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Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program Monday. CEO Stephen Gillett announced the “difficult decision” to wind down the program in a staff …
Verily is closing its medical device program as Alphabet shifts more resources to AI Read More
Assort Health, a startup that uses AI to automate patient communication for specialty healthcare practices, has raised about $50 million in a Series B round at a valuation of $750 …
Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls, sources say Read More
SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket lifted off on its tenth test flight Tuesday evening, hitting two long sought milestones and putting an end to a string of failures. The 403-foot vehicle …
SpaceX notches major wins during tenth Starship test Read More
Protesters stormed Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters on Monday and made it into president Brad Smith’s office in Building 34, forcing a temporary lockdown. The “No Azure for Apartheid” group reportedly live-streamed …
Microsoft headquarters go into lockdown after activists take over Brad Smith’s office Read More
Anthropic is launching a research preview of a browser-based AI agent powered by its Claude AI models, the company announced on Tuesday. The agent, Claude for Chrome, is rolling out …
Anthropic launches a Claude AI agent that lives in Chrome Read More
Thanks to an unexpected surge in popularity on TikTok, Radiohead now has its fourth-ever song on the Billboard Hot 100: the morosely gorgeous track “Let Down” from the 1997 album …
A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok Read More
A top Social Security Administration official turned whistleblower says members of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded hundreds of millions of Social Security records to a vulnerable …
DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower Read More
Fixing climate change is no small task — just ask carbon removal developers like Mitti Labs. The New York-based startup has developed technology to measure how much methane is released …
How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change Read More
Eyebot, a startup offering a 90-second vision test kiosk that delivers doctor-verified glasses prescriptions, has secured $20 million in Series A funding. The Boston-based startup, founded in 2021, streamlines how people …
Eyebot gets $20M Series A to boost to expand eye care access Read More
Spotify is introducing a way for you to chat with your friends on the app in a bid to become a more social content consumption app. Users have shared Spotify …
Spotify launches a messaging feature in a bid to become more social Read More