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There are many ways that Microsoft Teams works to help organisations and individuals collaborate better including — the creation of meetings, sharing files within groups and more. At times, it may happen when your mic is turned on in a Teams meeting or call, and background noise around you — shuffling papers, slamming doors, barking dogs, and so on — can distract others. Teams offers three levels of noise suppression for the Teams desktop app and iOS to help keep meeting participants focused. Microsoft announced that…

(a) Fabrication scheme for BCP-templated electrocatalyst fabrication. (b, c) Self-assembled BCP lamellae and cylinders, respectively. (d, e) BCP-templated Al2O3 extended surfaces. (f, g) Sputtered Pt on Al2O3 surfaces. Scale bar in (g) applies to all scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. (h) One-dimensional (1D) GISAXS linecuts of pristine block copolymer thin films with different morphologies and periodicity. (i) Pt 4f high-resolution X-ray…

Research indicates that natto, a Japanese fermented soybean dish, may extend lifespan and improve stress resistance due to its Bacillus subtilis var. natto bacteria content. The study implies possible human health and longevity benefits if these effects are transferable.Consuming natto could potentially aid in alleviating stress.Health is wealth as the saying goes and now new research suggests that the key to a healthier, less stressed society might lie within easily accessible and affordable food items.A prime example of…

Kenvue, a unit of Johnson & Johnson's consumer health business.CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesJohnson & Johnson on Monday said it plans to reduce by at least 80% its stake in Kenvue, the consumer health business it spun out as an independent company earlier this year, via a stock exchange offer. J&J owns 89.6% of Kenvue's common stock, which amounts to more than 1.72 billion shares. related investing newsThe exchange offer, also known as a split-off, will allow J&J shareholders to swap all or a…

Microblogging platform Twitter on Saturday announced that it has restricted direct messages (DMs) for unverified accounts in a bid to reduce spam on the platform.The company also said it will soon implement more changes in its effort to reduce spam in Direct Messages.“Unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of DMs they can send,” the company said in a tweet.— TwitterSupport (@TwitterSupport) Further, to send unlimited DMs, a Twitter user will now have to subscribe to Twitter Blue.Twitter, however, did not…

Twitter Inc has announced another change on its platform and this time it is related to direct messages (DM). The company has announced that it will…

An "eagerly awaited" clinical trial has delivered good news: hearing aids may slow the rate of cognitive decline by nearly 50 percent in some older adults.The US trial involving almost 980 participants, is the first large, randomized trial testing the effect of hearing aids on cognition, which slows normally with age but can recede quickly in dementia.A large number of people stand to benefit from these results, should they be corroborated. Untreated hearing loss is estimated to contribute to around 8 percent of…

A Carvana glass tower sits illuminated in Oak Brook, Illinois, Feb. 23, 2022.Armando L. Sanchez | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesCarvana has reached a deal with noteholders to reduce the used car retailer's total debt outstanding by over $1.2 billion, the company said Wednesday.Carvana said the agreement will eliminate more than 83% of Carvana's 2025 and 2027 unsecured note maturities and lower its required cash interest expense by more than $430 million per year for the next two years.Shares of the company soared 30%…

Microsoft keeps adding new features to Windows 11 in order to improve the user experience. Recently, the company has updated the operating system with some new features in Task Manager, improvement to taskbar and more. But, one of the most noticeable changes is the “reduced game stutter with high report rate mice”, reports Windows Latest.The new feature is a part of Windows 11 July 2023 update. The company has also confirmed Windows Latest that they are working on to reduce in-game stutter with the update. This change is…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research has shown that having positive contact with people from diverse groups can reduce the development of harmful intergroup conspiracy beliefs. Experts from the University of Nottingham's School of Psychology, in collaboration with the University of East Anglia, found that among British…