September 23, 2022
(Medscape) – Using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have developed an algorithm that can help improve the prediction of colorectal cancer (CRC) recurrence. The QuantCRC algorithm can identify patients with CRC who might be able to skip chemotherapy, given a low … Read More
September 23, 2022
(STAT News) – A move by Optum to change longstanding practices for licensing data to academic institutions has sparked an outcry among researchers, who argue the move will make accessing data so costly and difficult that universities will scale back … Read More
September 22, 2022
(Wired) – But Covenant Eyes and Accountable2You do much more than just police pornography. When WIRED downloaded, decompiled, and tested Covenant Eyes and Accountable2You, we found that both apps are built to collect, monitor, and report all sorts of innocent … Read More
September 21, 2022
(The Verge) – Amazon and MGM are marketing Ring Nation, their upcoming reality TV show hosted by comedian and former NSA agent Wanda Sykes, as “a new twist on the popular clip show genre.” But over 40 different civil rights … Read More
September 20, 2022
(Associated Press) – The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be required to have blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving. The recommendation, if enacted by the National … Read More
September 19, 2022
(STAT News) – Meta is facing mounting questions about its access to sensitive medical data following a Markup investigation that found the company’s pixel tracking tool collecting details about patients’ doctor’s appointments, prescriptions, and health conditions on hospital websites. (Read … Read More
September 14, 2022
(The Economist) – In one image Tibetan monks, clad in burgundy and orange robes, gather around a table as a police officer pricks a monk’s finger. In another image children at a kindergarten line up to have their blood taken … Read More
September 12, 2022
(The Washington Post) – Researchers in Singapore have created a robot that follows seniors around while they walk and can predict when they’ll fall and stop it from happening. (Read More)
September 12, 2022
(Ars Technica) – Ireland’s data regulator has fined Instagram 405 million euro for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and failing to safeguard children’s information. The fine from the Data Protection Commission followed a two-year investigation into the Meta-owned … Read More
September 8, 2022
(Wall Street Journal) – Meta Platforms Inc. has disbanded its Responsible Innovation team, which was once a prominent piece of its effort to address concerns about the potential downsides of its products. The team had included roughly two dozen engineers, … Read More
