Dave Pearson reports: Working with SRI International, the California tech lab that gave the world Siri, mental health specialists at NYU Langone have developed an AI-based tool that uses voice analysis to diagnose posttraumatic stress disorder—potentially via telemedicine. Senior study author Charles Marmar, MD, and co-authors described their work in a [Read More…]
Well, there are lots of reasons to be concerned about the government collecting and storing biometric data, but here’s a reason I hadn’t considered before: what if they mix up left and right? From The Local: An information storage error related to the passports’ fingerprinting is the source of the [Read More…]
Rachel Becker reports: Free apps marketed to people with depression or who want to quit smoking are hemorrhaging user data to third parties like Facebook and Google — but often don’t admit it in their privacy policies, a new study reports. This study is the latest to highlight the potential [Read More…]
Jennifer Lynch writes: Do you know where you were five years ago? Did you have an Android phone at the time? It turns out Google might know—and it might be telling law enforcement. In a new article, the New York Times details a little-known technique increasingly used by law enforcement [Read More…]