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MLCommons launches a new platform to benchmark AI medical models

July 17, 2023

With the pandemic acting as an accelerant, the healthcare industry is embracing AI enthusiastically. According to a 2020 survey by Optum, 80% of healthcare organizations have an AI strategy in place, while another 15% are planning to launch one. Vendors — including Big Tech companies — are rising to meet the demand. Google recently unveiled […]

MLCommons launches a new platform to benchmark AI medical models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked

July 17, 2023

Microsoft still doesn’t know — or want to share — how China-backed hackers stole a key that allowed them to stealthily break into dozens of email inboxes, including those belonging to several federal government agencies. In a blog post Friday, Microsoft said it was a matter of “ongoing investigation” how the hackers obtained a Microsoft […]

Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: heart transplants for babies, and Big Tech’s tax tracking

July 17, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This company plans to transplant pig hearts into babies next year A biotech company called eGenesis is experimenting with transplanting the hearts of young gene-edited pigs into baby baboons as part of a…

How tech companies got access to our tax data

July 17, 2023
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. You might think (or at least hope) that sensitive data like your tax returns would be kept under close care. But we learned this week…

Gnosis launches Visa card that lets you spend self-custody crypto in Europe, soon US and Hong Kong

July 17, 2023

The world of cryptocurrency has often been criticized for being exclusive, catering primarily to speculators and crypto-savvy individuals. Despite this, many advocates believe that the underlying decentralized technology has the potential to benefit society as a whole. Gnosis, a well-regarded blockchain project in the developer community, is working to demonstrate the broader applicability of web3 […]

Gnosis launches Visa card that lets you spend self-custody crypto in Europe, soon US and Hong Kong by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

This company plans to transplant pig hearts into babies next year

July 17, 2023
The baby baboon is wearing a mesh gown and appears to be sitting upright. “This little lady … looks pretty philosophical, I would say,” says Eli Katz, who is showing me the image over a Zoom call. This baboon is the first to receive a heart transplant from a young gene-edited pig as part of…

Lee Fixel’s Addition leads $6M seed round in Egyptian fintech Flash 

July 17, 2023

Driving financial inclusion through digital payment methods is among the top priorities for the governments of Africa’s biggest tech ecosystems where cash is still king. Several initiatives launched by these governments have increased the number of banked citizens in their respective countries. In Egypt, for instance, platforms like Fawry and InstaPay — tapped into the […]

Lee Fixel’s Addition leads $6M seed round in Egyptian fintech Flash  by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch