Tech News Today: Google search quality slips, Apple axes Watch Series 9 blood oxygen sensor, and more | Technology News

The whirlwind of innovation in tech never slows down. Here are 4 of the biggest happenings in tech this week:

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    New research shows Google may be slipping in results quality

    Google’s slipping search quality has researchers worried. A new study from European universities found Google is returning more low-quality affiliate marketing content in product searches. As sites optimize for SEO over value, users suffer from irrelevant results aimed at earning commissions. Google tweaks its algorithm but struggles to keep up with SEO gamers.

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    Which is the best country to get the Galaxy S24 Ultra from?

    Samsung’s new Galaxy

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Spring Budget puts UK on fast-track to becoming science and technology superpower

Alongside tax cuts for workers, harnessing technology to benefit the public sector was at the heart of the Chancellor’s Spring Budget that will deliver the long-term change our country needs to deliver a brighter future for Britain, and improve economic security and opportunity for everyone.

An £800 million reform package will free-up time for staff at the frontline of public services including cutting results waiting times in the NHS and slashing admin tasks for the police.

In a further boost for the UK’s world-class life sciences sector, charities including Cancer Research UK will receive £45 million to help launch the

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Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection | MIT News

Using a new technology developed at MIT, diagnosing lung cancer could become as easy as inhaling nanoparticle sensors and then taking a urine test that reveals whether a tumor is present.

The new diagnostic is based on nanosensors that can be delivered by an inhaler or a nebulizer. If the sensors encounter cancer-linked proteins in the lung, they produce a signal that accumulates in the urine, where it can be detected with a simple paper test strip.

This approach could potentially replace or supplement the current gold standard for diagnosing lung cancer, low-dose computed tomography (CT). It could have an

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