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In today's Techpresso:
🩺 FDA approves AI tool for skin cancer detection
🙃 Apple forced to accept 3rd-party payments, but still found a way to win
🤖 Google lays off hundreds of sales staff to go AI
🔫 Nuclear fusion laser to be tested in fight against space junk
🚁 Alphabet’s new super large drone
🎁 + 6 other news you might like
🔮 + 2 handpicked research papers and tools
🩺 FDA approves AI tool for skin cancer detectionLINK
The FDA has approved DermaSensor's AI-powered handheld device designed to non-invasively detect the three common types of skin cancer. The device uses an AI algorithm to analyze skin lesions and advises physicians on whether further investigation is needed. DermaSensor's device has shown a 'sensitivity' of 96% across all 224 forms of skin cancer and across different skin types, and it will be sold through a subscription model priced at $199 to $399 per month.
🙃 Apple forced to accept 3rd-party payments, but still found a way to winLINK
Apple updated its developer guidelines to allow U.S.-based developers to link out to the web for subscriptions, requiring a 27% commission to Apple for purchases made outside the app.
After a lower court's ruling and a Supreme Court decision, Apple must follow the order that prevents them from blocking developers from directing users to alternative payment methods.
The changes in Apple's policy come amid broader regulatory scrutiny and changes in the app market, including a recent $700 million settlement by Google over Play Store monopoly claims.
🤖 Google lays off hundreds of sales staff to go AILINK
Google is laying off hundreds of employees from its ad sales team, with the Large Customer Sales group being primarily affected.
The job cuts in Google's ad division are partly due to the adoption of AI tools that can autonomously create and manage ad assets.
This round of layoffs continues a trend at Google, with recent cuts in the hardware, Google Assistant, AR divisions, and other areas.
🔫 Nuclear fusion laser to be tested in fight against space junkLINK
Researchers in Japan are developing a ground-based laser system intended to remove space junk by firing at it to induce atmospheric reentry.
The laser tech partnership between EX-Fusion and EOS Space Systems aims to slow down small debris pieces, causing them to fall and disintegrate on reentry.
EX-Fusion's unique approach utilizes pulsed DPSS lasers to apply stopping force to space debris, differing from common fiber lasers used in laser weaponry.
🚁 Alphabet’s new super large droneLINK
Alphabet's Wing is developing a new drone capable of carrying packages up to 5 pounds to address heavier delivery demands.
The development is in response to Walmart's need for larger delivery drones to transport a broader range of items from its Supercenter stores.
Wing's future drones, pending FAA approval, will deploy packages without landing by lowering them on a wire to the delivery location.
Other news you might like
Google AI chatbot more empathetic than real doctors in tests.LINK
DeepMind’s latest AI can solve geometry problems.LINK
Google now admits it could collect data in Chrome's Incognito mode.LINK
Stroke survivors regain grip on life with game-changing 'Smart glove'.LINK
Researchers propose new scheme for Internet of Things that uses fog computing.LINK
China’s nuclear battery powers your smartphone for 50 years straight.LINK
Latest research and tools
Analysing the Twitter User Exodus to Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads: the paper discusses how users are leaving Twitter for alternative platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads due to various reasons.LINK
Transformers Are Multi-State RNNs: this paper suggests that transformers, a type of neural network model, can be understood as having multiple states like recurrent neural networks (RNNs).LINK
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