commercial air delivery and courier service for consumers, through Google’s unmanned drones, begins in Canberra. Project Wing -as the service called- will transport food, beverages, medicines and other merchandise directly to consumer homes in the capital of Australia. The approval was given by the Australian Civil Aviation Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Genesis: The online store that hides tens of thousands of clone profiles

Kaspersky Lab has published its research results for Genesis, an online store that trades more than 60,000 stolen and legitimate digital IDs, making credit card fraud easier and more effective than ever. This market, as well as other malicious tools, include the intense use of “digital masks” technique, based on Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

New service Viber Local Number from Viber

Viber announced the launch of the Viber Local Number subscription service. This new feature allows users to obtain a local phone number, so anyone outside of the Viber platform can call or send SMS messages to this number with local charges, with no roaming charges for the recipient, wherever it Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Blue: Human-friendly robot, designed for artificial intelligence

Blue is the name of a low-cost robot, specially designed for being “friendly” to its users,created by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.  Blue was designed to be able to use the latest advances in artificial intelligence and deep reinforcement learning to be specified in more subtle human works, while remaining economical Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …