February 16, 2023
Health, Medical, News, Tech, Tech Rumors, Technology
Seattle-based digital freight network Convoy is closing its Atlanta office and laying off workers. Convoy has fired workers three times in a year. CEO and co-founder Dan Lewis announced the restructuring on LinkedIn Thursday as Convoy moves to a new customer service model that automates many employee tasks. This change …
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February 16, 2023
Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Health, Industry, News, Software, Tech, Tech Rumors, Technology
As part of its streamlining efforts, Jumia cut managerial headcount by 60% in Dubai and over 900 positions across its 11 markets, affecting 20% of its staff. Jumia’s FY2022 financials show this happened in Q4 last year. This follows the Jumia Supervisory Board’s note on senior management shake-ups when it …
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January 17, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Health, Industry, Internet, Medical, News, Science, Silicon Valley, Tech, Technology
Sam Altman, the former CEO of Y Combinator and, as of 2019, the co-founder and co-CEO of OpenAI, the company he famously co-founded with Elon Musk and numerous others in 2015 to develop artificial intelligence for the “benefit of humanity,” spent an hour with this editor late last week in …
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January 13, 2023
Health, Industry, Internet, News
A new company called World View is entering the public markets with stratospheric balloons for Earth observation and tourism. The firm, which aims to create what it refers to as “the stratosphere economy,” announced on Friday that it would merge with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Leo Holdings Corp. II …
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January 5, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, Health, News, Technology
For the new year, Apple has revealed that its Fitness+ service will add new kickboxing workouts, a sleep meditation theme, artist spotlights, and more. Kickboxing will be added by the organization on January 9. Every workout will begin with a unique round of moves, followed by a final round that …
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December 27, 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Health, News
According to early indicators, funding for digital health startups decreased so drastically in Q4 2022 that it was almost at levels last seen in 2019. However, the monetary figures don’t convey the entire picture. It matters just as much how you expand as a digital healthcare business as it does …
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December 23, 2022
Health, News
According to reports of rising COVID-19 cases and overburdened healthcare systems in China, the World Health Organization (WHO) is “extremely worried,” according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The declaration follows horrifying photographs and videos from the typically secretive country, which show hospitals and funeral homes struggling to handle what …
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November 28, 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Health, Medical, News, Science
Ironically, creating such AI faces a significant scalability issue. Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to assist, and perhaps even replace, humans in carrying out routine jobs and solving challenges that humans have been unable to address. It has to source and absorb ever-larger data troves because it is only as good …
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November 28, 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Health, Medical, News, Science, Tech Rumors
In March 2021, Bionaut Labs, which was established in 2017, came out of hiding with the intention of commercializing years of medication delivery robot research. The Los Angeles-based business today announced a $43.2 million Series B investment round as a follow-up to its first $20 million funding announcement, bringing its …
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November 3, 2022
Health, Medical, Science, Technology
You may learn everything you need to know about this well-known painkiller from the Institute of Human Anatomy.
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