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Google AI Has Access To Confidential NHS Patient Data

A leaked data-sharing agreement between Google-owned artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepMind and the NHS reveals that Google has access to sensitive patient data belonging to 1.6 million citizens in the UK.  The collaboration between Google and the UK’s National Health Service goes beyond what has publicly been admitted, according to the document obtained by New Scientist magazine.

Large Hadron Collider Shuts Down Because Of A Weasel

The Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at Cern has been taken offline…by a weasel….apparently The poor creature did not survive the encounter with a high-voltage transformer at the site near Geneva in Switzerland. The LHC was running when an apparent “severe electrical perturbation” occurred in the early hours of Friday morning. A CERN spokesman said that the weasel did not get into the tunnels, just the electrical facilities.

Russian App ICQ Messenger Gaining Popularity In Iran

Iranian youth are falling in love with a Russian instant messaging app that is also gaining popularity in the Arab world. ICQ Messenger was the original instant messaging service that set the trend for today’s applications. Originally it was developed in Israel and later was acquired by the Mail.ru Group. Igor Ermakov, the head of the Instant Messaging division at Mail.ru, gave an interview to Sputnik Persia about the app and its popularity among Russian, Iranian and Arab youth.

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