Cycling mecca Netherlands is embracing electric bikes

AFP Relaxnews 11/08/2020

Bicycles are an institution in the Netherlands. The country actually counts more bikes than inhabitants. And now, like elsewhere in Europe, people there are increasingly adopting e-bikes, whose sales are higher than those of classical bicycles, according…

Did COVID-19 lockdown measures turn us into couch potatoes?

AFP Relaxnews 10/28/2020

If you thought that COVID-19 lockdown measures might have made us more athletic, helped us sleep better and spend more time in the kitchen, think again. On a global scale, a recent American study showed that shelter-in-place…

This footage of astronauts on the moon looks like it was filmed with a smartphone

AFP Relaxnews 10/24/2020

Around three years ago, NASA uploaded most of its film archives to its website and gave viewers free access. The agency put over 140 000 videos and photos in total onto the online platform. Using artificial intelligence,…

Drone trucks deliver the future of haulage

AFP Relaxnews 10/17/2020

Swedish startup Einride has unveiled a surprising new fully-electric driverless delivery truck that can be controlled remotely, working on the same principle as a drone. The vehicle is set to land in four different variations, now available…

Cigarette butts can be recycled and may well form part of future homes

AFP Relaxnews 10/01/2020

Lighter and more insulating, the bricks used to build our homes could well be improved by the addition of… recycled cigarette butts. This is the conclusion of a vast Australian study, which includes detailed recommendations for bringing…

K-pop is a major Twitter trend of the year with over 6 billion tweets

AFP Relaxnews 09/26/2020

Twitter has announced that 6.1 billion posts concerning K-pop have been shared on its platform during the past 12 months. A total of over 300 different topics concerning Korean pop music emerged this year (spanning many different…

A new reality TV contest will send the winner to space

AFP Relaxnews 09/22/2020

Reality television is certainly an interstellar trend! After the surprise announcement last week of the end of star reality TV show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”, a new form of show is being developed. Deadline reported that…

Educated yet amoral: AI capable of writing books sparks awe

AFP Relaxnews 09/04/2020

An artificial intelligence (AI) technology made by a firm co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk has won praise for its ability to generate coherent stories, novels and even computer code but it remains blind to racism or sexism.…

Medtech on a leash: The many diseases dogs can detect

AFP Relaxnews 08/31/2020

Cancer, COVID-19, diabetes, malaria. Dogs not only make great pets, but also have a remarkable sense of smell that can be used to detect a wide range of diseases. Some dogs are trained by security services to…

Artificial intelligence algorithm predicts slow earthquakes

AFP Relaxnews 08/31/2020

A team of researchers has succeeded in creating an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can identify changes in the earth’s crust that occur up to three months before an earthquake. On Aug. 21, Indonesia was struck by…

Global smartphone sales down by 20% amid COVID-19

AFP Relaxnews 08/29/2020

Close to 295 million smartphones were sold across the globe in the second quarter of 2020, according to a report from research firm Gartner. The figure highlights the unprecedented impact of the coronavirus, which led to a…

DC FanDome viewed 22 million times around the world

AFP Relaxnews 08/28/2020

While July’s “Comic Con@Home” was not the success that was expected, things seemed to go better for the DC Comics universe. The first part of the DC FanDome, which took place on Saturday, Aug. 22, generated 22 million…

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