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HealthAtom empowers LatAm’s small healthcare offices with cloud-based ops

January 6, 2023

HealthAtom is aiming to be the go-to cloud-based operations system for small and midsize healthcare companies across Latin America (LatAm). Although the company has been around since 2012, this is the first time it has announced fresh capital, in the amount of $10 million. HealthAtom’s medilink and dentalink software suites let clinics create schedules, manage […]

HealthAtom empowers LatAm’s small healthcare offices with cloud-based ops by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch

Mojo Vision puts contact lens production ‘on hold’ as it lays off 75% of staff

January 6, 2023

We’ve met with Mojo Vision for several CESes, watching the startup’s AR contact lenses develop, year by year. These sorts of things take a lot of time and money, of course – and these days it seems increasingly difficult to find either. Today, the California -based firm announced that it is “decelerating” work on the […]

Mojo Vision puts contact lens production ‘on hold’ as it lays off 75% of staff by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Finding Vegas VR nirvana in the backseat of a ’67 DeVille at CES 2023

January 6, 2023

Being driven around the gridlocked-streets of Las Vegas during CES can be nauseating — at the best of times. But doing so with a virtual reality headset blocking your view? Certainly, it’s a recipe for disaster. I don’t have the strongest of stomachs; and I pack Dramamine wherever I go. So it was with more than […]

Finding Vegas VR nirvana in the backseat of a ’67 DeVille at CES 2023 by Tim Stevens originally published on TechCrunch

YouTuber Logan Paul’s CryptoZoo NFT project is a total mess

January 6, 2023

Given Logan Paul’s dubious history on YouTube, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that his CryptoZoo NFT project has allegedly turned out to be a scam. Some investors ended up losing up to half a million dollars, according to independent YouTube reporter Coffeezilla. The development of CryptoZoo has been stalled due to alleged nonpayment […]

YouTuber Logan Paul’s CryptoZoo NFT project is a total mess by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok is testing a ‘sleep reminders’ feature that nudges you when it’s bedtime

January 6, 2023

TikTok users regularly complain of hours lost on the platform, especially at night. In an effort to address these concerns, the company is testing new sleep reminders that include the option to set up alerts when it’s your bedtime and to mute notifications during the recommended seven hours of sleep. TikTok confirmed to TechCrunch on […]

TikTok is testing a ‘sleep reminders’ feature that nudges you when it’s bedtime by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: what’s next for quantum computing, and hacking circadian clocks

January 6, 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. What’s next for quantum computing For years, quantum’s news cycle was dominated by headlines about record-setting systems. But this year, researchers are getting off the hype train and knuckling down to life in…

How drugs that hack our circadian clocks might one day improve our health

January 6, 2023
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. We’ve got more than one biological clock. Beyond the one that marches onwards as we age, the circadian clock that sits in our brains keeps our bodies in rhythm. This clock helps…