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Facial recognition jails innocent grandmother, attorney says
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset . Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions . Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG . Apple's $250M Siri settlement: Are you owed cash? Is ID.me safe to use? Why last year's breach is this year's identity fraud Humanoid robot named'Gabi' ordained as Buddhist monk, pledges devotion to'holy Buddha' Disney wants to scan your face at the gate: Here's why SIM swap scam drained Florida woman's bank account in minutes Trump says US'in very good shape' on hantavirus Outcomes of Operation Epic Fury have'already made the US safer,' State Department spokesperson says Tech Experts Say it's Time to Ditch Your Passwords WATCH: Couple's first dance goes UP IN FLAMES Angela Lipps' attorney explains how a facial recognition error wrongfully linked the Tennessee grandmother to a North Dakota bank fraud case, causing her to spend over five months in custody.
Why autism pioneer Uta Frith wants to dismantle the spectrum
Uta Frith seems remarkably cheerful and content for someone who's spent six decades trying and failing to get to grips with her life's obsession. "Very little has stood the test of time," she tells me as we sit down in her living room in a leafy estate in Harrow-on-the-Hill, London. Around us, high-ceilinged walls papered in a luxurious red print are barely visible between rammed bookshelves, several model brains and a collection of abstract art. Frith has been searching for the mechanisms that underpin the enigmatic condition of autism ever since she first met profoundly autistic children in the late 1960s. "We could identify them intuitively, but not really scientifically - and I have to say that this is, unfortunately, still the case." Still, Frith's influence on our ever-shifting understanding of autism has been monumental.
Microsoft's May updates patch 120 security flaws in Windows and Office
Microsoft released its May Patch Tuesday update addressing 120 security vulnerabilities across Windows and Office, with 30 classified as critical including dangerous remote code execution flaws. PCWorld reports that Office received fixes for 27 vulnerabilities, nearly double April's count, with four critical Word flaws exploitable through preview panes without opening files. Critical Windows vulnerabilities in DNS client and Netlogon services require immediate patching, though Microsoft states none are currently exploited in the wild. Yesterday was May's Patch Tuesday, meaning Microsoft released new updates that addressed 120 security vulnerabilities. In addition to Windows and Office, Microsoft's cloud services were also affected.
One in seven in UK prefer consulting AI chatbots to seeing doctor, study finds
A quarter of the people who use chatbots for medical advice say they are influenced by long NHS waiting lists. A quarter of the people who use chatbots for medical advice say they are influenced by long NHS waiting lists. Exclusive: Doctors say'highly concerning' poll highlights risk to patients of turning to AI for medical advice One in seven people are using AI chatbots for health advice instead of seeing their GP, a UK study has found. The poll of more than 2,000 people found that - of the 15% turning to chatbots - one in four had done so because of long NHS waiting lists. The study analysed by researchers at King's College London revealed the potential risks of using AI for health advice.
Mars rover snaps a selfie near skyscraper-sized boulders
NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled nearly 26 miles since landing on the Red Planet in 2021. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. It took the rover about an hour to take all the images necessary to compile into a single selfie. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. After five years of rolling across Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is still going strong.
Reports of the Workshops Held at the 2026 AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
The 10th International Workshop on Health Intelligence (W3PHIAI-26) celebrated a decade of bringing AI and health research together, building on a lineage that began with the AAAI-W3PHI workshops focused on population health (2014-2016), the AAAI-HIAI workshops focused on personalized health (2013-2016), and the subsequent joint W3PHIAI workshops held annually from 2017 through 2025. Over this decade, the series has produced hundreds of talks and high-impact publications that have collectively received thousands of citations, shaping the research agenda in both population health intelligence and personalized healthcare AI. This year's special theme, "Foundation Models and AI Agents," reflected the field's rapidly evolving frontier: the emergence of autonomous and semi-autonomous AI systems reshaping clinical workflows, patient management, health system operations, and public health surveillance. Day 1 of the workshop focused on medical imaging and the translation of AI for clinical ...
Your next sunscreen could be made from E. coli
Science Biology Your next sunscreen could be made from E. coli A chemical compound inside the bacterium may offer an eco-friendly way to block harmful UV rays. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Scientists are turning to nature for eco-friendly sunscreens. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Let's face it, sunscreen is important to our health, but can really be a drag.
Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI
Humanoid robots are trained in China. The court ruled that the company in Hangzhou had been wrong to fire the worker because AI could do his job. Humanoid robots are trained in China. The court ruled that the company in Hangzhou had been wrong to fire the worker because AI could do his job. A court in China has ruled in favour of a worker whose company replaced him with artificial intelligence (AI), awarding him more than £28,000 in compensation.
A Samsung strike could make your RAM even more expensive
Samsung's unionized workers may strike for 18 days starting May 21st over bonus pay disputes, potentially costing the company $700 million daily in lost memory production. PCWorld reports this strike could worsen the existing chip shortage and drive RAM prices even higher than current levels, which are already 3-4 times more expensive than last year. The disruption threatens global electronics supply chains despite Samsung's $13.4 billion profit in 2025. As if the AI data center boom wasn't causing enough problems for PC hardware, a looming strike in Samsung's home territory of South Korea could grind the memory giant's already-strained production to a halt. According to the latest reporting from Reuters, a long-simmering dispute between Samsung and its unionized labor force has boiled over, with no compromise in sight even after days of government-mediated talks.
WhatsApp users can soon have private conversations with Meta AI
Meta is introducing an option for WhatsApp users to have private chats with its AI assistant that not even the company can read. It's pitching Incognito Chat with Meta AI as a way to have clandestine conversations with the chatbot under the protection of end-to-end encryption, which WhatsApp has long offered for chats between humans. Meta revealed it was working on such a feature at its LlamaCon generative AI conference in April 2025. The company built Incognito Chat with Meta AI using its Private Processing tech . It said that messages exchanged with the chatbot in this mode are handled in a secure environment that no one else has access to. The messages are not saved and they disappear by default.