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No More Shiny Tomorrows: Futurism Needs to Get Real
medium.com
Amber CaseBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Mar 18 No matter the setting, shiny futurist scenarios are often the same: Perfect people in perfect settings, …
Apple Watch
Apple Watch app could detect life-threatening irregular heartbeat, study says
CNN - By Susan Scutti, CNN
(CNN) — Has a new bar been set for wearable technologies? An Apple Watch may detect heart rate irregularities that subsequent medical tests confirm to be atrial fibrillation, according to preliminary from
Apple Watch
Apple VP of Health elaborates on Heart Study results, explains how Apple Watch tries to prevent false positives
9to5Mac - Chance Miller
Over the weekend, Apple and Stanford Medicine published the full results from the Apple Watch Heart Study. In conjunction with that publication, Apple’s VP of Health Dr. Sumbul Desai has offered additional
Technology
Smartwatches Are Changing the Purpose of the EKG
The Atlantic - Andrew Bomback
Wearables help cast the medical test as a talisman of health-care competence. An Object Lesson. Updated at 11:30 a.m. ET on February 22, 2019. Think of the stereotypical representations of medicine, as
Apple Watch
Apple Watch’s heart-reading tech may have saved another life
Cult of Mac - Luke Dormehl
Apple Watch’s heart-reading tech may have saved another life | Cult of Mac The Apple Watch’s EKG heart rate monitor has possibly saved the life of yet another person. According to a new report, the Apple
Apple Watch
Apple VP of Health says FDA was 'very critical' in Apple Watch clearance, relationship with agency is 'good'
appleinsider.com - AppleInsider
By In an interview published Friday, Apple VP of Health Dr. Sumbul Desai discussed the company's newfound interest in health and medicine, suggesting …
Technology
Apple Watch can now detect your irregular heart rhythms and other problems: Here's how it works
CNBC - Christina Farr
Apple Watch users can now take a reading of their heart's electrical signal by holding a finger on the crown of the device. On Thursday, customers …
Product Hunt
Lessons learned from generating 182 bad startup names
producthunt.com - Tyler O'Briant
TL;DR: It sucks.
Technology
General Catalyst just carved out an aggressive new seed-stage program -- here's what to know
TechCrunch - Connie Loizos
General Catalyst is diving more seriously into the business of funding seed-stage startups. To wit, the venture firm is announcing today that it plans to invest at least $25 million each year in nascent
Tech Podcasts
Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for C... by Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher
megaphone.fm
1 Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for C... European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front …
IPad Air
Apple's iPad family welcomes back refreshed iPad Air, Mini (The 3:59, Ep. 535)
CNET - Ben Fox Rubin
We also talk Google at GDC and facial recognition.
Tech Podcasts
If Tesla makes a less fancy SUV... can it make it faster?
Marketplace
Elon Musk has unveiled Tesla's newest vehicle, the Model Y, essentially an SUV version of the Model 3. Marketplace's Jed Kim talks with Jack Stewart, …
Genetics
Scientists Want to Talk About Gene-Edited Babies - WSJ Podcasts
The Wall Street Journal. - The Wall Street Journal
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SaaS | Founders | Investors : SaaStr 218: Twilio Founder, Jeff Lawson & SendGrid CEO, Sameer Dholakia on Why Developer First
libsyn.com
Jeff Lawson is the Founder & CEO @ Twilio, the company building the future of communications allowing you to engage customers like never before on …
Tech Podcasts
Hey Google, let's ask Alexa some questions
art19.com
Jefferson Graham has some fun with smart speakers, asking Alexa supplied questions to Google and Siri, and vice versa, on Talking Tech. Listen to …
Tech Podcasts
20VC: The Acceptable vs Unacceptable Risks To Take When Seed Investing, Why Loss Ratio Is Not A Consideration & Why Series
thetwentyminutevc.com - hstebbings1
Let's Talk! Mike Hirshland is the Co-founder of Resolute Ventures, one of the leading pre-seed and seed stage funds of the last decade having recently …
Tech Podcasts
I'm a Barbie girl in a digital world: Chips with Everything podcast
The Guardian - Presented by Jordan Erica Webber, and produced by Danielle Stephens
To celebrate 60 years of Barbie, Jordan Erica Webber looks back at some of the key moments in the history of the world-famous doll, and examines how Barbie became a representative of the tech world This
Tech Podcasts
This Week in Tech 710: Mollie the Crab
twit.tv
News of the Week• Tesla Announces Model Y SUV Crossover • Tesla's Many Problems are Due to Musk • Huge Facebook Outage: Why? • Beto O'Rourke, L33T Hacker • Mass …
Tech Podcasts
A history of failing: from Allo to RED | #PNWeekly 349
pocketnow.com - by Jules Wang
The demise and de-escalation of several hardware and software projects in mobile technology over the past few weeks. Google has finally downed Allo …
Tech Podcasts
Digital Identity with Vinny Lingham of Civic
omny.fm - The Bad Crypto Podcast
If blockchain can be used to solve the double-spending problem and keep an immutable ledger, why can’t it be used to validate identity? Well, it can. …
Leo Laporte
The Tech Guy 1574 Saturday March 16, 2019
twit.tv
WinRAR’s 19-year-old security flaw, Spotify is taking on Apple, a former hacker is running for President in 2020, Facebook goes down for a day and …
World Wide Web
246: ‘Loan It to Nien Nunb’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
daringfireball.net
Matthew “Hondo” Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include WWDC 2019, the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web, Apple and privacy, the Boeing …
Droid Life Show: Episode 198 - S10 Reviews and Android Q! - The Droid Life Show
buzzsprout.com
On this episode of the Droid Life Show, we're sharing our deep, deep thoughts on the Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy S10e. Our reviews are up! That's not all …
Tech Podcasts
115 - Should Big Tech Break Up? Plus, Playwright Dominique Morisseau
art19.com
Have tech companies gotten so big that it’s bad for the economy? Senator Elizabeth Warren says so. She’s proposing to break up not one, but several …
Jeff Bezos
brave Amazon employee quizzes Bezos
omny.fm - GeekWire
We're preparing for the GeekWire Awards, our annual event recognizing the best in Pacific Northwest tech and innovation, and on this episode of the …
Tech Podcasts
Can Apple take on Netflix?
art19.com
Jefferson Graham previews Apple's challenges in taking on Netflix with a new entertainment service, and discusses with analyst Daniel Ives from …
Tech Podcasts
Senator Amy Klobuchar, 2020 U.S. presidential c... by Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher
megaphone.fm
1 Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for C... European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front …
Tech Podcasts
a16z Podcast: For the Billions of Creatives Out There
a16z on soundcloud.com
Tech Podcasts
This Week in Enterprise Tech 333: Serverless with Pivotal Cloud Foundry
twit.tv
Should we be recycling more of our data center throwaways, and our guest from Pivotal talks about serverless microservices and how it can help you …
Mobile Technology
Vivo Apex (2019), Oppo F11 Pro, Huawei P30 leaks, and Nokia 9 PureView samples with Richard Lai of Engadget - Mobile Tech
worldpodcasts.com
Tune into episode 101 of the Mobile Tech Podcast with guest Richard Lai of Engadget — brought to you by Audible. In this week’s show we explore …