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Robotics could be used to diagnose and remove lung cancer in patients in one sitting, medics says | UK News

Robotics could be used to diagnose and remove lung cancer in patients in one sitting, medics says | UK News

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Robotics could be used to diagnose and remove lung cancer in one sitting in a move that would be “transformational” for patients and NHS waiting lists, according to medics trialling the technology. Professor Pallav Shah, a consultant respiratory physician based at Royal Brompton Hospital in London, said his team is “generally getting good results” after testing the procedure on seven patients. One of them was a woman who was unable to have more radiotherapy as part of her treatment. The method using robotics allows doctors to target and remove nodules on the lung with millimetre precision. Before the procedure, a CT scan is performed and passed through software to create a detailed 3D roadmap of the inside of the patient’s lungs from the mouth to the location of the cancer. A thin, robot-guided tube, or catheter, is then passed through the patient’s mouth and into the airways. Once located, cancer cells are destroyed using heat in a process known as microwave ablation. Professor Shah said: “We can get to the nodule really precisely. “The first …

Swarm of nanorobots can remove tiny plastic fragments from water

Swarm of nanorobots can remove tiny plastic fragments from water

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Tiny robots might offer a way to clean up plastic pollution in water dottedhippo/Getty Images Tiny magnetic robots can help remove some of the smallest plastic particles from polluted water. Most plastics eventually end up as tiny fragments that then hide in our environment, food and drinking water. There is no consensus on the health implications of ingesting plastic yet, but early research suggests that plastic particles can enter organs within the body and that this process gets easier as the particles get smaller. However, efficiently detecting and removing the tiniest of… Source link

Bill to remove Isle of Man bishop’s vote progresses

Bill to remove Isle of Man bishop’s vote progresses

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A bill to remove the voting powers of the bishop in the Isle of Man’s parliament has made progress. The Constitution Bill 2023 was debated in Tynwald (the island’s parliament) today at its clauses stage. It would remove the vote of the Church of England bishop of Sodor and Man, who sits by right in the Legislative Council, the upper house of Tynwald. The arrangement echoes that in Westminster, where 26 CofE bishops sit as of right in the House of Lords. The clause to remove the bishop’s vote passed 14-10. The National Secular Society has supported the Constitution Bill since its introduction. Ahead of today’s debate, the NSS contacted all members of the House of Keys (MHKs) urging them to progress the bill through the clauses stage. MHK: Bill means “our democracy will be representative of the people we are all here to serve” The private member’s bill was introduced last year by Lawrie Hooper, a member of Tynwald’s lower house, the House of Keys. Hooper said the bill would mean the Isle of …

Taiwan pledges to remove 760 statues of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek | Taiwan

Taiwan pledges to remove 760 statues of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek | Taiwan

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Taiwan’s government has pledged to remove almost 800 statues of Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese military dictator who ruled the island for decades under martial law, but whose legacy remains a point of contentious debate. In 2018 the government established a transitional justice committee to investigate the rule of the former generalissimo, who was president of the Republic of China (ROC) – in China and then in Taiwan – until his death in 1975. Among its recommendations was to remove the thousands of statues from public spaces. Speaking to Taiwan’s legislature on Monday, cabinet official Shih Pu said the ministry of interior would quickly remove the 760 still remaining. The pledge was in response to criticism that the government was not moving fast enough. Taiwan is dotted with statues of Chiang, and for years government and society has been embroiled in debate over what to do with them, in particular the largest inside Taipei’s Chiang Kai-shek memorial hall. Many have already gone – often moved to a park in northern Taipei, which is now famous for …

House Republicans will not move forward with vote to remove Johnson as Speaker today, Green says

House Republicans will not move forward with vote to remove Johnson as Speaker today, Green says

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., leaves the U.S. Capitol after filing a motion to vacate Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., from his post on Friday, March 22, 2024.  Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will let her fellow House Republicans hear from their constituents before deciding whether to move forward with a vote to remove Speaker Mike Johnson. Greene made the remarks to a gaggle of reporters aired on CNN after the House passed four bills in a Saturday session. Three of the bills were for aid to Taiwan, Ukraine and Israel and the fourth approved a potential TikTok ban if its parent company, China’s ByteDance, does not sell it. Greene listed several reasons why she believes Johnson should not be Speaker, but she also said she wants to be “responsible” and not call for Johnson’s resignation before garnering enough support. “I do not support Mike Johnson, he’s already a lame duck,” Greene told reporters. Greene filed a motion for a vote to force …

X Vows to ‘Robustly Challenge’ Australia Order to Remove Stabbing Posts

X Vows to ‘Robustly Challenge’ Australia Order to Remove Stabbing Posts

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Social media platform X said on Saturday it would challenge in court an order from an Australian regulator demanding the company remove some posts related to the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney. Police charged a boy, 16, with a terrorism offence on Thursday for the alleged stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at a church in the New South Wales capital on Monday. Footage from the scene showed the boy restrained by the congregation and shouting accusations that Emmanuel had insulted Islam. X’s Global Government Affairs posted on Saturday that the Australian eSafety Commissioner had ordered it “to remove certain posts in Australia that publicly commented on the recent attack against a Christian Bishop”. The regulator demanded that X “withhold” the posts or face a daily fine of A$785,000 ($500,000), the company said, without giving details of the posts at issue. It said, “X believes that eSafety’s order was not within the scope of Australian law and we complied with the directive pending a legal challenge. “The eSafety Commissioner does not …

Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here’s how to remove it

Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here’s how to remove it

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Consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls and real-time location are a growing problem for Android users. This guide can help you identify and remove common surveillance apps from your Android phone, including TheTruthSpy, KidsGuard and other apps. READ OUR EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION Consumer-grade spyware apps are frequently sold under the guise of child monitoring or family-tracking software, but are referred to as “stalkerware” and “spouseware” for their ability to also track and monitor partners or spouses without their consent. These spyware apps are downloaded from outside of Google Play’s app store, planted on a phone without a person’s permission and often disappear from the home screen to avoid detection. Stalkerware apps rely on abusing in-built Android features that are typically used by companies to remotely manage their employees’ work phones or use Android’s accessibility mode to snoop on someone’s device. You may notice your phone acting unusually, running warmer or slower than usual, or using large amounts of network data, even when you are not actively using it. …

The Great Firewall: China Orders Apple To Remove WhatsApp, Threads From App Store

The Great Firewall: China Orders Apple To Remove WhatsApp, Threads From App Store

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The Cyberspace Administration of China asked Apple on Friday to remove Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China due to national security concerns. Signal and Telegram—two foreign messaging apps—were also removed from the Chinese App Store. The removal of the four apps comes as elites in Washington, DC, attempt to ban Chinese app TikTok from US phones.  “We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree. The Cyberspace Administration of China ordered the removal of these apps from the China storefront based on their national security concerns,” Apple said in a statement, as quoted by Bloomberg.  Apple continued, “These apps remain available for download on all other storefronts where they appear.” These four messaging apps allow users to bypass China’s Great Firewall through virtual private networks. Beijing finds this troubling as citizens could be subjected to disinformation and misinformation content (created by foreign adversaries) that sparks social unrest or discontent with the communist regime.  Bloomberg said the orders to nuke the four apps follow a prior “cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct …

Rishi Sunak pledges to remove benefits for people not taking jobs after 12 months | Politics News

Rishi Sunak pledges to remove benefits for people not taking jobs after 12 months | Politics News

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People who are fit to work but do not accept job offers will have their benefits taken away after 12 months, the prime minister has pledged. Outlining his plans to reform the welfare system if the Conservatives win the next general election, Rishi Sunak said “unemployment support should be a safety net, never a choice” as he promised to “make sure that hard work is always rewarded”. Politics live: ‘Moral mission’ to end ‘sicknote culture’, says Sunak Mr Sunak said his government would be “more ambitious about helping people back to work and more honest about the risk of over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life” by introducing a raft of measures in the next parliament. They include: • Removing benefits after 12 months for those deemed fit for work but who do not comply with conditions set by their work coach – such as accepting a job offer • Tightening the work capability assessment so those with less severe conditions will be expected to seek employment • A review of the fit note …

Aussie Govt Orders Facebook And X To Remove Muslim Knife Attack Video

Aussie Govt Orders Facebook And X To Remove Muslim Knife Attack Video

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Parishioners and live stream audience members for the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia were enjoying a sermon by popular conservative Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel when a young male Muslim assailant entered the church and stabbed him repeatedly with a knife.  The live stream clip was immediately shared far and wide on social media with X and Facebook being the easiest sites to view the video. Bishop Mari Mari Emanuel stabbed by a muslim shouting “allah akbar” in Sydney apparently for previously stating that following mohammed or any religion other than Christianity will send you to hell which is the truth. Islam teaches the extermination of all non muslims. Evil lie. pic.twitter.com/4qjpGLm8jX — Lincoln Russ (@LincolnTDRuss) April 15, 2024 Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel is a leader of the Assyrian Orthodox sect who has a global following. He has expressed stalwart conservative views on Islam, the LGBT community, and was vocal in his sermons against lockdowns and vaccinations during COVID-19.  Four other member of the church were injured while subduing the attacker; the young …