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Study finds driving behavior can be an indicator of dementia

A recent study has found thatdriving behavior can be a strong indicator that someone is suffering from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia. The study, published in theGeriatrics journal, used driving data, demographic information, and machine learning to predict — with 88% accuracy — whether an individual has MCI or dementia. Now, driving data on its ownis not the most accurate measure of whether someone is experiencing these kinds of cognitive impairments....

Study proves that IE users are dumber than those who use Opera and Chrome

If you’re reading this on TNW then you’re probably not going to be surprised to find out what I’m about to tell you. If it has gotten passed on to you via your Hotmail account and you’re reading it on Internet Explorer, I apologize in advance. Canadian “psychometric testing” company AptiQuant has gone to work trying to find a link between IQ and the browser of choice for different users (full results, in PDF form, here)....

Study says 40% of European smartphone buyers would get an iPhone

The Loop isreportingon a study released Wednesday by theYankee Groupthat indicates that 40% of potential smartphone buyers in Europe said that they would go for an iPhone. The study was a poll of 5,000 consumers and 2,250 IT decision-makers working at companies across France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. The study indicated that Android devices came in a distant second at 19% and BlackBerry and Nokia followed at 17% and 15% respectively....

Study shows how dangerously simple it is to manipulate voters (and daters) with AI

A pair of researchers, Ujué Agudo and Helena Matute of Universidad de Deusto in Spain, recently published a fascinatingstudydemonstrating how easy it is to influence humans with algorithms. Up front:The basic takeaway from the work is that people tend to do what the algorithm says. Whether they’re being influenced to vote for a specific candidate based on an algorithmic recommendation or being funneled toward the perfect date on an app, we’re dangerously easy to influence with basic psychology and rudimentary AI....

Study shows that 50 percent of consumed tweets come from one of 20,000 influential users

In a recent study byYahoo Research, 50 percent of the most influential tweets consumed are reportedly generated from just 20,000 elite users — though these posts do not always originate from these 20k accounts. The remaining Twitter users merely retweet or rebroadcast the highly influential content. Media presents the bulk of the information, where celebrities are the most followed. These supposed 20K elite users only represent 0.05% of the actual Twitter population, though dominate the information that most of us on Twitter regurgitate to others on the platform....