Social media platforms may be a great way of telling the world about your life, but not everyone can appreciate these moments in full. Facebook is launching “automatic alternative text”; a tool that uses object recognition technology to identify and describe an image, so that visually impaired and blind people using screen readers will be able to hear—and therefore visualize—what’s in a photo posted on the social network. “With more than 39 million people who are blind, and over 246 million who have a severe visual impairment, many people may feel excluded from the conversation around photos on Facebook,” Facebook’s…
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Increasing exposure to outdoor light is the key to reducing the myopia (short-sightedness) epidemic in children, according to ground-breaking research by Australian optometrists. Optometrist and lead researcher on the project, Associate Professor Scott Read who is the director of research at QUT’s School of Optometry and Vision Science, said children need to spend more than an hour and preferably at least two hours a day outside to help prevent myopia from developing and progressing. Speaking at the Australian Vision Convention in Queensland on the weekend, Professor Read said it was not ‘near work’ on computer and other screens causing myopia,…
The stock market is looking wobbly. Bonds are paying you about what you’re losing to inflation. And the rest of the investment landscape is about as reliable as the latest presidential candidate poll. So if you’re wondering how to get ahead, let alone keep up with your rising monthly rent payment, take a look at where some investors are generating decent returns buying up houses and renting them out. Your rising monthly rent is a big reason that rental housing has become a hot property. Since the Great Recession ended, the overall rate of inflation has been fairly tame, by…
Everyone by now is well aware that IT networks are subject to various cyber threats, and small and medium size businesses (SMBs) must protect against them just as larger enterprises do. But these threats are not limited to the online world. SMBs also have to protect the IT equipment itself from physical dangers. Here are three ways that SMBs can – and should – ensure the safety of their IT gear. 1. Access control for server rooms SMBs that keep their IT equipment in a server room or closet have already taken a step in the right direction simply by…
In recent years, North Dakota’s Bakken formation was synonymous with boom times. Crude production grew 10 times over, unemployment fell to a national low, and the state budget more than doubled as North Dakota’s coffers grew fat on severance and sales tax income. But with crude prices down more than 70 percent at their recent bottom, some of the drillers who fueled the boom are pulling back from the Bakken. Several exploration and production companies are no longer completing wells in North Dakota and are now turning to more efficient assets in other states. Analysts say the decision comes down…
Android Marshmallow is seeding to the Exynos-powered version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, with reports of the OTA arrival coming in from various parts of the world. So far, we’ve gotten tips from Poland, India and the US, and the screenshots below come from Turkey (though the device is running on a Polish ROM). From what we gather, the firmware is in the whereabouts of 1.3GB (a little bit less than theSprint Marshmallow build for the Note 4) and brings the OS version to 6.0.1. The users in the Turkish forum (source link below) report that the Screen off…
T-Mobile is getting ready to launch a new LG tablet, according to a leak that’s been outed today by none other than Evan Blass (also known as @evleaks). The G Pad X 8.0 will land in the magenta carrier’s portfolio at some point in mid-May. It will follow similar G Pad X-branded mid-range slates that have already been launched by both AT&T and Verizon. T-Mobile’s G Pad X 8.0 will have an 8-inch 1,920×1,200 touchscreen, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 615 SoC (with a 1.5 GHz octa-core CPU), and a couple of 5 MP cameras – one on the front, one on the…
The European Central Bank’s attempts to stimulate Europe’s economy sent markets on a wild ride Thursday morning, with investors first frantically trying to buy anything they could and then sending stocks sliding as the day wore on. Jim Cramer shared some lessons learned from this event. “Stop being a herd animal. Don’t chase. You will likely lose money, especially when you are chasing stocks for the wrong reasons,” the “Mad Money” host said. No. 1 Never chase stocks. It is not worth it. It is better to say you missed it and wait for the next downturn. No. 2 When…
While the first-gen Volkswagen Tiguan never made it to the Indian market, the second-gen model (shown late last year) is definitely headed here. Now the Tiguan is special simply because of the fact that its Volkswagen India’s maiden take on the small crossover space. Naturally, VW has high hopes with this second-gen model that uses the brand’s latest design language and the flexible MQB platform. New from the ground up, the Tiguan is 60mm longer, 30mm wider and sits 33mm lower to the ground compared to the old one. The 2681mm wheelbase, too, is longer by 77mm for better cabin…
Hyundai will soon offer a new diesel automatic variant for the Creta SUV. When it had launched the car in 2015, it was only offering the AT option with the diesel engine and that too in the top-spec SX+ variant. This new variant is an S+ diesel AT. Powering this variant is the 1.6-litre four-cylinder diesel engine producing 126bhp/265Nm of torque. It is mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. This S+ AT variant is exactly similar to its manual counterpart and will have the same design and feature list. Standard equipment includes dual front airbags, climate control, electrically adjustable OVRMs,…