WeChat ‘monitors international users’ text messages to preemptively identify content to censor for its Chinese users’ The Citizens Lab studied how WeChat builds their database of blacklisted terms They found the company monitors international messages to preemptively identify potential images or content that should be banned in China The app creates a ‘hash’ code for … Read more
Streaming service develops AI to detect and filter explicit song lyrics in 40,000 new tracks uploaded every day The music streaming service Deezer is developing a new content screening AI The tool will analyze song lyrics and flag tracks for potentially explicit content Deezer says they receive as many as 40,000 new unlabeled tracks every … Read more
A new, raised red rash and unexplained marks on the skin could be signs of Covid-19, experts have warned. Data from Italy indicates as many as one in five people hospitalised with Covid-19 may develop rashes or experience changes to the skin. In some cases, a rash could potentially be the first – or only … Read more
Simple blood test could identify people at greater risk of developing cancer by detecting whether they have abnormally small red blood cells Microcytosis is linked to genetic conditions that impact blood’s haemoglobin It has also been linked to iron deficiency which is a feature of some cancers Experts examined anonymised patient records to see who … Read more
New hope for beating malaria as scientists identify microbe living in mosquitoes’ genitals that stops them catching or spreading the killer disease The malaria-blocking bug, Microsporidia MB, found in mosquitoes in Kenya No mosquitoes carrying the bug were found to be harbouring malaria parasite Bug discovered in up to five per cent of mosquitoes on … Read more
Etihad to trial monitoring technology fitted to airport self-service points that may be able to identify passengers with coronavirus The machines have been developed with Australian firm Elenium Automation They will monitor passengers’ temperatures, and heart and respiratory rates New technology will be trialled this month at Etihad’s hub airport in Abu Dhabi By Jennifer … Read more
The blood test that checks for FIFTY types of cancer: Scientists can look for DNA which tumours release and use it to identify patients with cancer even when they have no symptoms The new blood test looks for DNA which tumours release into the blood It can even identify cancer in people who are not … Read more
Researchers create an AI microphone that listens for coughs and sneezes in public spaces to predict how many people have respiratory illnesses at any given time even if they haven’t been to a doctor for treatment Researchers created a device that analyzes audio samples to detect coughs The device, called FluSense, has an AI that … Read more
Meet the ‘Wonderchicken’: Scientists identify the oldest fossil ever found of a modern bird thought to be an ancestor of today’s hens and ducks The Wonderchicken — or ‘Asteriornis’ — lived around 67 million years ago According to the researchers it resembles a ‘mash-up’ of a duck and a chicken It was a small bird … Read more
A billionaire supermarket tycoon used the creepy facial recognition app Clearview AI to investigate his daughter’s date as she dined in a Manhattan restaurant. Gristedes Food CEO John Catsimatidis, 71, spotted his daughter, Andrea, on a date with an unfamiliar man while dining at Cipriani Downtown, an Italian restaurant in the SoHo neighbourhood of Lower … Read more