The feature will make the platform a better place – or more of an echo chamber, skeptics say Twitter’s upcoming reply downvote feature, which was first announced last July, has been pushed up to the global testing phase, the company announced. Unlike a similar system on Reddit, the feedback is not public and is meant […]
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Border patrol testing robot dogs
Mechanical mutts are being trialed as ‘force multipliers’ along the US-Mexican border The US Department of Homeland Security has offered a pack of robot dogs – officially named ‘Automated Ground Surveillance Vehicles’ – to Customs and Border Patrol for use in monitoring the vast border with Mexico. The program intends to “leverage technology to force-multiply” […]
FBI raids Covid testing company in fraud probe
The Center for Covid Control is accused of providing ‘deceptive’ test results The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a search of a Covid-19 testing company which has been accused of providing “inaccurate and deceptive” results and enriching its owners. The Illinois headquarters of the Center for Covid Control – which has received more than $124 […]
Elon Musk nears human testing of brain chip
Billionaire’s neurotechnology firm is hiring clinical trial staffers as it awaits regulatory approval Neuralink, the US neurotechnology firm co-founded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has begun recruiting key employees to run its clinical trials, signaling that it’s inching closer to starting human testing of its brain implants. The company has posted advertisements to hire a […]
Study casts doubt on effectiveness of Covid testing at schools
Low performance of antigen tests makes it difficult to evaluate the real scale of Omicron spread in schools Rapid Covid-19 tests have demonstrated low effectiveness in detecting the virus in children, a team of British and German researchers has said, casting doubt on school testing programs. Scientists from the University of Manchester and Germany’s Institute […]
Millions told to stay home while mass Covid testing underway
The Chinese government is testing around 14 million people to avoid another coronavirus outbreak All residents in Tianjin, China have been advised to not leave their homes until they receive a negative result in the latest city-wide testing for Covid. The decision comes after 20 cases were detected. China’s ‘zero tolerance’ approach to Covid-19 is […]
Premier blasted for being ‘passive aggressive’ on testing
Queensland premier’s rigidity over Covid-19 testing of tourists hurts her province and its neighbors, NSW Health Minister said Queensland’s PCR testing requirement for Covid-19 causes long lines and increased the risks of infection, yet its head stubbornly refuses to switch to self-administered rapid tests, the top NSW official lamented. Brad Hazzard, the Health Minister of […]
‘Testing the same weapons’: North Korea denounces US ‘double standard’ after Washington condemns submarine missile test
US overtures of diplomacy are hypocritical and don’t match Washington’s actions, North Korea said, after a UN Security Council session hastily convened to condemn its recent test of a submarine-launched missile. “It is a clear double standard that the United States denounces us for developing and testing the same weapons system it already has or […]
Abstinence & condoms? AI chatbot in Singapore dropped after giving strange advice about testing positive for Covid-19
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has taken down a chatbot tool after it dispensed a series of “misaligned” responses – including safe sex advice – to questions about Covid-19 concerns. The gaffes were widely shared online. When the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, called ‘Ask Jamie’, was asked what to do by a parent whose daughter had […]
North Korea fires TWO ‘unidentified projectiles’ days after testing long-range cruise missile – reports
Pyongyang has fired two unidentified projectiles from its east coast into the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Japanese Coast Guard. The projectiles, alleged to be ballistic missiles, appear to have landed outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone, according to the coast guard. Neither Japanese authorities, nor the […]