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Apple Watch accurately spotted heart condition 34% of the time in study

The study doesn’t use the latest watch and is unpublished and not peer-reviewed.

(credit: Apple)

In a large Apple-sponsored study assessing whether the pulse sensor on older versions of the Apple Watch (Series 1, 2, and 3) can pick up heart rhythm irregularities, researchers found that only 34 percent of participants who received an alert of an irregular pulse on their watch went on to have a confirmed case of atrial fibrillation, a common type of irregular heart rhythm.

The study was led by researchers at Stanford, who presented the results Saturday in New Orleans at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology. The results have not been published in a scientific journal and have not been peer-reviewed.

The study, dubbed the Apple Heart Study, began in November 2017, before the release of the Apple Watch Series 4, which includes an electrocardiograph (ECG) feature for monitoring heart activity. Though the study didn’t keep pace with that of wearable device development, it was rather speedy relative to clinical trials. In fact, some cardiologists were impressed simply by the short period of time in which the study was able to recruit such a large number of participants—nearly 420,000—plus follow up with them using telemedicine and get results.

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SSH-Software: Kritische Sicherheitslücken in Putty

In der SSH-Software Putty sind im Rahmen eines von der EU finanzierten Bug-Bounty-Programms mehrere schwerwiegende Sicherheitslücken entdeckt worden. Der verwundbare Code wird auch von anderen Projekten wie Filezilla und WinSCP verwendet. (Putty, Serve…

ZTE Axon V and Axon S Slider have unusual solutions to the smartphone not problem

As smartphone makers have been moving toward nearly bezel-free smartphones, they have to figure out what to do with the components that you’d normally squeeze into a bezel, like cameras. So far the most popular solution has been to put a notch in…

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5G: Noch nie war eine Frequenzauktion so unsicher

Die aus den USA gesteuerte Debatte um Huawei, hohe Erwartungen sowie Auflagen an das 5G-Netz machen die gesamte Frequenzauktion dem Bitkom-Präsidenten zufolge unsicher. Die Rolle von United Internet bleibt laut ZEW dabei unklar. (5G, Mobilfunk)

Windows Defender Application Guard: Webseiten-Sandbox kommt für Chrome und Firefox

Um sicher zu surfen, öffnet das Plugin Windows Defender Application Guard unbekannte Webseiten in einem abgeschotteten Container. Die Software gibt es jetzt auch für Google Chrome und Mozilla Firefox es gibt aber Einschränkungen. (Virtualisierung, Fire…

Former Valve designer, writer dishes on his new “co-op” game studio

Joined by ex-Riot dev: “Chet said one sentence. I said, ‘Oh my god. That’s the game.'”

Chet Faliszek, Dr. Kimberly Voll announce the creation of Stray Bombay, a new video game studio.

SAN FRANCISCO—In 2017, game designer and writer Chet Faliszek left Valve Software. The departure was notable in part because Faliszek was perhaps second only to company co-founder Gabe Newell in terms of public exposure, but also because Faliszek's work represented a seemingly long-gone era at the game studio: one of irreverent, story-driven games that emphasized co-op (both Left 4 Dead games and Portal 2, among other titles).

Shortly after that departure, Faliszek emerged with news: he would start making games at Bossa Studios, home of goofy titles like Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread. It seemed like a good fit. Turns out, it wasn't.

After roughly a year working together, Faliszek and the Bossa Studios team "reconvened and decided it wasn't working out," he told Ars Technica. On one hand, Faliszek described the end of that relationship as "the hardest breakup, because I couldn't get mad at them." On the other, when pressed, Faliszek described the game he'd worked on as "a kind of game they're not known for making, and kind of maybe not suited for making."

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Black Shark 2 gaming phone unveiled (Snapdragon 855, up to 12GB RAM)

Xiaomi subsidiary Black Shark launched its first gaming smartphone in early 2019, and followed up with the Black Shark Helo. Now it’s time for the company’s third smartphone designed for gaming… which is obviously called the Black Sha…

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Apple launches 10.5 inch iPad Air for $499 and up

Apple’s iPad family tree is getting a bit more complicated. Yesterday if you wanted to buy a current-gen iPad you had three choices: an iPad, iPad mini, or iPad Pro. Now the company is bringing back a fourth option: the iPad Air. It sits somewher…

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Gefahrenwarnungen: EU setzt bei vernetztem Fahren weiter auf WLAN

Der neue Mobilfunkstandard 5G soll angeblich das Autofahren sicherer machen. Doch die EU-Kommission setzt beim vernetzten Fahren weiterhin auf den WLAN-Standard ITS-G5. Vor allem bei zeitkritischen Vorfällen. Von Friedhelm Greis (Vernetztes Fahren, Tec…

Apple’s new iPad mini packs an A12 chip, sells for $399 and up

Apple’s smallest iPad is now powered by the same Apple A12 Bionic processor found in the company’s most powerful smartphones. The company says the 2019 iPad mini offers three times the performance of previous-gen models, and nine times fast…

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