‘Milisuthando’ — poetic meditations on a complicated South African history on February 3, 2023The director Milisuthando Bongela opens her discerning documentary Milisuthando with this shrewd declaration. It is an invitation, a notice and a guiding principle for her poetic meditation on a childhood affected by the violence of apartheid South Africa. Underrfl Bongela’s direction, memories are pliant forces. They stretch into the past, haunt the present and creep […]
Social isolation linked to Dementia risk factors: Study By: Agencies on February 3, 2023Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) is a growing public health crisis, with an annual global cost of more than $1 trillion US. According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kimia Shafighi of McGill University in Canada and colleagues, social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration […]
ChatGPT sets record for fastest-growing user base By: Agencies on February 3, 2023ChatGPT, the popular chatbot from OpenAI, is estimated to have reached 100 million monthly active users in January, just two months after launch, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history, according to a UBS study on Wednesday. The report, citing data from analytics firm Similarweb, said an average of about 13 million unique visitors […]
‘Mami Wata’ — a Nigerian allegory’s energizing experiments in black and white on February 2, 2023In C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s Mami Wata, black becomes a canvas onto which the director paints a propulsive and vivid narrative. The shade takes on new roles and meanings in this feature about brewing ideological differences in a fictional West African village. Black shadows the waves crashing the shores as one character contemplates the fate of […]
ChatGPT maker fields tool for spotting AI-written text By: Agencies on February 2, 2023Creators of a ChatGPT bot causing a stir for its ability to mimic human writing on Tuesday released a tool designed to detect when written works are authored by artificial intelligence. The announcement came amid intense debate at schools and universities in the United States and around the world over concerns that the software […]
Is there life on Mars? Maybe, and it could have dropped its teddy By: AFP on February 2, 2023The beaming face of a cute-looking teddy bear appears to have been carved into the surface of our nearest planetary neighbor, waiting for a passing satellite to discover it. And when the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passed over last month, carrying aboard the most powerful camera ever to venture into the Solar System, that’s exactly what […]
Coffee with milk may have anti-inflammatory properties: Study By: Agencies on February 1, 2023Can a cup of coffee with milk have an anti-inflammatory impact on humans? According to a new study from the University of Copenhagen, this is the case. Anti-inflammatory effects in immune cells are doubled when proteins and antioxidants are combined. The researchers intend to investigate the implications on human health. Whenever bacteria, viruses and other […]
‘In My Mother’s Skin’ — folk-horror feast evokes ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ in the best of ways on February 1, 2023Gory, glittery and irresistibly bleak, In My Mother’s Skin represents a stylish, ripe contribution to the folk-horror canon. Not unlike his acclaimed debut, Ma (2018), Manila-based writer-director Kenneth Dagatan’s second feature revolves around a young person who makes a bargain with a malevolent insectoid forest spirit to help her family – with disastrous consequences. This […]
ChatGPT is not an author: Science journals ban listing AI as co-author on papers on February 1, 2023It took Spotify reach a million user base about five months, Instagram reached a million users in two months, ChatGPT barely took five days to get a million subscribers. The AI tool is already revolutionising the world with its open source algorithm and wider than imagined use. But not everyone is impressed by the AI […]
Twitter working on payments feature By: Agencies on February 1, 2023Twitter Inc is working to introduce payments on the social media platform and has begun applying for regulatory licenses, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. New boss Elon Musk is pushing Twitter to create new streams of revenue as it faces a drop in advertising income, following his $44-billion […]