AI has already become a promising technology, demonstrating the convenience it can add to daily life, letting people automate different tasks and get a more satisfactory experience. With mobiles, computers, smartphones, cameras, glasses, rings, and watches, the world has seen a vast implementation of AI technology over the last few years, and the latest addition to the list is an Ai pin. A San Francisco-based tech innovating company, Humane Inc., has announced the soon-to-be-placed launch event, either at the end of March or in early April.  What is Humane’s Ai Pin? A tiny, superlight, and lightweight wearable device, the Ai pin integrates AI technology, a projector, and numerous sensors to bring up a few cutting-edge functionalities, which can be intuitive or natural. However, where this brilliant AI Pin shines the most is its capacity to act like a smartphone, at a level of efficacy that people have termed it “a smartphone killer pin,” without even using a screen or a digital interface. The world is about to observe how a small peck of a pin can replace screen scrolling. The pin turns on when touched and takes directives from the user's voice or hand gesture. It will take directive over voice command and run applications or provide information with the power of a sublime Ai with oral interaction capacity. Read more: OPPO Air Glass 3: What's Special About It Invention The whole idea of the Ai Pin has taken birth from two extraordinary minds- Imran Chaudhri, CEO of Humane Inc., and his wife, Bethany Bongiorno. The couple said their prime goal was to free humanity from smartphone addiction. Soon, the AI Pin will hit the market under the banner of Humane, founded by a couple of ex-app executives, giving them a proper chance to achieve their goal. With people bolstering the positive and limited sides of the device, Humane and several more big-name companies like Microsoft, OpenAi, and so on have visioned potentiality in the idea of an Ai device that users can clip to their clothes.  Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno have combined a handful of modern technologies, such as app development, networking, cloud computing, databases, laser projections, etc., underneath their latest innovation. Each technology will work jointly with the rest and provide the ultimate result — communication with a user through projecting a laser diagram on the user’s palm and voice command. Read more: Water Battery: What's Special About It Specs and Features Humane Ai has released a video exhibiting a few of the critical features of Ai Pin, only to shock users and show what’s coming. The tiniest and the quickest source of info: The Pin wields a dynamic UI to generate a user interface optimized for the different types of information. Communication: The tiny pin lets users take calls and send messages with voice commands. Users have to name the recipient and instruct the Ai pin to give phone calls or write and send texts. Camera: The pin rooms dot cameras to take photos and record videos if necessary instruction is given. Users can record videos or take pictures by tapping a finger on the pin. Read more: How to Block Ads on Android Phones in 2024 Media playback: Like all modern devices, the pin allows users to play different media files precisely and smoothly. Reminders and Notes: An essential feature that every device with a user interface has, the ability to take notes and set reminders is installed in the Ai Pin. Users will be able to use this feature easily by commanding through voice. Web search: The Ai Pin can look up any keyword or information on the web and provide the data asked by a user. On request, it can provide the data in an easy format. Translation: The Ai pin will let users search words and sentences and find answers in more than 50 languages, which can be convenient during emergencies or travel. Read more: Best and Worst Android OS Considering Bloatware in 2024 Productivity: Multiple productivity tools and software like After Effects and PhotoShop can be connected to Ai Pin to instruct different courses of action. Image Recognition: Humane’s Ai Pin can scan images and provide critical information like how old the images are, what is in the image, and other information about the origin. The pin can do the same with objects, too. Notification: Dealing with notifications will be systematic with the Ai Pin. It will store and summarize all the notifications in a place and inform the user when instructed without needing to open all individual apps. Read more: What Is Google Gemini AI? How to Use the New Chatbot Model                                                                                                                         

The mayor of San Francisco announced a state of emergency Thursday over the growing number of monkeypox cases, allowing officials to cut through red tape and fight a public health crisis reminiscent of the AIDS epidemic that began devastating the city in the 1980s. “We are at a very scary place. And we don’t want to be ignored by the federal government in our need. So many leaders of the LGBT community have also, weeks ago, asked for additional help and support and assistance,” said Mayor London Breed. The city is in “desperate need of vaccines,” she said. The declaration, which takes effect Monday, was welcomed by gay advocates who have grown increasingly frustrated by what they called San Francisco’s lackluster response to a virus that so far has affected primarily men who have sex with men, although anyone can get infected. “San Francisco was at the forefront of the public health responses to HIV and COVID-19, and we will be at the forefront when it comes to monkeypox,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat who represents the city. “We can’t and won’t leave the LGBTQ community out to dry.” The city has 281 cases, out of about 800 in California and 4,600 nationwide, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health. A national shortage of vaccine has resulted in people waiting in line for hours for scarce doses, often to be turned away when the shots run out. Members of the LGBTQ community expressed anger and frustration at a city hearing last week, saying they were relying on social media because the San Francisco public health department had not dispensed basic information on testing or vaccine availability.  Read: Oldest Magellanic penguin at San Francisco Zoo dies at 40 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman excoriated the department, saying it was unclear why it could not staff phone lines, especially after telling people to call those phone numbers for information, while the San Francisco AIDS Foundation was able to quickly staff a monkeypox information hotline. The organization also has started a wait list for people wanting the vaccine, unlike the public health department forcing people to wait in line. “It’s a bad look for San Francisco,” he said. After attending the San Francisco Pride weekend in late June, Tom Temprano, 36, got a notification that at least one other attendee had tested positive for monkeypox. He called four numbers that local health officials provided in an effort to get vaccinated, but no one picked up. He left voicemails. “I waited and I waited and I waited,” said Temprano, “And there was just sort of — I think for myself and many people — just growing concern, really, about our safety, given that we were further and further out from an exposure.” Finally, on July 8, two weeks after being potentially exposed to the virus at the pride event, and monitoring gay social media networks all the while, he learned through an Instagram post that a vaccine drop-in clinic was being held at San Francisco General Hospital. The poster said drop everything and go now. Temprano texted a half-dozen people and rushed over. He waited with hundreds of other people in a line that snaked out into the street and halfway down a block. After waiting for 3 1/2 hours, Temprano, who is the political director of San Francisco-based Equality California, got his first dose of the vaccine. One of his friends stood in line four times before he was able to get the shot. Temprano was scheduled to get his second dose next week but that was canceled — with vaccine in short supply, city officials have opted to prioritize getting first doses to people. He is frustrated that authorities have taken so long to respond, and noted they did so after LGBTQ politicians in his community raised their voices. “I think the saddest thing is there are people who are getting monkeypox now who tried to get that vaccine over the last month-and-a-half and couldn’t get one, who are sick and are in pain and are going to be out of work potentially for two to six weeks,” he said. Wiener had urged local and state officials to declare a health emergency, which he said would give the city and counties greater flexibility to respond to the growing outbreak. For example, it would streamline getting test results to people and allow a broader array of providers to perform vaccinations. Wiener, who is gay, also noted the parallels to the AIDS crisis in San Francisco. “I feel like this is like deja vu — that once again, gay men are getting attacked and demonized and blamed as we get sick, and that we can never tolerate that,” he said. In the early 1980s, the U.S. government was slow to react as the AIDS epidemic ravaged gay communities in San Francisco and elsewhere. Groups like ACT UP emerged to push for action to fight AIDS. That struggle has echoes today. Despite the problems with vaccine supply, federal officials said Thursday that the country’s monkeypox outbreak can still be stopped, amid worries that the U.S. has missed the window to contain the virus. The monkeypox virus spreads through prolonged skin-to-skin contact, which includes sex, kissing, breathing at close range, and sharing bedding and clothing, the public health department said. Health officials are asking people who could be at risk to cover exposed skin when out in crowds and to watch out for symptoms, such as fever, blisters and rashes. The World Health Organization over the weekend declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries a global emergency.

An employee opened fire Wednesday at a California rail yard, killing eight people before taking his own life as law enforcement rushed in, authorities said, marking the latest attack in a year that has seen a sharp increase in mass killings as the nation emerges from coronavirus restrictions. The shooting took place around 6:30 a.m. in two buildings at a light rail facility for the Valley Transportation Authority, which provides bus, light rail and other transit services throughout Santa Clara County, the most populated county in the San Francisco Bay Area. “When our deputies went through the door, initially he was still firing rounds. When our deputy saw him, he took his life,” Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told reporters. Deputies “were going through hallways saying, ‘Sheriff’s office!’ He knew at that time that his time for firing shots was over.” The victims, many of them longtime employees of the transit agency, were identified by the Santa Clara County coroner’s office Wednesday night as Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; Adrian Balleza, 29; Jose Dejesus Hernandez, 35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63, and Lars Kepler Lane, 63. Read:2 killed in shooting at Wisconsin casino; gunman slain Their jobs included bus and light rail operators, mechanics, linemen and assistant superintendent. One had worked for the transit authority since 1999. Singh had worked as a light rail train driver for eight or nine years and had a wife, two small children and many family members, said his cousin, Bagga Singh. “We heard that he chose the people to shoot, but I don’t know why they choose him because he has nothing to do with him,” he said. San Jose City Councilman Raul Peralez said Rudometkin was a close friend. “There are no words to describe the heartache we are feeling right now, especially for his family,” he wrote on Facebook. “Eight families are feeling this same sense of loss tonight and our entire community is mourning as well.” The attacker was identified as 57-year-old Sam Cassidy, according to two law enforcement officials. Investigators offered no immediate word on a possible motive. His ex-wife, Cecilia Nelms, told The Associated Press that Cassidy had a bad temper and would tell her that he wanted to kill people at work, “but I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now.” Nelms, teary-eyed and shaken by the news, said her ex-husband would come home wound up and angry about things that happened at work. As he talked about it, “he would get more mad,” she said. “He could dwell on things.” When Cassidy lost his temper, Nelms said there were times she was scared. He was someone who could physically hurt others, she said. Nelms said they were married for 10 years — Cassidy filed for divorce in 2005 — and had not been in contact for 13 years. She said he had been treated for depression. Sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Russell Davis said he did not know the type of weapon used in the attack. Bomb squads searched the rail complex after receiving information about possible explosive devices, he said. Members of a union representing Valley Transportation Authority workers were meeting when the shooting began, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said, but it’s not clear the meeting was related to the attack. When she heard shots, transit authority mechanic Rochelle Hawkins said she dropped her phone. Read: Police: FedEx shooter legally bought guns used in shooting “I was running so fast. I just ran for my life,” she said. “I would hope everyone would just pray for the VTA family. Just pray for us.” Other friends and family members awaited news after being unable to reach their loved ones through calls or text messages. Some had tracked the missing person’s cellphone to the rail yard but had no information from authorities. Officials also were investigating a house fire that broke out shortly before the shooting, Davis said. Public records show Cassidy owned the two-story home where firefighters responded after being notified by a passer-by. Law enforcement officers cordoned off the area near the home and went in and out Wednesday. Doug Suh, who lives across the street, told The Mercury News in San Jose that Cassidy seemed “strange” and that he never saw anyone visit. “I’d say hello, and he’d just look at me without saying anything,” Suh said. Once, Cassidy yelled at him to stay away as he was backing up his car. “After that, I never talked to him again.” Cassidy had worked for Valley Transportation Authority since at least 2012, according to the public payroll and pension database Transparent California, first a mechanic from 2012 to 2014, then as someone who maintained substations. Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaking emotionally in front of a county office where flags flew at half-staff, said victims’ relatives were “waiting to hear from the coroner, waiting to hear from any of us, just desperate to find out if their brother, their son, their dad, their mom is still alive.” Another man wounded in the attack was in critical condition at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, spokesperson Joy Alexiou said. The bloodshed comes amid a rise in mass killings after the pandemic had closed many public places and kept people confined to their homes last year. A database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University that tracks every mass killing over the last 15 years shows that the San Jose attack is the 15th mass killing so far in 2021, all of them shootings. Eighty-six people have died in the shootings, compared with 106 for all of 2020. It is the sixth mass killing in a public place in 2021. The database defines mass killings as four or more people dead, not including the shooter, meaning the overall toll of gun violence is much higher when adding in smaller incidents. At the White House, President Joe Biden ordered flags to be flown at half-staff and urged Congress to act on legislation to curb gun violence. “Every life that is taken by a bullet pierces the soul of our nation. We can, and we must, do more,” Biden said in a statement. San Jose, the 10th-largest city in the U.S. with more than a million people, is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of San Francisco in the heart of Silicon Valley. Trains were already out on morning runs when the shooting occurred. Light rail service was suspended and replaced with bus bridges, agency Chairman Glenn Hendricks told reporters. Read: Police ID gunman in FedEx shooting as young male in 20s Wednesday’s attack was Santa Clara County’s second mass shooting in less than two years. A gunman killed three people and then himself at a popular garlic festival in Gilroy in July 2019. The Gilroy attack was on Mayor Liccardo’s mind Wednesday as text messages flooded in, reporting the shooting and fire. “Not again,” he thought as he jumped in his car and raced to City Hall. Transit authority workers told him they knew Cassidy. “You try to understand what would possess someone to do that much harm,” Liccardo said by phone. “It’s unfathomable.”

The number of suicidal children in San Francisco has hit a record high and health experts say it is clear that keeping public schools closed “is catalyzing a mental health crisis among school-aged children,” according to a lawsuit the city filed Thursday to push its school district to reopen classrooms.

Chinese leading security firm Qi An Xin Group has won awards for its product and services that are capable of providing its customers with security solutions including accurate detection of advanced threats during a global cyber security conference here.

San Francisco witnessed a record low rate of homicides in more than half a century as only 41 killings were reported in the city in 2019, a local newspaper said Wednesday.

More than 4,000 health workers at top U.S. healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente staged a protest Monday at the company's San Francisco medical center to press for better healthcare services and benefits.