Tag Archives: Conditions

Consumers frequently turn to Google to search for information on skin, hair and nail issues, to the tune of 10 billion search queries each year. But users only find relevant information online related to a rash on their arm or a mole on their wrist about 13% of the time, according to Peggy Bui, M.D., product manager at Google Health, the tech giant’s health and wellness division. Google is using its artificial intelligence chops to help consumers, and potentially doctors, better… Source link

It has taken three years to develop, and has been trained on a dataset of 65,000 images of diagnosed conditions, as well as millions of images showing marks people were concerned about, and thousands of pictures of healthy skin, in all shades and tones. Source link

Google is taking one of the most significant steps yet by a big tech company into healthcare, launching an AI-powered tool that will assist consumers in self-diagnosing hundreds of skin conditions. Derm Assist is the first of its kind and will launch in Europe this year before being aimed at the nearly 2bn people globally suffering from skin conditions ranging from acne to melanoma. Users will have to sign into their Google accounts, upload images of their medical condition… Source link

Yandex, Russia’s multi-hyphenate internet giant, began testing its autonomous cars on Moscow’s icy winter roads over three years ago. The goal was to create a “universal” self-driving vehicle that could safely maneuver around different cities across the globe. Now, Yandex says its trials have been a resounding success. The vehicles recently hit a major milestone by driving over 10 million kilometers (over six million miles) in autonomous mode, with the majority of the distance traveled in… Source link

This past winter, our team hit a major milestone. Our driverless vehicles surpassed 10 million kilometers (more than 6 million miles) in autonomous mode. The majority of these kilometers were driven in Moscow, one of the most challenging cities in the world with many kinds of bad weather throughout the year. Difficult weather conditions pose a challenge for self-driving vehicles. They not only reduce visibility but also make road surfaces more slippery. These conditions create different… Source link

AMC Entertainment revenue plunged last quarter to $162 million from close to $1.5 billion the year before as the global pandemic squeezed exhibition. That beat expectations, coming about $20 million above Wall Street’s consensus estimates. The stock is up 3% in late trading. Net losses widened to $946 million, including a hefty one-time impairment charge, from $13.5 million the year before. For full-year 2020, AMC said it lost $4.58 billion vs. $149M loss in all of 2019. More from Deadline As… Source link

When Amazon (AMZN) revealed last week that CEO Jeff Bezos would step down later this year, the news broke in an earnings report that announced a quarterly sales record — but it also coincided with less flattering news. On the same day, Amazon agreed to pay $61.7 million in a settlement over claims that it withheld drivers’ tips; six days later, workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, would begin casting their votes in a historic effort to form the first union at one of the nation’s… Source link

One day after trading app Robinhood halted buying of red-hot stocks like GameStop and AMC, infuriating customers, the app turned off a key cryptocurrency buying feature on Friday. The paid feature, Instant Buying, allows customers to transfer funds from a bank account and use the funds immediately, before they have been settled. “Due to extraordinary market conditions, we’ve temporarily turned off Instant Buying power for crypto,” Robinhood said in a statement to Yahoo Finance…. Source link

World No.13 Roberto Bautista Agut (pictured left) compared the quarantine conditions ahead of the Australian Open to a prison and also slammed the Victorian Government (Premier Daniel Andrews pictured right). (Images: Sports5/Getty Images) World No.13 Roberto Bautista Agut has ripped the Victorian Government for the ‘prison-like’ conditions tennis stars are living in for two weeks ahead of the Australian Open. Australian Open preparations erupted into chaos as 72 players were forced into… Source link

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) -More than 200 workers at Google and other Alphabet Inc units on Monday formed a labor union for U.S. and Canadian offices, building on years of protests over working conditions and business practices but falling far short of the support needed to force the tech giant to the bargaining table. Backers believe the “Alphabet Workers Union,” which evolved from an informal group of activist employees, will better shield members from firings or other forms of… Source link