By Rachael Levy London: Some of the staff at Elon Musk’s Neuralink are making preparations to sell the brain implant company’s stock in the wake of its valuation jumping following its first human trial, according to people familiar with the matter. Stock compensation is a big incentive for employees at startups such as Neuralink. The … Read more
New Delhi: Several IT firms in Karnataka have come under fire for asking the state government to extend the daily working hours from 12 to 14. IT companies are requesting that their proposal be incorporated into the revision of the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1961. This proposal aims to legally extend work hours … Read more
London: England’s National Health Service (NHS) said a global tech outage on Friday had disrupted the booking of doctors’ appointments and patient records, but emergency services had not been affected. The outage, which has been linked to cyber security firm Crowdstrike and its impact on the operation of Microsoft Windows, hit operations in multiple industries … Read more
Melbourne: Last week, two big names in the artificial intelligence (AI) and wellness industries announced a collaboration to develop a “customised, hyper-personalised AI health coach that will be available as a mobile app” to “reverse the trend lines on chronic diseases“. Sam Altman (head of OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT) and Arianna Huffington (a former media … Read more
New Delhi: Indegene partnered with Microsoft on Thursday to leverage generative AI for the medical industry, the company informed the exchange in a filing. The partnership aims to help empower global life sciences companies to scale up the adoption of enterprise-grade Generative AI (GenAI) services, driving faster innovation. Indegene provides digitally enabled commercialization services for … Read more
New Delhi: AI based healthcare startup, Biostate AI, announced the launch of two service products total RNA sequencing and OmicsWeb Copilot for analysing RNA sequencing data. “Total RNA Sequencing uses its patent-pending Barcode-Integrated Reverse Transcription (BIRT) technology to analyse all types of RNA, while the other tool, OmicsWeb Copilot helps biologists through large-language models (LLMs) … Read more
Hyderabad: Pulsus Group plans to set up an AI-based pharma healthcare IT hub at Ameenpur in Sangareddy district of Telangana at an estimated cost of Rs 300 crore and a potential to create around 50,000 jobs. Announcing this at the inaugural day of the 73rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress here on Friday, Pulsus Group CEO & … Read more
New Delhi: A newly developed model could predict an individual’s chances of developing osteoporosis, in which the bones degrade and become weak and brittle, according to a study. Testing the AI-based model on real-world health data of people, researchers identified the ten most important factors for predicting risk of osteoporosis, including weight, age and grip … Read more
The healthcare landscape is undergoing a significant digital transformation. Innovations such as telemedicine consultations and wearable health trackers are revolutionizing the delivery and receipt of care. These technological advancements offer substantial benefits, including increased accessibility, enhanced data collection, and potentially faster diagnoses. For instance, telemedicine has grown by over 150 per cent in recent years, … Read more
New Delhi: Last year, Google-owned YouTube announced partnership and product updates to support wellbeing and mental health of teens on the platform. It is now rolling out those features, which include limiting the recommendation of videos that could be negative if watched repeatedly, in more countries. James Beser, director, product management, recently spoke about how … Read more