The Pixel 9 Pro loses in benchmark tests but it’s still one of my best Android picks
After I finished my Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge review, I put it back in its…
People Are Using AI to Falsely Identify the Federal Agent Who Shot Renee Good
In the hours after a masked federal agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis, social media users have been sharing AI-altered images they falsely claim “unmask” the officer, revealing their real identity. The agent was later identified by Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin as an Immigrations and Customs…
Three NHS trusts still using fax machines, Streeting confesses
One hundred and eighty years after the first fax machines started grinding out messages, three NHS trusts in England are still using the technology. Health Secretary Wes Streeting had made it his personal mission to banish the fax, pledging to Radio 5 Live in October 2024 that he would phase them out of the health…
Detect and redact personally identifiable information using Amazon Bedrock Data Automation and Guardrails
Organizations handle vast amounts of sensitive customer information through various communication channels. Protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as social security numbers (SSNs), driver’s license numbers, and phone numbers has become increasingly critical for maintaining compliance with data privacy regulations and building customer trust. However, manually reviewing and redacting PII is time-consuming, error-prone, and scales…
Five tips to stay warm when it's cold
Ski Sunday’s Ed Leigh and Chemmy Alcott share advice on how to keep safe and warm. Source link
Speed meets scale: Load testing SageMakerAI endpoints with Observe.AI’s testing tool
This post is cowritten with Aashraya Sachdeva from Observe.ai. You can use Amazon SageMaker to build, train and deploy machine learning (ML) models, including large language models (LLMs) and other foundation models (FMs). This helps you significantly reduce the time required for a range of generative AI and ML development tasks. An AI/ML development cycle…
Google Is Adding an ‘AI Inbox’ to Gmail That Summarizes Emails
Google is putting even more generative AI tools into Gmail as part of its goal to further personalize user inboxes and streamline searches. On Thursday, the company announced a new “AI Inbox” tab, currently in a beta testing phase, that reads every message in a user’s Gmail and suggests a list of to-dos and key…
Flu bouncing back after Christmas mixing, says NHS
Christmas gatherings may have caused a resurgence in flu and other winter viruses, NHS leaders say. Figures show that the average number of patients in hospital beds in England with flu last week hit 2,924 – a rise of 9% on the previous week. This comes after two weeks of decreasing numbers, prompting hope flu…
Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet?
The writer and comedian Megan Koester got her first writing job, reviewing internet pornography, from a Craigslist ad she responded to more than 15 years ago. Several years after that, she used the listings website to find the rent-controlled apartment where she still lives today. When she wanted to buy property, she scrolled through Craigslist…
‘It’s like barbed wire,’ says woman on gynae waiting list
Laura Maguire Laura Maguire said she often spends days in bed due to pain Marie-Louise ConnollyHealth correspondent, BBC News NI A woman waiting for endometriosis treatment has said the pain she experiences is like having barbed wire in her body. Laura Maguire, who is 25 and from Londonderry, has been put in an early medicated…
Wiltshire woman to walk 115km after surviving two heart attacks
Sue Davies,BBC Radio Wiltshireand Kirsten Robertson,Wiltshire Cathy Read Cathy Read has survived two spontaneous coronary artery dissections (SCAD) A woman is planning to walk 115km to raise awareness of a rare condition which caused her to have two heart attacks. Cathy Read from Chippenham in Wiltshire has survived two spontaneous coronary artery dissections (SCAD). The…
