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ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?

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ChatGPT is the latest AI chatbot Taking the world by storm – or rather, talking the world by storm. ChatGPT closely replicates human quality of speech as it produces advice, academic arguments, conversation etc. This ability to mimic human communication is a product of deep reinforcement learning. However, it is worth considering the potential limitations […]

December 19th, 2022 | Posted in Featured,Opinion,Sci/Tech | Read More »

Doctors Still Encouraging Vaccine Recipients To Wear Masks, Social Distance

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Although covid-19 vaccines are being distributed, people are being encouraged to continue practicing safety precautions such as masks and social distancing. And, even if a person gets vaccinated, they are encouraged to continue the practices. According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, researchers want to know if the vaccines will keep people who have been vaccinated from […]

February 7th, 2021 | Posted in Featured,Health,New | Read More »

Disney To Layoff 28K Employees Amid Pandemic

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Disney is laying off 28,000 employees in its parks, consumer products and experiences division. According to the company, the layoffs are the result of the prolonged shutdown in California and limited attendance at open parks elsewhere. Disney Head of Parks Josh D’Amaro sent a letter to the employees, giving them great detail of the company’s […]

October 2nd, 2020 | Posted in Business,Entertainment,Featured | Read More »

Popular Celebrity-Backed Diet Debunked

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Intermittent fasting, a favorite diet trend with many celebrities, has been debunked. Studies found the diet, which limits eating to an eight-hour window, does not help people with weight loss and may actually lead to muscle mass loss. The University of California in San Francisco researchers found people who fasted for 12 weeks last just […]

October 2nd, 2020 | Posted in Featured,Health,New | Read More »

CDC Finds Young Adults Behind Latest Rise In Coronavirus Cases

Covid-19

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report showing a 55 percent nationwide increase in coronavirus cases among the 18 to 22-year-old age range from early August through September. The Northeast saw the largest increase. According to the health agency, the increase may be the result of colleges and universities opening up for […]

October 2nd, 2020 | Posted in Featured,New | Read More »

Facebook Introducing Cross-Platform Messaging Feature With Instagram

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Instagram and Facebook users will soon be able to communicate with each other easier. According to Facebook, the company is working on a cross-platform communication between its Instagram and Messenger apps. The company hopes the update allows friends and family to connect no matter which app is being used to communicate on. Facebook said Messenger […]

October 2nd, 2020 | Posted in Entertainment,Featured,Sci/Tech | Read More »

Twitter To Introduce Voice Feature On iOS

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When Twitter was first introduced to the world in March 2006, there were only 140 characters available to get a message across. Eventually, the social media site expanded its tweet capacity to allow images and increasing its character count to 280. Today, the site is offering spoken words as an option. Anyone who uses the […]

June 19th, 2020 | Posted in Featured,New,Sci/Tech | Read More »

U.S. Hospitals Adopt Steroid Drug In Fight Against COVID-19

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Multiple hospitals in the U.S. are seeing a rise in new coronavirus cases, and doctors are treating the sickest patients with a steroid without waiting on the finding of a study carried out by British researchers. It’s a move that shows how the pandemic is altering how hospitals are handling COVID-19 patients. Typically, doctors will […]

June 19th, 2020 | Posted in Featured,Health,New | Read More »

MLB Officials Meet To Address Possible Problems Related To Coronavirus Outbreak

MLB

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players’ Association Tony Clark met to talk about the possible issues that could result from the shutdown due to the coronavirus. While there are many particulars to the 2020 season to consider, no decisions are likely to happen in the near […]

March 16th, 2020 | Posted in Featured,New,Sports | Read More »

Joint Launch Maris Rover Operation Scrubbed Until 2022

Mars

The European-Russia launch of the Mars planetary rover, which was scheduled for July, has been put on hold until the latter half of 2022. According to both Russia’s Roscosmos Space Agency and the European Space Agency, the ExoMars Mission, the items such as the modules and rover’s landing and parachutes were in their final testing […]

March 16th, 2020 | Posted in Featured,New,Sci/Tech | Read More »

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