F8 accompli: Facebook, Epic Games, Microsoft, Unity abandon conference plans over coronavirus fears Big names drop out of GDC, HP axes partner event, stock markets in free fall Software27 Feb 2020 | 7
What's the German word for stalling technology rollouts over health fears? Cos that plus 5G equals Switzerland Technologieverzögerung? Uh, Kommunikationsbürokratie? Networks12 Feb 2020 | 38
Google brings its secret health data stockpiling systems to the US Updated Remember the UK DeepMind scandal? No? Personal Tech12 Nov 2019 | 46
All we need is just a little patients: Google's Alphabet hires new chief health officer Third new senior health role in 4 months. Cough and say arrrrgh On-Prem18 Oct 2019 | 7
The Tell-Tale Heart! Boffins build an AI that can tell your sex using just your heartbeat Problem is, the scientists don't understand how it's doing it AI + ML28 Aug 2019 | 34
It's official – Google AI gives you cancer ...diagnosis in real time: Neural net can spot breast, prostate tumors Boffins spill beans on super 'scope machine-learning tech AI + ML14 Aug 2019 | 27
Surrey Uni boffins take us a step closer to the cyberpunk future with cell-scanning nanotech Scalable probe manufacturing process a boon for medicine, human-computer interfaces Science04 Jul 2019 | 1
Bollocks or brutal truth: Do smart-mobes make us grow skull horns? We take a closer look at boffins' startling claims Phone bone grown from shoddy body tone, it's shown Science21 Jun 2019 | 38
Rubber glove time! Microsoft flings open gates to its very own Azure FHIR health data fest SQL support and Release 4 arrives in cloudy open source service SaaS12 Jun 2019 | 5
Comcast – the cable giant America loves and trusts – confirms in-home health device to keep tabs on subscribers Meanwhile, privacy advocates run screaming from news, trip, end up in hospital Science22 May 2019 | 29
Amazon agrees to stop selling toxic jewelry, school supplies to kids, coughs up some couch change ($700,000) Probe found dangerous levels of lead, cadmium in stuff sold via web souk Personal Tech10 May 2019 | 56
IBM Watson Health cuts back Drug Discovery 'artificial intelligence' after lackluster sales And seemingly uses machine learning to explain why it's kinda not but kinda is AI + ML18 Apr 2019 | 36
Techies tinker with toilet-topper to turn it into ticker-tracker Are you sitting comfortably? Perhaps not for much longer Bootnotes04 Feb 2019 | 57
So this is how that terrifying killer AI will end us... by pushing us down hospital wait lists? Smartish system has a good stab at prioritizing patients, has problems deciding what's critical, tho AI + ML24 Jan 2019 | 25
If you wanna learn from the IT security blunders committed by hacked hospital group, here's some weekend reading Database intrusion should not have succeeded, probe finds, but... Security11 Jan 2019 | 19
NHS England claims it will be all-digital within the decade Stop us if you've heard this one before Legal07 Jan 2019 | 82
Your mates vape. Your boss quit smoking. You promised to quit in 2019. But how will Big Tobacco give it up? Comment It won't, not without its tentacles stuck into all manner of nicotine alternatives Bootnotes27 Dec 2018 | 137
Another Hancock-up? UK health secretary appears in piece about controversial GP app Critics slam 'conflict of interest', cosying up to tech firms Legal28 Nov 2018 | 30
AI clinician trained to save humans from sepsis – and, er, let's just say you should stick to your human doctor One out of three correct dosages ain't bad, right? Right? AI + ML23 Oct 2018 | 46
From dank memes to Krispy Kremes: British uni eggheads claim viral lol pics make kids fat Turns out getting diet advice from popular internet images is a bad idea Bootnotes19 Oct 2018 | 64
Premera Blue Cross hacker victims claim insurer trashed server to hide data-slurp clues Cover-up – or just admins following usual upgrade cycle? Security06 Sep 2018 | 9
Heart-stopping predictions from AI doctors could save lives Machine-learning medic beats fleshy docs' diagnoses, according to study AI + ML05 Sep 2018 | 23
Eye eye! DeepMind teams up with doctors to ogle eyeballs for illness AI can help speed up diagnosis and seldom gets it wrong AI + ML13 Aug 2018 | 14
Will this biz be poutine up the cash? Hackers demand dosh to not leak stolen patient records Tens of thousands of Canadian medical files, healthcare worker details snatched Security18 Jul 2018 | 29
Have YOU had your breakfast pint? Boffins confirm cheeky daily tipple is good for you Study of Americans shows light drinking is still better than none Bootnotes22 Jun 2018 | 101
No top-ups, please, I'm a millennial: Lightweight yoof shunning booze like never before Pink hotpants cocktail, though? Oh, go on then Bootnotes02 May 2018 | 149
Britain ignores booze guidelines – heads for the pub No safe limit? Yerjokinarentyer? Bootnotes02 Mar 2018 | 64
Apple 'wellness' unit launched for staff: The genius will see you now Handy with a blood draw? Medics' jobs up for grabs On-Prem28 Feb 2018 | 32
Arrrgh! Put down the crisps! 'Ultra-processed' foods linked to cancer! Just kidding – vague definitions, confounding factors mean you probably shouldn't panic... yet Science15 Feb 2018 | 95
So... Nokia's taking a long, hard look at its health unit Not so strategic now On-Prem15 Feb 2018 | 3
Online GP surgery biz Babylon gives up fight against Brit health watchdog, owes £11k App maker wanted to keep 'inaccurate' review private Legal21 Dec 2017 | 6
Fridge killed my baby? Mag-field radiation from household stuff 'boosts miscarriage risk' Analysis Living off grid, in the woods, away from all tech not such a loony idea after all Science19 Dec 2017 | 83
Facebook confesses: Facebook is bad for you Grazing FB is ruining your life, admits social network after probing its army of addicts Science15 Dec 2017 | 60
Fitbit health alert: You appear to be bleeding Sales fall, losses grow, but watch looks OK On-Prem02 Nov 2017 | 17
Harvard, MIT boffins ink up with health-monitoring 'smart' tats Cutting-edge tattoo checks your blood sugar, still disappoints your mother Science29 Sep 2017 | 15
Programmer's < fumble jeopardizes thousands of medical reports Oh Danny boy, the typos, the typos are galling Software03 Aug 2017 | 56
Robo-surgeons, self-driving cars face similar legal, ethical headaches Like transportation, medicine is becoming more automated, for better or worse Science13 Jul 2017 | 8
MIT goes down to the wire: Brain cable pipes electricity, chemicals, light straight into minds Polymer highway into the head promises easier neurological monitoring Science23 Feb 2017 | 7
IT bosses: Get budgets for better security by rating threats on a scale of zero to Yahoo! BSides SF Tips for running a compliant but safe network Security13 Feb 2017 | 8
Vapists rejoice! E-cigs lower cancer risk (if you stop smoking, duh) But you still look like a douche Science07 Feb 2017 | 81
Stanford boffins find 'correlation between caffeine consumption and longevity' Make a cup of tea - or a mocha - before you read this if you want a long and happy life Science17 Jan 2017 | 63
Could YOU survive a zombie apocalypse? Uni eggheads say you'd last just 100 days Model assumes you'd all wave the white flag Science06 Jan 2017 | 103
Fatal genetic conditions could return in some 'three-parent' babies Better mother matching needed Science05 Jan 2017 | 35
Tobacco giant predicts the end of smoking. Panic ensues Comment Philip Morris's iQOS Bootnotes30 Nov 2016 | 111
Hey techbros, make an airplane mode but for driving for your apps – US traffic watchdog Technology industry already hitting the brakes on distracted driver push Software23 Nov 2016 | 35
Sorry Nanny, e-cigs have 'no serious side-effects' – researchers +Comment Evidence that they're functional smoking cessation aids too Legal14 Sep 2016 | 174
NHS health apps project plan: Powered by your medical records Privacy worries bubble up after Health Sec's announcement Security09 Sep 2016 | 29
NHS hospitals told to swallow stronger anti-ransomware medication New cyber triage to fight malware plagues Security09 Sep 2016 | 12
A nice long pub crawl is good for your health, if you stay on your feet BJM reckons striding out every week beats the booze risks Bootnotes08 Sep 2016 | 18
'The box' Bones uses to fix any ailment on the Enterprise? Yup, it's real Yeast factory bests cumbersome labs and slow supply chains Science02 Aug 2016 | 28
US hospitals hacked with ancient exploits Deliberately doused vulns the right medicine for XP backdoor bliss Security28 Jun 2016 | 10
US committee green-lights CRISPR-Cas9 human cancer cell trials Genetics builder and breakers hope to bolster treatments Science23 Jun 2016 | 5
China pledges tighter privacy as it centralises personal health data Beijing wants to 'improve the government’s management of major public health issues' Legal10 Jun 2016 | 2
If you know what's good for you, your health data belongs in the cloud Connected diabetes monitors show the more you share, the more you can be helped SaaS20 May 2016 | 35
29 years of data shows no mobile phone brain cancer link Steep increase in phone use produces 'no increase in brain cancer incidence' Science06 May 2016 | 50
Call the doctor... no, call security. Docs' mobiles are hopelessly insecure – study Get patching. Stat Security06 Apr 2016 | 10
Chinese boffins grow new eye lenses using stem cells A dozen kids have seen the light after a trial hailed as step towards regenerative medicine Science10 Mar 2016 | 32
Patient monitors altered, drug dispensary popped in colossal hospital hack A dozen facilities fall as humble dropped USB sticks lead to network ruin Security25 Feb 2016 | 33
Brit boffins get green light to edit human genome Groundbreaking research could help fertility treatment ... or create custom humans Science02 Feb 2016 | 23
Why does herbal cough syrup work so well? It may be full of morphine FDA says to return drug-laced bottles. We're sure everyone will comply Bootnotes21 Jan 2016 | 123
US publishes guide to hardening your arteries, security-wise, that is Food and Drug Admin wants medical device-makers to get better at infosec Security19 Jan 2016 | 5
Google stretches tentacles into the health market New 'Alphabet' corporate entity rolls out exciting world domination plans On-Prem16 Sep 2015 | 8