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Anthem, Doc.ai healthcare partnership seeks to use blockchain and AI to predict allergies
National healthcare benefits company Anthem Inc. announced Wednesday it has partnered with blockchain-based artificial intelligence platform Doc.ai Inc. to develop a data trial designed to predict when allergies might strike. Allergies plague more than 50 million Americans with symptoms each year; over 40 percent of children have allergies and over 30 percent of adults also ...
Google unleashes the power of the web in VR with Chrome browser for Daydream
Technology giant Google LLC announced Monday that users of its mobile virtual reality platform Daydream can now launch its web browser Chrome and natively surf the web in VR. Users with Google’s Daydream View or the Lenovo Mirage Solo with Daydream can now explore the web with Google Chrome by launching it directly from their ...
Virtual world developer Improbable raises $50M from Chinese game giant NetEase
London-based startup Improbable Ltd., best known for its virtual simulated world software SpatialOS, announced Thursday that Chinese gaming giant NetEase Inc. has invested $50 million in the company. SpatialOS is a cloud-based technology used to assist game makers in building extremely large-scale virtual worlds, such as those that are found in many modern massively multiplayer ...
Facebook’s stock tanks on lower earnings and guidance as security fixes take toll
Worried investors hammered shares of Facebook Inc. late today as the social media giant missed second-quarter earnings forecasts and user growth flagged. Facebook’s stock dropped just over 9 percent during after-hours trading after the earnings report came out. By the end of the earnings call, the drop worsened substantially, to nearly 20 percent, to about $174.20. Update: Shares ...
Digi-Capital releases augmented and virtual reality market analytics dashboard
Silicon Valley-based augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed-reality analysis company Digi-Capital LLC announced Monday the launch of its industry data dashboard and Analytics Platform for businesses just starting out, established enterprise management, investors and others. With this dashboard, it is possible to get information about any segment of the AR/VR industry at a glance with more ...
Blockchain company Aikon teams up with the Hubble Space Telescope for deep space research
Space is huge: The Milky Way, our own galaxy, alone may have more than 200 billion stars and our home is only one of many. The process of imaging and categorizing stars and other deep space phenomena is a slow process that involves a great deal of computer processing power. To make this process easier, ...
Microsoft, Oculus and others outline VirtualLink spec for simpler VR with one USB-C cable
An open industry standards body Tuesday announced the development of a new standard for virtual reality headsets that will do away with the multiple connectors and wires required by current VR headsets and replace them with a single cable. The VirtualLink Consortium consortium includes makers of VR headsets such as Microsoft Inc., Facebook Inc.-owned Oculus Inc. and ...
Healthcare blockchain Health Wizz gets upgrades and announces hospital pilot program
The healthcare industry can be complex and puzzling for consumers with documents scattered between hospitals, doctors, specialists and insurance companies. Health Wizz Inc., the developer of a distributed ledger blockchain app, today announced enhancements to its mobile app that put more control of health documents into the hands of users. The Health Wizz app was ...
Malware, bitcoin and phishing: US indicts 12 Russian spies in 2016 election hack
Updated: A U.S. grand jury today returned indictments against 12 officers in the Russian military accusing them of accessing information stolen from the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2016. The indictments are part of the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into alleged interference by Russia in the 2016 presidential election. The ...
BrickHeadz AR: Lego brings bricks and toy figures into augmented reality app
Legos, the resolutely physical set of toys that have remained popular for decades, are moving further into the digital world. Owners of Android phones with the most recent version of Google LLC’s ARCore can now download a new augmented reality app launched today by Lego Group. The magic of AR is that it turns smartphones ...