New or not, scientists calculated the speed at which our brain thinks and concluded that this is… slow!
Ademar Days
Journalist
Radio Horizonte Algarve / Tavira
The new estimate is the speed at which our brain processes information in 10 bits per second. The study also revealed that the way it does this is in series and not in parallel., in other words, our brain processes a flow of information, one piece of data at a time, and is not able to work with multiple streams at the same time.
This slow flow is surprising if we consider that our nervous system gathers information about what is happening around us at a speed of about 100 millions of times higher than the rate at which our brain processes this information. The paradox remains: what the brain is doing to filter all this information?
You can find out more at https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/thinking-slowly-the-paradoxical-slowness-of-human-behavior
An analysis to hundreds of millions of devices revealed that iOS is more likely to be targeted by malicious attackers than Android.
The report reveals that 19% of enterprise iOS devices have fallen victim to, at least, a phishing attack during the period analyzed, Comparing to 10,9% of enterprise Android devices.
And with the adoption of Artificial Intelligence tools, phishing attacks are expected to also grow in complexity. Access to even the most basic AI will allow malicious actors to increase the rate of their attacks a hundredfold. Less experienced users are also much more likely to fall for phishing attacks if there is an AI to respond immediately.
The new directive of the European Union on the universal charger, which makes USB-C input mandatory for all electronic devices, recently came into operation, harmonizing the rules, regardless of the manufacturer.
Two years after the law's approval, EU consumers leave, so, of needing different chargers and cables for various small and medium-sized portable electronics.
Cell phones, ‘tablets’, electronic readers, headphones, digital cameras, headphones, Portable video game consoles and wired rechargeable portable speakers will need to be equipped with a USB Type-C port, regardless of its manufacturer.
Besides, a partir de 28 April 2026, the same will happen with all portable computers.
2024 it ended with one of today's most popular gaming platforms recording a new record for new games released.
According to SteamDB, were released 18.949 new games on Steam this year, surpassing the 14.310 last year by a considerable margin.
In fact, from 2006 and with the exception of 2010 and 2019, the number of new games released each year has always increased compared to the previous one, and by greater margins in more recent years.
And in film, we started 2025 suggesting the premiere of the horror film “Nosferatu”.
This is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrible vampire who falls in love with her., causing unspeakable horror in its wake.
Written and directed by Robert Eggers, (His CV includes “O Farol” and “O Homem do Norte”), “Nosferatu” includes Bill Skarsgård in its cast, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Willem Dafoe.
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0BpgX-f38A
