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Precision healthcare AI tools eyed by investors

June 3, 2022
Artificial intelligence and machine learning promise to transform healthcare across the board, but particularly through the use of precision medicine. Precision medicine is often defined differently than the common phrase “personalized medicine,” which simply means tailoring treatments to the patient. Precision medicine, on the other hand, specifically applies machine learning to the genetic…
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MobileNews

How the Pixel tablet will replace your Google Nest Hub

June 3, 2022
Despite being marketed thus far as a “Pixel tablet,” Google’s next foray into large screens will actually serve to replace the Nest Hub in your home, with a suite of familiar features. Earlier this year, we reported that the Made by Google division was working on a…
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Google Doodle pays tribute to Kiyoshi Kuromiya, LGBTQ rights activist

June 3, 2022
Continuing the company’s celebration of Pride Month, the latest Google Doodle honors Kiyoshi Kuromiya, a Japanese American activist for civil rights and gay liberation. Kiyoshi Kuromiya was born on May 9, 1943, in Wyoming, though his family’s home was in California. At the time, tensions were high between Japan and America, and the United States put those of Japanese descent into internment…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

The USPS is already testing mail delivery by electric bike with these neat little US-built mail bikes

June 3, 2022
I recently wrote an opinion piece about how the United States Postal Service (USPS) could look to solve its gas-guzzler truck problem by following Europe’s example of delivering mail with smaller electric cargo bikes. As it turns out, the postal service has already been testing this out, and the little electric mail bikes look pretty snazzy too. Not only are they designed to carry heavy cargo…
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Biden administration slashes rent by 50% on US public land for wind and solar

June 3, 2022
The Biden administration announced this week that it will cut the cost of building wind and solar on US public land by 50%. In a statement, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced: The new policy will reduce rents and fees substantially and enhance rate predictability for wind and solar developers. On average, the [Bureau of Land Management] expects rents and fees to decrease by over 50%…
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