Medical

The global incidence of measles increased by 88 percent from 2022 to 2023, nearly doubling from 171,153 to 321,582 cases. Based on the data presented at a recent conference, it is predicted that 2024 will have similar negative conditions. This has led health officials to urge the implementation of new …

Brazilian scientists have successfully genetically modified a cow to secrete human insulin in her milk, marking a significant milestone as the first transgenic cow to achieve this remarkable feat. Although still distant, the researchers anticipate that this bovine advancement might facilitate sustainable insulin manufacturing and address global insulin supply challenges. …

Medical experts have detailed a unique case involving a man who received 217 COVID-19 vaccinations over 29 months. It is advisable to receive COVID-19 vaccinations as the virus mutates and immunity decreases. However, no government worldwide suggests receiving more than 200 vaccines in a short period of time. An individual …

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 …

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 …

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 …

To join the growing list of Western countries that have banned TikTok on government-issued smartphones, Australia made the move today. Mark Dreyfus, the Attorney General, made the announcement and promised that the ban would be enforced “as quickly as practical.” According to Dreyfus, “input from intelligence and security services” was …

From video-recommendation engines and online banking to the developing AI revolution, data has become one of the world’s most valuable assets. Yet, consolidating data from disparate sources (e.g., databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and so on) into a format usable in real-time scenarios can be a monumental task in today’s …

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 …

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 …