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☆ Archaeologists found a skeleton with a prosthetic hand that could be nearly 600 years old
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Archaeologists found a skeleton buried with a prosthetic hand in Germany. AdvertisementAdvertisementArchaeologists in Germany unearthed a skeleton with a metal prosthetic hand that could be nearly 600 years old. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt remains unclear how the man lost his fingers and how the prosthetic was used, it continued. "The hollow prosthetic on the left hand replaced four fingers," Walter Irlinger, deputy of the general conservator at the department said in the statement. The prosthetic fingers lie slightly curved, parallel to one another.

Persons: —, Walter Irlinger, pinky, Götz von Berlichingen, Götz Organizations: Service, Bavarian, Office, Monument, Monument Preservation, National Library of Medicine Locations: Germany, Freising, Bavarian, Munich, Europe, Egypt, Italy

☆ Archaeologists in Germany find centuries-old skeleton with prosthetic hand
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered a centuries-old skeleton complete with a metal prosthetic hand to replace four missing fingers. This would make the prosthetic hand potentially almost 600 years old. A bandage-like fabric was found inside the prosthetic hand, suggesting that it was used to cushion the stump. And an even older, 3,000-year-old prosthetic wooden toe was uncovered by archaeologists in Egypt in 1997. Worn by a priest’s daughter, the toe was was made to both enable walking and look aesthetically natural, archaeologists later discovered.

Persons: ” Walter Irlinger, Bayerisches, für, für Denkmalpflege Freising, Götz von Berlichingen Organizations: CNN, Archaeologists, Bavarian State Office, Monument Preservation Locations: Germany, Bavarian, Freising, Munich, für Denkmalpflege, Central Europe, Friesing, Egypt

Worldcoin says 2.2 million have signed up, mostly during a trial period over the last two years. Worldcoin raised $115 million from venture capital investors including Blockchain Capital, a16z crypto, Bain Capital Crypto and Distributed Global in a funding round in May. Macieira said Worldcoin would continue rolling out operations in Europe, Latin America, Africa and "all the parts of the world that will accept us." "The idea is that as we build this infrastructure and that we allow other third parties to use the technology." Michael Will, president of the Bavarian regulator, said it would look into whether Worldcoin's system is "safe and stable".

Persons: Medha Singh, Sam Altman, Worldcoin, Ricardo Macieira, Macieira, Michael Will, Will, Rainer Rehak, Web3, Nette Noestlinger, Matthias Baehr, Elizabeth Howcroft, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: WorldCoin, REUTERS, Reuters, Co, Humanity, Blockchain, Bain Capital Crypto, Companies, Bavarian State Office, Data Protection, Union, Weizenbaum Institute, Worldcoin Foundation, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru, India, Britain, France, Germany, Europe, San Francisco, Berlin, Latin America, Africa, Japan, Bavarian, blockchain, Cayman Islands

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - A German data watchdog has been investigating OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Worldcoin project since late last year due to concerns over its large-scale processing of sensitive biometric data, the regulator's president told Reuters. Will said the Bavarian state regulator is the lead authority investigating Worldcoin under the European Union's data protection rules because Tools For Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, has a German subsidiary there. This leads to a number of risks, including whether users have given explicit consent to their highly-sensitive biometric data being processed on the basis of "sufficient and clear" information, Will said. Privacy campaigners have long raised concerns about the wide-scale collection and storage of biometric data, which could increase surveillance or target certain demographic groups. France's privacy watchdog told Reuters on Friday that the legality of Worldcoin's data collection "seems questionable".

Persons: Sam Altman's Worldcoin, Worldcoin, Michael Will, Will, Elizabeth Howcroft, Louise Heavens Organizations: Reuters, Bavarian State Office, Data Protection, Humanity, Worldcoin, Thomson Locations: Bavarian, German, Cayman Islands, France, Germany, Spain

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - France's privacy watchdog CNIL said on Friday it is aware of ChatGPT-founder Sam Altman's Worldcoin project and that the legality of its biometric data collection "seems questionable". CNIL, the French watchdog, said in response to a Reuters question on Worldcoin "The legality of this collection seems questionable, as do the conditions for storing biometric data." The Worldcoin Foundation is a Cayman Islands-based entity which describes itself as a "steward of the Worldcoin protocol". "The Worldcoin Foundation complies with all laws and regulations governing the processing of personal data in the markets where Worldcoin is available," it said. The project is supervised in the European Union by the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision, the Worldcoin Foundation said.

Persons: CNIL, Sam Altman's, Worldcoin, Elizabeth Howcroft, Amanda Cooper, Jane Merriman, Louise Heavens Organizations: Reuters, Bavarian, Worldcoin, European Union, Office, Data Protection, Thomson Locations: Bavarian, Germany, Cayman Islands, European

CNN —Archaeologists have found an octagonal sword dating from more than 3,000 years ago at a burial site in the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. The sword is so well preserved that it still gleams, according to a statement from the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments. Bayerisches Landesamt für DenkmalpflegeIt was discovered last week at a site in Donau-Ries, and researchers believe it was left in the grave as a burial gift. The sword is thought to date to the end of the 14th century BCE, the Middle Bronze Age. A sword like this, with an octagonal handle made entirely from bronze, is a rare find, according to the statement.

Persons: ”, Mathias Pfeil, — Organizations: CNN —, Bavarian, Office, Archaeologists Locations: Bavaria, Germany, Donau, Ries

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