Is wearing a mask still worth it in 2022? | The Star
June 11, 2022Reelstreets | Red Balloon, The
June 11, 2022https://www.reelstreets.com/films/red-balloon-the/
the opening scene is at
The junction of Rue Piat and Rue des Envierges in Belleville, Paris. Looks very different now
The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch
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Finally, there is widespread acknowledgement that ethical oversight must keep pace with this rapidly evolving technology. BCIs present multiple concerns, from privacy to personal autonomy. Ethicists stress that users must retain full control of the devices’ outputs. And although current technologies cannot decode people’s private thoughts, developers will have records of users’ every communication, and crucial data about their brain health. Moreover, BCIs present a new type of cybersecurity risk.
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Great article. Amazing technology. But I am worried about the long-term #privacy implications of real mind-reading devices.
News!!
June 11, 2022Covid at Home: Why Only Some People Test Positive – The New York Times
June 11, 2022Interesting article, but is this realistic: “people who have had two or three vaccine doses should test once they start developing symptoms but continue to test on day four or five of symptoms, as tests that come back negative before then may be falsely reassuring.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/well/live/covid-testing-household-transmission.html
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