May 5, 2021 9:45am
Oura said it will continue to develop within new use cases focused on recovery, activity, illness, mental health and women’s health. Wearable technology also shows promise for helping manage sleep apnea and high blood pressure conditions. (Oura Ring)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oura Ring quickly shifted from being just a consumer wearable to a key research tool for early detection of COVID-19 symptoms.
Oura Health s wellness ring was one of the first wearables used by an academic research institution, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to potentially predict illness symptoms. The company also donated rings to front-line healthcare workers who were likely to be affected by the virus.
West Africa is the Latest Testing Ground for US Military Artificial Intelligence
Published: May 2, 2021
IAMI, NIGER (Africa is a Country) One striking feature of US military involvement in West Africa is the absence of an observable strategic vision for a desired end state. Nominally, US presence in the region’s multilayered conflicts revolves around building “security cooperation” with state partners to improve counterterrorism capabilities, ostensibly providing protection to communities that states cannot. Concurrently, the US military is typically the prime diplomatic entity for high-level bilateral engagements. The result is that the US military is propping up the public authority of weak states, albeit in an ad hoc fashion that lurches from crisis to crisis.Regardless of the reasons for US presence, there is hardly any deep public support for these operations; about 60% of US citizens do not view these kinds of conflicts as a security threat, and more than 90%
DoD needs data management change for zero trust security Egon Rinderer Getty Images The increasing complexity of current and emerging cloud, multicloud and hybrid network environments combined with the rapidly escalating and evolving nature of adversary threats has exposed vulnerability gaps within traditional cybersecurity protections. Over the past several months, we have seen continued efforts by the Department of Defense to take new approaches to strengthen defenses. During the Cyberspace Solarium Commission in March, for example, federal lawmakers and outside experts recommended the National Guard and National Reserve have an increased role in combating catastrophic cyber scenarios, with the idea being to establish a special cyber reserve force that could take advantage of Guard members’ cyber expertise.
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