A physicist has used the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the age-old debate about whether Jaffa Cakes are biscuits or cakes. Dr. Héloïse Stevance, an astrophysicist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, trained algorithms with nearly 100 recipes of traditional cakes and biscuits. She then ran two Jaffa Cakes recipes through the algorithms, which … Read more
A physicist has used the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the age-old debate about whether Jaffa Cakes are biscuits or cakes. Dr. Héloïse Stevance, an astrophysicist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, trained algorithms with nearly 100 recipes of traditional cakes and biscuits. She then ran two Jaffa Cakes recipes through the algorithms, which … Read more
Can YOU solve these tricky riddles? Set of 20 mind-bending lateral thinking puzzles will challenge you to think outside the box US-based trivia platform Quizly challenges you to solve all these riddles Do you have what it takes to answer them all correctly and to get a perfect score? You’ll need logic and smarts to … Read more
Spy harder: GCHQ sets fiendish quiz to mark the launch of Alan Turing £50 note… but experts say it could take you SEVEN HOURS to solve the riddle Britain’s spy centre GCHQ devised a quiz to celebrate the new Turing £50 note The note itself contains coded references to the mathematician and his life The … Read more
Spy harder: GCHQ sets fiendish quiz to mark the launch of Alan Turing £50 note… but experts say it could take you SEVEN HOURS to solve the riddle Britain’s spy centre GCHQ devised a quiz to celebrate the new Turing £50 note The note itself contains coded references to the mathematician and his life The … Read more
Facebook is looking at adding facial recognition to its highly anticipated smart glasses that are planned to hit the market next year. At an all-staff meeting, Facebook Reality Labs director Andrew Bosworth said the company was examining the technology’s legal and privacy ramifications, BuzzFeed reports. He cautioned the benefits and risks were obvious, ‘and we … Read more
Tourist hotspots like the canals of Venice and the Louvre in Paris should be digitally replicated as a way to tackle overcrowding, a Swiss economist says. Bruno Frey, 79, a professor at the University of Basel, has written a book called Venedig ist uberall (Venice is Everywhere). In it, he says technologies like holograms, augmented reality … Read more
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson left baffled as they try to solve a maths question for seven-year-olds… so can YOU work out the answer? By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:48 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 00:48 GMT, 4 February 2021 A maths question intended for year two school students has … Read more
Are YOU smarter than a 13-year-old? Maths quiz designed for schoolchildren will put your knowledge to the test A new test from US-based platform Quizly challenges your maths knowledge Children aged 13 learn this at school but many adults may have forgotten sums Do you have what it takes to solve these basic problems without … Read more
The UK had to adjust to a more digital or ‘virtual’ way of life in 2020, and as we go in to 2021 many of us will still be working from home for the foreseeable future. For those who hoped they might go back into office sooner rather than later, now is the time to … Read more