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- TECHNOLOGY
- February 5, 2019
As India’s coronavirus caseload surpasses 5 million, some hospitals in the country are dealing with unreliable supplies of oxygen needed to treat tens of thousands of critical patients. In the worst-affected states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, demand has more than tripled, prompting urgent calls for help. “Desperate patients have been calling me through
READ MOREFacial coverings during lockdown could make our dogs feel confused and concerned as they can’t read human facial expressions or cues. Dogs are really good at reading our facial expressions to tell how we’re feeling. It could be confusing for them to see people’s faces covered. Face masks are a more usual part of our
READ MOREIF YOU’VE EVER found yourself moaning about nanny state interventions to a surely fascinated listener, then be glad you don’t live in China. Over there, the government has just announced plans to control when and for how long under 18s play online games. The plan which is apparently intended to avoid “harming the physical and
READ MOREThe ‘war’ against end-to-end encryption has raged since the internet was popularised in the 1990s Politicians across three of the so-called ‘five eyes’ alliance have written to Facebook to demand that it stop development of end-to-end encryption in its messaging services – until it can reassure authorities… [ad_2] Source link
READ MORESome tech companies have been challenged recently over biases in their algorithms. Image via Pixabay Lawmakers in the US have drafted a bill that would require technology companies ensure that their machine learning algorithms are free of gender, race, and other biases before deployment. The bill, called the Algorithmic Accountability Act, was introduced in both
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