Category: Tech
August 27, 2025
Tech
Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls, sources say
Assort Health, a startup that uses AI to automate patient communication for specialty healthcare practices, has raised about $50 million…
August 27, 2025
Tech
Verily is closing its medical device program as Alphabet shifts more resources to AI
Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program Monday. CEO Stephen Gillett announced the…
August 27, 2025
Tech
Microsoft headquarters go into lockdown after activists take over Brad Smith’s office
Protesters stormed Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters on Monday and made it into president Brad Smith’s office in Building 34, forcing a…
August 27, 2025
Tech
These 7 tech “upgrades” made everything worse instead of better
We’ve somehow arrived at this strange cultural reflex where the word upgrade is practically synonymous with progress. The assumption is…
August 26, 2025
Tech
These 6 true crime docs skip the murder and keep you hooked
As a true crime fanatic, I sometimes just want something a little lower-stakes than the usual murder plot documentaries that…
August 26, 2025
Tech
Microsoft locks down a building after protesters get inside president’s office
Microsoft has temporarily locked down a building at its headquarters after protesters managed to get inside the office of the…
August 26, 2025
Tech
Google Will Make All Android App Developers Verify Their Identity Starting Next Year
Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago.…
August 26, 2025
Tech
Recent books from the MIT community
Data, Systems, and Society: Harness AI for Societal GoodBy Munther A. Dahleh, professor of EECS and founding director of the…
August 26, 2025
Tech
Anthropic launches a Claude AI agent that lives in Chrome
Anthropic is launching a research preview of a browser-based AI agent powered by its Claude AI models, the company announced…
August 26, 2025
Tech
Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors
Anthropic has reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of prominent authors, marking a…