When a lie detector fooled itself, sent Europeans back to drawing board on what AI to use at border points
In 2019, guards on the borders of Greece, Hungary and Latvia began testing an artificial-intelligence-powered lie detector. The system, called iBorderCtrl, analysed facial movements to attempt to spot signs a person was lying to a border agent. The trial was propelled by nearly $5 million in European Union research funding...
Undone deal: Day Spurs thought they’d signed French linkman Manu Petit, only to pay for him taxi to Arsenal
How’s your luck? Tottenham believed they were about to pull off the signing of Emmanuel Petit in 1997, but Arsenal had other plans. This was a period of great success for the Gunners – Dennis Bergkamp and David Platt were added to the squad that summer, while Arsene Wenger was...
Covid brain fog: Now medics grapple with cause of impaired attention, memory fuzziness, speed of data processing
Allison Guy was having a great start to 2021. Her health was the best it had ever been. She loved her job and the people she worked with as a communications manager for a conservation non-profit. Allison could get up early in the mornings to work on creative projects. Things...
Theatre of Dreams: Man United squads of recent seasons would be European champions if titles were won on excuses
Manchester United have made it very easy to be pessimistic about anything emerging from Old Trafford. Almost a decade of mis-management has made it the instinct of anyone with even a casual relationship with reality to be sceptical about the Red Devils’ prospects, despite the dawn of the latest of...
Report: Man’s testosterone level is directly related to whether his dad was present during teenage years
Most males in the animal kingdom do little parenting. Their strategy is simple: inseminate as many females as possible and hope for the best. Sometimes, though, parental investment by a male pays off. Songbird chicks are usually tended by both mother and father. Wolf packs see alpha males and females...
