London (CNN)Concern over children’s use of social media and its effect on their mental health has increased markedly in recent years, and now official action on the issue is also stepping up. In the UK, government ministers are considering imposing new rules on social media companies, while a trial introducing mindfulness exercises will be extended […]
Teenage girls who spend more time on social media have a higher risk of depression than boys, a study has found. Researchers led by Yvonne Kelly from the University College London (UCL) found that almost 40 per cent of girls who spend more than five hours a day on social media show symptoms of depression, Xinhua news agency reported. However, the rate is […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reportedly asked social media platforms to use Microsoft’s PhotoDNA for investigation into regular criminal cases. PhotoDNA, as its name suggests, creates a digital signature of an image to help detect duplicate images. Launched back in 2009, the technology has so far been quite renowned for preventing child exploitation. […]
Google has used links to determine the authority of websites since its early days: the idea of webpages casting “votes” for other pages by linking to them is at the core of the PageRank algorithm. This led to the rise of numerous manipulative link tactics. Google reacted with the Penguin update and manual penalties; link […]
HIGHLIGHTS Sony is poised to report is highest-profit ever, thanks to sensors The company has been losing ground to rivals for years It is now focusing on sensors and gaming to keep up Sony Corp is poised to report its highest-ever profit this year on strong sales of image sensors after years of losing ground in […]
According to a study, children born to mobile phone users had an 18 per cent lower risk of low motor skills compared to children born to non-users of mobile phones. (Source: Thinkstock Images) Babies born to women who use a mobile phone during pregnancy are unlikely to have any adverse effects on their neuro-development skills […]
Panaji: The Speaker of the Goa legislative assembly Pramod Sawant on Monday banned the use of mobile phones on the assembly floor. Sawant, in his concluding remarks on the last day of the Monsoon Session, said that the decision was taken after it was seen that the legislators were answering phone calls or using their smartphones […]
A view of the pull tab machines at the VFW Sheehy Palmer Post 6776 on Monday, May 29, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. The pull tab machines are a gaming machine that the veteran’s posts are allowed to have. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) It was Memorial Day, yet empty bar stools and tables lined the […]
Nearly every America owns a mobile phone of some kind. Ninety-five percent of people in the U.S. have mobile devices – up 19 percent from a decade ago. While mobile devices offer convenient ways to stay connected, consistent exposure to the radiofrequency waves they emit has some health experts concerned. “Scientists have known for decades […]
Everyone is using computer or laptop for their own purpose. Some use laptop for their business or profession while some use laptop for their entertainment purpose. In all cases, people save their data and important files in the laptop or computer so that they may use it whenever want. People save many type of data […]