China says it is paying ‘close attention’ as the first US warship sails through the Taiwan Strait since Joe Biden’s inauguration A warship sent by the US Navy passed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday It is the first such voyage since the inauguration of the new President Joe Biden Beijing claimed to have been … Read more
I’m A Celebrity… get me two metres out of here! Reality show crew will wear ‘proximity monitors’ so they can keep socially distanced during filming I’m A Celebrity crews will be kitted out with social distancing proximity monitors The show, fronted by Ant and Dec, is normally filmed in Australian tropical jungle But due to the … Read more
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
Doctors have launched a campaign calling for home devices that measure blood oxygen levels to be available on prescription. They act as an early warning system for people at increased risk of a ‘silent pneumonia’ death due to coronavirus. They want the matchbox-sized gadgets, known as pulse oximeters, to be given to those in most … Read more
As a critical shortage of ventilators looms, New York Governor Andre Cuomo revealed Friday that the state will begin repurposing BiPAP machines to sustain severely ill coronavirus patients. Last week, the state resorted to converting anesthesia machines to supplement its stockpile of an estimated 6,500 ventilators. Thursday, Cuomo said he wasn’t sure if BiPAP machines … Read more
Google’s parent company unveils AI camera system designed to help sustainably feed humanity by using computer vision to monitor health of fish populations Google’s parent company, Alphabet, unveiled a new AI camera system The system, called Tidal, is designed to monitor fish populations It uses computer vision to check for oxygen levels, feeding habits, and … Read more