TechCrunch reported that a group of researchers from the university KU Leuven in Belgium identified six popular dating apps that malicious users can use to pinpoint the near-exact location of other users. Dating apps including Hinge, Happn, Bumble, Grindr, Badoo and Hily all exhibited some form of "trilateration" that could expose users' approximate locations, which prompted some of the apps to take action and tighten their security, according to the published paper. The term "trilateration" refers to a three-point measurement used in GPS to determine the relative distance to a target. The six named apps fell into one of three categories of trilateration" including "exact distance trilateration" in which a target is accurate to "at least a 111m by 111m square (at the equator)," "round distance trilateration" or "oracle trilateration" in which distance filters are used to approximate a rounded area much like a Venn diagram. Grindr is "susceptible to exact distance trilateration" while Happn falls under "rounded distance trilateration."

Researchers at the University of Leuven in Belgium said a study they conducted showed artificial intelligence could help interpret, and thereby improve, lung function tests used to diagnose long-term lung disease. Results of the study were presented Monday at the European Respiratory Society's International Congress. As part of the study, the researchers used data from 968 people who were undergoing complete lung function testing for the first time. Using a concept called "machine learning", they developed an algorithm that takes into account routine lung function parameters and clinical variables of smoking history, body mass index, and age to make a suggestion for the most likely diagnosis. "We have demonstrated that artificial intelligence can provide us with a more accurate diagnosis in this new study," Wim Janssens, senior author of the study, said.