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PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane's, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure their VO₂ max and other metabolic markers in eight
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The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.
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TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform misled users about safety and was designed to addict children.
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At least one social media company seems to be reversing its stance on whether it will accept advertising for Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary about Elon Musk.
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This $189.99 air purifier is specifically designed to tackle pet odors, removing up to 70% in one hour.
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After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.
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The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing line of smart glasses.
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Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said its new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans.
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After days of upheaval at Automattic, following a failed attempt to remove CEO Matt Mullenweg, the company has a new board.
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AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge.
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When NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immediately) figure out the mystery.
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Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.
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nthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as
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Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.
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The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout.
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When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI’s GPT-6 model
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The findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when not configured or secured properly.
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Muju Earth Technologies has developed a deceptively simply pod that can save farmers money while improving crop yields.
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Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work.
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