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Notable aims to improve AI in health care with new $100M

This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: AI and the future of health care Notable, an intelligent automation company focused on health care, today announced it received a $100 million series B funding round. The investment, led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from Greylock Ventures, Oak HC/ FT, and F-Prime, will be used to expand access to more health care providers…
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Pepsi Launches Throwback Polaroid Camera

Vintage tech revival company Retrospekt has partnered with Pepsi to release a Polaroid 600 instant film camera emblazoned with the soda company’s iconic colors and logo. It uses refurbished internal photographic components that are taken directly from vintage Polaroid…
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Brain Implant and Camera Glasses Restore Sight to Blind Woman

A team of researchers has found a way to restore sight to the blind by combining a brain implant with a pair of camera glasses. As summarized in an article from The University of Utah, a team of researchers from the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah and Spain’s Miguel Hernandez University successfully created a form of artificial vision for a blind 58-year old biology teacher…
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NSO – whose Pegasus spyware hacks iPhones – officially named by US as a national security risk

The NSO group, whose Pegasus spyware is used to hack iPhones and Android smartphones, has been officially named by the US government as a threat to national security. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added the Israeli company to the Entity List, which bans the company’s products from being imported, exported or passed from one organization to another within…
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Google Play Store voting for your favorite Android app & game of 2021 opens

As the penultimate month of this year gets underway, the Google Play Store is opening Users’ Choice voting for the best Android content and media of 2021. Which of this year’s buzziest new apps do you love the most? Vote below to crown the Play Users’ Choice App of 2021. Over the next two weeks, you’ll be able to vote for your favorite Android app or game in the US. There’s seemingly…
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