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What will the future look like of medicine with artificial intelligence?
An ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that predicts what missing portions of retinal photos and scans should look like. Pearse Keane and his colleagues used 1.6 million retinal photos and scans to learn how to predict what missing portions of the images should look like. The model is capable of identifying a person’s characteristics.
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The US has high confidence that a Palestinian rocket caused a hospital blast
The Israeli military released a picture of a moving object that they claimed was a rocket aimed at Israel, days after the Al-Ahli Hospital blast in Gaza that killed over 30 people. The picture showed a moving object that the military claimed was a rocket aimed at Israel. However, Palestinians said it was a rocket fired from Gaza and aimed at Israel.
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The coverage for the Gaza Hospital is noted in the note
US intelligence agencies said they have “high confidence” that a Palestinian rocket was responsible for the explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital last week. They added that they have no Israeli weapon involved. The US officials said that an accurate count of the people who died at the hospital was impossible to obtain because of a lack of independent sources.
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The US states say that social media products ruin teens mental health
A group of 40 US states and the District of Columbia sued Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta, alleging they failed to protect young users from harmful content. They alleged that Facebook knew about Meta’s plans to have a ‘Like’ button on Instagram but kept it anyway. The states added that they also learned about Meta’s plans in an internal Facebook leak.
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The self- driving license of a GM vehicle in San Francisco was revoked after a taxi driver dragged a person
US’ California has ordered self-driving car company Cruise to stop operations in the state after a woman was hit and dragged 20 feet by a self-driving car in San Francisco. The woman was hit by a car earlier this month. The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles said it was suspending the vehicles because of safety issues.
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There are questions surrounding the blast at Al Ahli Arab Hospital
An Israeli airshock blast from a Christian-run hospital in the Gaza Strip is unlikely to be seen by a public eye, says Marc Garlasco, a former UN war crimes investigator. The blast took place at around 7 pm local time on Tuesday and was believed to have come from an Israeli missile barrage. Hundreds of Palestinians were sheltering at the hospital.
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Some states claim that Facebook and other social media companies led to the mental health crisis of youth
A group of attorneys general from over 30 states and the District of Columbia have sued Instagram for allegedly creating a “toxic” environment for teenagers. The group also alleged that Facebook-owned Instagram and its parent company, Facebook, failed to warn users about the risks of their products. Meta is also accused of failing to protect users from harmful content.
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In Northern Gaza, the price of a ride is out of reach for many
Israel said it will be increasing the number of strikes on Hamas and Hezbollah targets in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s military spokesman said that the military carried out over 320 strikes on Sunday, with a focus on Hamas headquarters, tunnels and firing positions in Gaza. Over 5,000 people have been killed in Israel-Gaza war so far, according to Gaza officials.
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Editors’ note on Gaza hospital coverage
Hamas on Sunday denied the New York Times’ request to see any available evidence of the munition it said had struck the hospital, claiming that it had disintegrated beyond recognition. A senior Hamas official in a phone interview said that the missile dissolved like salt in the water. The Times reported that Israeli military said it was investigating the blast.
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The Hamas group did not make a case that Israel Struck Hospital
Israel’s airstrikes have killed dozens of Palestinian militants in the West Bank, an Israeli military spokesperson said on Sunday. The spokesperson also said that Israel is intensifying its bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip as part of the “next stages of the war” against Hamas. At least 90 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli troops in the past two weeks.
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