Women and women’s health advocates breathed a sigh of relief this week as the Better Health Reconciliation Act died a quiet death in the Senate.
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Wells Fargo closing 450 branches nationwide
Wells Fargo has started an initiative to cut expenses by $2 billion by the end of 2019 and that is done partially by eliminating 450 branches across the country. They originally operated the largest branch network in the United States, with almost 6,000 locations.
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China is using AI to predict who will commit crime next
This sounds a little like Minority Report to us. China is looking into predictive analytics to help authorities stop suspects before a crime is committed.
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P2P payment transactions to exceed $120 billion this year
Meanwhile, mobile payment apps are being adopted in smaller numbers
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The potential for blockchain to transform electronic health records
A vexing problem facing health care systems throughout the world is how to share more medical data with more stakeholders for more purposes, all while ensuring data integrity and protecting patient privacy.
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How objects could soon ‘heal’ themselves
A new 3D printed gel that can heal like living tissue, and change form in response to environments, has myriad applications from fixing cracked phone screens to adaptive camouflage
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Grid batteries are poised to become cheaper than natural- gas plants in Minnesota
A new report suggests the economics of large-scale batteries are reaching an important inflection point.
AI is not the future it is the present. 3 ways AI is influencing education industry.
Artificial Intelligence – the word conjures up the Hollywood sanctioned image of terminators taking over our world. Most people think of AI as something a bit scary that might occur in the future.
Lyft is determined to become a player in self-driving cars — and is opening its own autonomous vehicle center to show it
Lyft is starting to get serious about self-driving cars.
Ingenious AI converts images of food into a list of ingredients
Researchers at MIT have developed deep-learning algorithm that can compile a list of ingredients and even recommend recipes after looking at photos of food. The artificially intelligent system still needs some fine tuning, but this tool could eventually help us learn to cook, count calories, and track our eating habits.
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Robot sculptors are hijacking galleries all around the world
Two weeks ago, in an industrial shed in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, a team of engineers installed a large, orange robot arm. It was a standard industrial robot arm, but it was not going to be used for standard purposes. The robot’s job would be to carve moulds for the casting of large-scale, metal sculptures. It is being installed by Urban Art Projects, a company that specializes in the manufacture of sculpture and custom architectural facades.
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The game-changing technology every company needs to prepare for now
Artificial intelligence is coming soon to reshape your business–and the world.
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