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Samsung's Galaxy Ring gets FDA approval for advanced sleep apnea detection
Samsung's Galaxy Ring gets FDA approval for advanced sleep apnea detection Samsung's Galaxy Ring gets FDA approval for advanced sleep apnea detection The upgraded feature uses AI to detect the number of breathing disruptions for every hour you sleep. Samsung's Galaxy Ring now offers more advanced sleep apnea detection following FDA approval of the new feature in July, the company announced . The feature may give users new clues about why they feel exhausted even after sleeping through the night. Samsung first received so-called De Novo FDA authorization for sleep apnea detection on its Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Ring devices back in February 2024. The original approval only covered detection for symptoms of moderate to severe sleep apnea. The new version does that, but also uses AI to detect the frequency of breathing disruptions for every hour you sleep.
Samsung adds better sleep tracking to Galaxy Watches – here's what to expect
Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Samsung adds better sleep tracking to Galaxy Watches - here's what to expect The FDA-approved sleep apnea tracking feature will first come to the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, Watch 9, and Ring. Nina Raemont is ZDNET's Health and Wearables Editor based in New York City. Samsung is boosting its sleep apnea feature. Samsung Galaxy users will receive more details about their sleep apnea.
AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
It is thought to have been the first coordinated attempt to use AI to derail health policymaking in the UK. It is thought to have been the first coordinated attempt to use AI to derail health policymaking in the UK. AI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake responses in a failed attempt to stop the UKâ s ban on disposable vapes. Three-quarters of all the responses to the 2023 consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill were machine-generated, in what is thought to be the first coordinated attempt to use AI to derail health policymaking in the UK. The attempt to manipulate the outcome of the consultation was disclosed on Tuesday in research published in the journal Tobacco Control by the health policy experts Dr Nason Maani, from the University of Edinburgh, and Prof Anna Gilmore, of the University of Bath.
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Nigeria's first Ebola case matches DR Congo strain, health officials say
Nigeria's first Ebola case matches DR Congo strain, health officials say Share Nigeria's first Ebola case matches DR Congo strain, health officials say on social media Nigerian health officials say test results have confirmed the country's first case of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which is behind a major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the disease's first spread to West Africa in the current outbreak. The case involves a woman who travelled from Uganda to the capital, Abuja, on October 3, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said. Officials confirmed the positive result on Tuesday. "We did three levels of tests, but all molecular. The strain was Bundibugyo," Olajumoke Babatunde, director of the public health laboratory service at the NCDC, said on Wednesday.
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In 1960, scientists predicted the world would end on November 13, 2026
But they were both great at getting attention. Public Domain Indeed, academics at the time reportedly sent flustered letters to the editor at calling the prediction "ridiculous" and "manifestly absurd." "There was never, even at that time, any reason to think that it would keep growing fast like that."