Acorn Biolabs wants consumers to pay them to store genetic material in a bet that the increasing advances in targeted genetic therapies will yield better healthcare results down the line. The company’s pitch is to “Save young cells today, live a longer, better, tomorrow.” It’s a gamble on the frontiers of healthcare technology that has managed […]
View More Driving down the cost of preserving genetic material, Acorn Biolabs raises $3.3 millionCategory: healthcare
On-demand telehealth company Tyto Care adds Sanford Health, Itochu and Shenzhen Capital Group as strategic investors
Tyto Care, a telehealth company that enables physicians to conduct on-demand remote exams, announced today that it has added $9 million to its Series C, bringing the round’s total to $33.5 million. The new funding comes from strategic investors Sanford Health, Itochu, and Shenzhen Capital Group. First announced last year, the oversubscribed Series C was […]
View More On-demand telehealth company Tyto Care adds Sanford Health, Itochu and Shenzhen Capital Group as strategic investorsK Health raises $25m for its AI-powered primary care platform
K Health, the startup providing consumers with an AI-powered primary care platform, has raised $25 million in series B funding. The round was led by 14W, Comcast Ventures and Mangrove Capital Partners, with participation from Lerer Hippeau, Primary Ventures, BoxGroup, Bessemer Venture Partners and Max Ventures – all previous investors from the company’s seed or Series […]
View More K Health raises $25m for its AI-powered primary care platformApple Watch Series 4 will receive an extended 45-day return period
Apple has a strict 14-day return policy on most of its products. But that may change for its newest wearable, the Apple Watch Series 4.
MacRumors reports that the new Apple Watch will be getting an extended 45-day return policy thanks to the heart-tr…
China’s Infervision is helping 280 hospitals worldwide detect cancers from images
Until recently, humans have relied on the trained eyes of doctors to diagnose diseases from medical images. Beijing-based Infervision is among a handful of artificial intelligence startups around the world racing to improve medical imaging analysis through deep learning, the same technology that powers face recognition and autonomous driving. The startup, which has to date raised $70 […]
View More China’s Infervision is helping 280 hospitals worldwide detect cancers from imagesAmazon’s newest service uses machine learning to extract medical data from patient records
Amazon has launched a new service that uses machine learning to extract key data from patient records and can potentially help healthcare providers and researchers save money, make treatment decisions, and manage clinical trials. The company announced the service, called Amazon Comprehend Medical, on Tuesday, shortly after the Wall Street Journal reported on it. The […]
View More Amazon’s newest service uses machine learning to extract medical data from patient recordsQuantum computing, not AI, will define our future
William (“Whurley”) Hurley Contributor Share on Twitter William Hurley, commonly known as whurley, is an American entrepreneur and the founder of Chaotic Moon Studios, Honest Dollar, and Equals: The Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age. He is currently chairing the Quantum Computing Working Group for the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), and is […]
View More Quantum computing, not AI, will define our futureUN warns over human rights impact of a ‘digital welfare state’
The UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights has raised concerns about the UK’s rush to apply digital technologies and data tools to socially re-engineer the delivery of public services at scale, warning in a statement today that the impact of a digital welfare state on vulnerable people will be “immense”. He has […]
View More UN warns over human rights impact of a ‘digital welfare state’Hackers stole income, immigration and tax data in Healthcare.gov breach, government confirms
Hackers siphoned off thousands of Healthcare.gov applications by breaking into the accounts of brokers and agents tasked with helping customers sign up for healthcare plans. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a post buried on its website that found that the hackers obtained “inappropriate access” to a number of broker and agent […]
View More Hackers stole income, immigration and tax data in Healthcare.gov breach, government confirmsA pair of new Bluetooth security flaws expose wireless access points to attack
Security researchers have found two severe vulnerabilities affecting several popular wireless access points, which — if exploited — could allow an attacker to compromise enterprise networks. The two bugs are found in Bluetooth Low Energy chips built by Texas Instruments, which networking device makers — like Aruba, Cisco and Meraki — use in their line-up […]
View More A pair of new Bluetooth security flaws expose wireless access points to attackUK health minister sets out tech-first vision for future care provision
The UK’s still fairly new in post minister for health, Matt Hancock, quickly made technology one of his stated priorities. And today he’s put more meat on the bones of his thinking, setting out a vision for transforming, root and branch, how the country’s National Health Service operates to accommodate the plugging in of “healthtech” […]
View More UK health minister sets out tech-first vision for future care provisionKeeps parent company Thirty Madison raises $15 million to fight male pattern baldness
Men’s hair loss brand Keeps has raised $15 million in a round co-led by Maveron and Northzone.
View More Keeps parent company Thirty Madison raises $15 million to fight male pattern baldness