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Which? warns smart home devices are demanding needless amounts of user data – even washing machines and TVs | Science & Tech News
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Smart home devices, including appliances like washing machines, demand unnecessarily large amounts of user data that could end up in the hands of social media and marketing firms, a consumer group has warned. Which? said many products’ apps request information during setup that should not be needed to run. Among the offenders are Google thermostats…
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‘Chilling’ surge in use of smart speakers and baby monitors to control domestic abuse victims, MPs say | Politics News
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Connected devices such as baby monitors and smart speakers are increasingly being used to survey, harass and control domestic abuse victims, MPs have warned. The government has been urged to do more to tackle the rise in so-called “tech abuse” – whereby smart technology and connected devices are used to broaden and facilitate patterns of…
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Smart gloves could allow stroke patients to relearn the piano | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have developed a pair of smart gloves that could allow patients who have limb weakness to relearn to play the piano. Those who have had a stroke may often show a reduced ability or be completely unable to move their hands, fingers, or wrists, making it difficult to carry out manual movements. The exoskeleton…
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Is advanced AI actually smart? ‘No, it’s using the same system as a pigeon’, study finds | Science & Tech News
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The world’s best artificial intelligence (AI) is – at the most basic level – about as smart as a pigeon, new research suggests. Having undertaken a deep study into the inner workings of the bird’s brain, researchers found that the “brute force” techniques they use to learn share similarities with AI. Much like AI is…
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‘Pioneering’ new smart glasses to be trialled by nurses to help them spend more time with patients | Science & Tech News
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New virtual reality-style goggles are to be trialled by nurses on home visits, in an effort to maximise the amount of time spent with patients, the NHS has said. Smart glasses will, in real time, transcribe appointments straight to electronic records, so the time spent doing administration tasks is reduced. In turn, more time will…