June 13, 2025

Powering next-gen services with AI in regulated industries 

Businesses in highly-regulated industries like financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and health care are increasingly turning to AI-powered tools to streamline complex and sensitive tasks. Conversational AI-driven interfaces are helping hospitals to track the location and delivery of a patient’s time-sensitive cancer drugs. Generative AI chatbots are helping insurance customers answer questions and solve problems. And agentic…

PeopleGrove security lapse exposed users’ personal information

March 10, 2023

PeopleGrove confirmed Thursday that it’s investigating after a security lapse exposed users’ personal information online. The company, formerly CampusKudos, which provides and hosts a social platform for higher education institutions and alumni networks, left the server hosting an internal database exposed to the internet without a password, allowing anyone to access the data using only […]

PeopleGrove security lapse exposed users’ personal information by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

Apple could reportedly release a HomePod with a display

March 10, 2023

According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple could be working on a new HomePod device that would feature a built-in display for 2024. The rumor seems to be based on third-party supply chain companies, such as Tianma, a Chinese display manufacturer. This new product in the HomePod lineup would look completely different from existing HomePods as […]

Apple could reportedly release a HomePod with a display by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Bird still has a long way to go to reach profitability

March 10, 2023

Shared micromobility company Bird reported a somewhat head-scratching fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings Friday morning. At first glance, Bird’s earnings show a company that beat Wall Street revenue expectations and is promising free cash flow positivity by the end of this year. But at second glance, that revenue beat isn’t as simple as […]

Bird still has a long way to go to reach profitability by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

More than 200 people have been treated with experimental CRISPR therapies

March 10, 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. I’ve spent the last few days thinking about how, when, and if we should use gene-editing tools to change the human genome. These are huge questions, and very emotive ones—especially when it…

Meet the AI expert who says we should stop using AI so much

March 10, 2023
Meredith Broussard is unusually well placed to dissect the ongoing hype around AI. She’s a data scientist and associate professor at New York University, and she’s been one of the leading researchers in the field of algorithmic bias for years.  And though her own work leaves her buried in math problems, she’s spent the last…

Prosus in talks to sell Olx Autos business in India, other markets

March 10, 2023

Prosus is actively engaging with multiple players to explore sale of classified business Olx’s Autos unit in several markets including India and Indonesia, according to a source familiar with the matter. In a statement, the technology investor said pursuit of a global growth strategy for Olx’s automotive business “is no longer the right approach for […]

Prosus in talks to sell Olx Autos business in India, other markets by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch