Fraudsters steal £4m as investors are lured by sophisticated scams

Fraudsters capitalise on lockdown uncertainty to steal £4m as investors are lured by sophisticated scams By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 13 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 July 2020 Fraudsters have stolen around £4million from investors in recent months through large-scale sophisticated scams, the Investment Association (IA) has warned. … Read more

‘Passive’ visual stimuli is needed to build sophisticated AI

‘Passive’ visual experiences play a key part in our early learning experiences and should be replicated in AI vision systems, according to neuroscientists. Italian researchers argue there are two types of learning – passive and active – and both are crucial in the development of our vision and understanding of the world.   Who we become as … Read more

Bronze Age warriors developed sophisticated sword-fighting techniques

Warriors duelling with bronze swords in the millennia before iron weapons were crafted employed sophisticated fighting methods, a study has found.  Researchers assessed the dings and dents on 110 Bronze Age swords and used modern replicas and hand-to-hand combat to investigate the cause of the damage. They discovered evidence of fighting methods similar to those … Read more