October 3, 2023
Health, Medical, News, Tech, Technology
Online media content moderation remains controversial. New regulations and public concern will likely keep it a priority for years. Weaponized AI and other tech advances make it harder to address. Cambridge, England-based Unitary AI believes it has found a better way to moderate content by using a “multimodal” approach to …
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August 23, 2023
Apps, Health, Internet, News, Software
Exclusively reported that Solana Labs’ decentralized payment protocol, Solana Pay, has integrated its plug-in with Shopify, allowing millions of businesses on its platform to use it for payments. Solana Pay launched in February 2022 on the layer-1 blockchain Solana. Josh Fried, business development and partnerships at Solana Foundation, told that …
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July 5, 2023
Health, Medical, News
Daniel Ek’s health tech startup Neko Health raised €60 million ($65 million) in its first external funding round. Lakestar, Atomico, and General Catalyst led Series A. Neko Health, founded in Sweden in 2018 by Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, exited stealth in February with the promise of preventative healthcare through full-body …
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June 26, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, Health, Medical, News, Tech, Technology
Wade Norris wanted to create a life-changing project at Google. He co-founded Google Lens, a computer vision app that displays object information. It didn’t satisfy. Norris and aerospace systems engineer Scott Baron founded SnapCalorie, a health-focused startup, several years ago. AI-powered SnapCalorie estimates a meal’s calories and macronutrients from a …
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June 9, 2023
Health, News, Tech Rumors
This year’s ransomware attack on a technology vendor stole another half a million people’s personal and health data. In a notice filed with the Maine attorney general’s office, Tennessee-based Intellihartx, which handles patient payment balances and collections, said 489,830 patients’ information was stolen in the cyberattack targeting its vendor, Fortra. …
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May 31, 2023
Health, News, Science, Tech, Technology
Theranos was worth $10 billion ten years ago. Wire fraud indicted her five years ago. Holmes began her 11-year-and-3-month sentence today. A defendant is usually convicted and imprisoned soon after indictment. Holmes’ legal team has played every card to delay her fall, which was once hailed as the next Steve …
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April 27, 2023
Health, Internet, News
Bastion, a French startup founded in October 2022, simplifies cybersecurity for small businesses. The Palantir-founded company has raised $2.8 million. Bastion wants to be your only cybersecurity subscription. Software-as-a-service bundles several cybersecurity products. First, Global Founders Capital, Kima Ventures, Motier Ventures, and business angels Denis Duverne, Joshua Motta, Renaud Deraison, …
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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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