Title: Blood Shortages Causing Surgery Delays Across U.S.
Category: Health News
Created: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM
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The Pentagon yesterday announced it was scuttling its long-doomed “Project JEDI,” a cloud-services AI contract that was awarded to Microsoft in 2019. Up front: Project JEDI is a big deal. The US military needs a reliable cloud-service platform from which to operate its massive AI infrastructure. Unfortunately the project was mishandled from the very beginning. Now, two years later, the Pentagon‘s calling for a reboot: Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) canceled the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud solicitation and initiated contract termination procedures. The Department has determined that, due to evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy, and industry advances,…
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Title: Masks at the Gym: Uncomfortable But Not Unsafe, Study Finds
Category: Health News
Created: 7/2/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM
The teenage joy of late-night gaming sessions faces an uncertain future in China. Tech giant Tencent has launched a time-sensitive facial recognition system that prevents minors from binging on video games after dark. The platform, called “Midnight Patrol,” arrives amid a moral panic over gaming addiction among children in China. Under-18s are now barred from gaming between 10PM and 8AM, and must register for games using their real names and government ID numbers. Tencent‘s system uses a facial verification system connected to a public identity database to detect minors posing as adults during the curfew. “We will conduct a face screening for accounts registered with…
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Samsung had a pretty quiet Mobile World Congress event, but it did tell us we’d learn more about its upcoming Google-approved smartwatch at its next Unpacked event. Unfortunately, the company didn’t tell us when exactly that would be, but a new report from Korean publication DigitalDaily News (via 9to5Google) claims the next Unpacked will take place on August 11, at 10 AM ET. According to the report, Samsung will be launching five devices at the event: Galaxy Z Fold 3 Galaxy Z Flip 3 Galaxy Watch 4 Galaxy Watch 4 Active Galaxy Buds 2 Notably, the new Galaxy Watches will…
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