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AI beats real doctors on 149 remote OSCE-style tests

blog post image "We tested performance in consultations with simulated patients (played by trained actors), compared to those performed by 20 real PCPs using the randomized approach described above. AMIE and PCPs were assessed from the perspectives of both specialist attending physicians and our simulated patients in...
Source: research.google

Ransomware group LockBit apologizes saying 'partner' was behind SickKids attack | CBC News

A global ransomware operator has issued a rare apology after it claims one of its "partners" was behind a cyberattack on Canada's largest pediatric medical centre.
Source: www.cbc.ca

Rogers network resuming after major outage hits millions of Canadians

Rogers Telecommunications said its network was beginning to recover late on Friday after a 19-hourservice outage at one of Canada's biggest telecom operators shut banking, transport and government access for millions, drawing outrage from customers and adding to criticism over its industry dominance.
Source: reuters.com

Canada blocks proposed Rocky Mountain coal mine on environmental grounds

Canada on Friday formally blocked a proposal to build a steelmaking coal mine in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, citing what it said would be the significant environmental damage.
Source: reuters.com

Why whales in Alaska have been so happy

What will happen to Alaska's whales when tourism returns to waters stilled by Covid?
Source: bbc.com

Gilgamesh tablet: US authorities take ownership of artefact

The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet was imported illegally into the US before being bought by Hobby Lobby.
Source: bbc.com

US companies hit by 'colossal' cyber-attack

A cyber-security firm says it believes the Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang is responsible.
Source: bbc.com

Alaska: Biden to suspend Trump Arctic drilling leases

The president will suspend oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Source: bbc.com

Live music is back... behind a shop window

Musicians have been able to serenade New Yorkers from the inside of empty shops.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Current themes and challenges facing HPE accreditation in the 21st century

A supplement in BMC Medical Education on Health Professional Education accreditation from the community of practice The International Health Professions Accreditation Outcomes Consortium (IFPAOC) - which was founded in 2012. This supplement focuses on graduate and residency programmes but it also addresses...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Police Across Canada Are Using Predictive Policing Algorithms

Police Across Canada Are Using Predictive Policing Algorithms, Report Finds: Police across Canada are increasingly adopting algorithmic technology to predict crime. The authors of a new report say human rights are threatened by the practice.
Source: vice.com

Gabapentin, opioids, and the risk of opioid-related death: A population-based nested case–control study: In a matched

Gabapentin, opioids, and the risk of opioid-related death: A population-based nested case–control study: In a matched case-control-study among patients in Ontario, Canada treated with opioid painkillers, Tara Gomes and colleagues investigate whether co-prescription of gabapentin is associated with...
Source: plos.org

Phrase of the day: Rotational superradiance 'Water waves can gain energy when they scatter from a whirlpool-like vortex.

Phrase of the day: Rotational superradiance 'Water waves can gain energy when they scatter from a whirlpool-like vortex. That is the conclusion of physicists in Brazil, Canada and the UK, who are the first to observe a phenomenon called "rotational superradiant scattering". The team says that the effect...
Source: physicsworld.com

The Internet Archive just got a bit more useful - and a lot more political - ExtremeTech: Archive.org seems to think the

The Internet Archive just got a bit more useful - and a lot more political - ExtremeTech: Archive.org seems to think the Trump Administration will be so disastrous for data freedom that it is literally moving (a copy) to Canada.
Source: extremetech.com

A duck which lost its feet has been fitted with a pair made on a 3D printer. - BBC News: A duck from the US state of Wisconsin

A duck which lost its feet has been fitted with a pair made on a 3D printer. - BBC News: A duck from the US state of Wisconsin which lost both feet to frostbite has been fitted with a new pair made on a 3D printer.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Canada court orders tobacco companies to set aside almost C$1 billion: A Canadian appeal court on Tuesday ordered two major

Canada court orders tobacco companies to set aside almost C$1 billion: A Canadian appeal court on Tuesday ordered two major tobacco companies to set aside a combined C$984 million ($742 million) while they challenge billions of dollars in damages awarded to smokers in the province of Quebec.
Source: reuters.com