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Withings’ ‘Thermometer of the Future’ Is Getting an AI Analysis Upgrade

Following its launch last November, I spent several weeks testing Withings’ BeamO, a three-in-one, FDA-cleared device that functions as a stethoscope, an electrocardiogram and a thermometer. One of my takeaways was that while the device is great for measuring your temperature and listening to your heart and lungs, these readings require a doctor for interpretation. But that will soon change.

On Friday, at IFA 2026, Withings announced StethO Sense, a service that will be available to Withings+ users starting Oct. 1. It uses third-party AI analysis software to analyze BeamO’s heart and lung recordings. According to a statement, it uses eMurmur Heart AI to detect abnormal heart murmurs and StethoMe to provide insights into breathing sounds.

“StethO Sense lets families record heart sounds at home, in seconds, as often as they want, and build a record they can bring to their doctor,” said BeamO Product Manager Livia Robic...

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Google patches multiple Chrome bugs including a V8 flaw being used in attacks

Google patched 12 Chrome vulnerabilities on 3 September including CVE-2026-85046, a type confusion bug in V8 already being exploited, the sixth such flaw this year. Eight days later the Cyber Resilience Act starts requiring manufacturers to report actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours of becoming aware. Google patched 12 vulnerabilities

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Deploy a multimodal WhatsApp ordering assistant with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | Amazon Web Services

This post shows how to deploy a multimodal WhatsApp ordering assistant built with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Amazon Nova 2. Many quick-service restaurants spread ordering across an app, a website, a phone line, and the counter. Each of those is a separate system to build and run. Each one also

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ASCII smuggling isn't just an AI security risk

Phishers find a new use for invisible Unicode tag characters Fraudsters have found a new use for ASCII smuggling, typically used to hide malicious prompts intended for AI models, in an old-school attack method: email phishing. Microsoft uncovered a massive phishing campaign using invisible Unicode tag characters that peaked at

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AMD's Threadripper Halo is a local-AI workstation for researchers with deep pockets

AI workstation promises to put up to 576 GB of HBM3e and 16 TB/s of memory bandwidth on your desk Machine learning researchers have a new and expensive option for doing local AI. AMD just raided its spare parts bin and cobbled together a DGX Station rival boasting up

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Google patches multiple Chrome bugs including a V8 flaw being used in attacks

Deploy a multimodal WhatsApp ordering assistant with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | Amazon Web Services

ASCII smuggling isn't just an AI security risk

AMD's Threadripper Halo is a local-AI workstation for researchers with deep pockets