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Oregon-based physician Alan Schwartzstein knows urine tests aren’t very popular in America at the moment, thanks in part to reports about hospitals using them to rack up medical bills. But he figures it’s a worthwhile cost to protect his patients from opioid addiction. It couldn’t be less sexy as a tool in the fight against […]
A new facial recognition tool by RealNetworks aims to keep kids safe in school. But privacy experts fear the unchecked surveillance of kids could go awry. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b4d3359f4e6546add647f4d/master/pass/FacialRecog-Schools-Security-525409577.jpg
Famed neuroscientist and Nobel laureate Santiago Ramón y Cajal believed that in the central nervous system (CNS) — the brain and spine — nerves don’t regenerate. It was a dismal proclamation but one that held for nearly 100 years. Until now. The CNS puzzle, Ramón y Cajal admitted then, belonged to future scientists. Today, optogenetics, […]
The FDA has been approving its fair share of AI-powered medical technology, but its latest might be particularly helpful if you ever have a nasty fall. The agency has greenlit Imagen’s OsteoDetect, an AI-based diagnostic tool that can quickly detect distal radius wrist fractures. Its machine learning algorithm studies 2D X-rays for the telltale signs […]
UK drivers could save themselves hundreds off the cost of necessary repairs for faults found in the MOT test by using a handy new tool. Today, the new MOT rules come into force which introduces a raft of changes and will also make it harder for diesel vehicles to pass, with stricter limits being imposed. […]
During its Build conference today, Microsoft introduced Project Ink Analysis, which does exactly what you’d think: Make sense of digital writing. The toolkit both understands words and provides features typically found in text editors, like alignment and bulleting. While Project Ink Analysis is still in its experimental stages, it could obviously help anyone who habitually […]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR just came out a little over a week ago for PC (our full review) and one dedicated player (elliotttate on Reddit) has already used it to lose 10 pounds. In case this isn’t obvious: extremely rapid weight loss. The player accomplished this by enforcing rules upon himself that both increase the game’s immersion and force…Read […]
MIT researchers released a new tool called Squadbox that aims to combat online harassment. The tool allows users to let a group of friends, or “squad,” filter out harassing emails. Squadbox is only available for email right now, but it could soon expand to other private messaging systems, such as Direct Messages on Twitter or […]
CNN Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump, called her previous attorney, Keith Davidson, an “absolute tool.” In an earlier interview with CNN, Davidson said there were unreported details of the nondisclosure agreement between Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, and the adult-film actress. Davidson also said Cohen […]
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) After starting with Ubuntu, Microsoft has added a number of Linux distributions to its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Linux runtime environment. A Windows machine can simultaneously offer an Ubuntu, SUSE, Debian, and Kali “personality,” providing users with a choice of the different distributions’ preferences and package management. But if your distribution […]
