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At long last the NoDo update to the Windows Phone 7 platform is in the process ofrolling out to ownersof WP7 handsets. After a number ofsetbacks and delays, the update brings a handful of very much-neededsoftware fixes to the mobile line, including the embarrassingly missing copy and paste functionality. The build is numbered 7390, and is being delivered to consumers under the name “Windows Phone Update – March 2011.” This is a screenshot of the update screen:...

The World Health Organization today issued its first-everreporton the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The report is 165 pages cover-to-cover and it provides a summary assessment of the current state of AI in healthcare while also laying out several opportunities and challenges. Most of what the report covers boils down to six “guiding principles for [AI’s] design and use.” Per aWHO blog post, these include: The 💜 of EU tech...

We have been hungrily awaiting this moment for a long time. Below are the first screenshots from Windows 8 that we trust. Coming fromWin7China, and confirmed byWinRumors, we are nearly certain that what follows is genuine. Sadly, the images are so tame that we are almost disappointed. Sure, the screenshots are from a Milestone 2 build of Windows 8, numbered 7910.0.winmain_win8m2.110111, implying that what we have is extremely early, but it is still so bland that we are a bit let down....

One day after it was revealed that Mango would be releasedno later than September, Microsoft appears set to allow phones running the updated version of its mobile OS to be sold in August. According toseveralreports, the waterproof Fujitsu IS12T will be the first Windows Phone 7 Mango handset to go on sale. Wecovered the handsetin a different context before, showing off as many images of it as were available. If the reports hold true, Mango will be arriving in the market earlier than was anticipated....

Astronomers famouslysnapped the firstever direct image of a black hole in 2019, thanks to material glowing in its presence. But many black holes are actually near impossible to detect. Now another team using theHubble Space Telescopeseems to have finally found something nobody has seen before: a black hole which is completely invisible. The research, which has beenposted onlineand submitted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal, is yet to be peer-reviewed....