Aktiia trained AI on 11 billion data points of blood pressure, and now a clinically certified app is coming

As well as being a major cause of premature death worldwide, hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a major risk factor for stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and a contributing factor to dementia. It also affects an estimated 1.3 billion people, while up to 95% of cases …...Read More

Xbox will soon let players buy games directly in its Android app following Google antitrust ruling

Xbox President Sarah Bond announced that players will soon be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android. The announcement comes as a U.S. judge ordered Google to stop forcing developers to use Google Play’s billing system on Monday. The ruling forces Google to …...Read More

Humidity sucks. Transaera has a new way to deal with it

“It’s not the heat that gets you, it’s the humidity,” said a dad, somewhere. His kids might be rolling their eyes, especially if they’ve spent any time in the desert Southwest during the summer, but their dad is at least partly correct: Not only does high humidity make people less …...Read More

YouTube is testing a sleep timer on its Premium tier

YouTube routinely experiments with new features on its Premium tier, and its latest test involves a sleep timer that pauses the video after, well, a set period of time. It’s not an earth-shattering feature, but it’s still bound to be handy for people who like to go to sleep with …...Read More

Ola Electric surges in India's biggest listing in two years

Ola Electric, the largest electric two-wheeler maker in India, jumped as much as 14.4% on its public debut Friday in what is the biggest listing among Indian firms in two years. Shares of the Bengaluru-based firm, which counts SoftBank and Temasek among its backers, jumped to 87 rupees ($1.04), higher …...Read More

Rocket Lab’s sunny outlook bodes well for future constellation plans

Rocket Lab surpassed $100 million in quarterly revenue for the first time, a 71% increase from the same quarter of last year. This is just one of several shiny accomplishments executives showed off to investors on Thursday — and a good omen for the space company’s medium-term ambitious plans. Executives …...Read More

CloudPay, a payroll services provider, lands $120M in new funding

In 1996, two companies, Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, formed a venture called CloudPay to provide payroll and payments services to enterprise clients. CloudPay grew quietly over the next several decades, adding workflow automation features to maintain pace with upstart rivals. It’s still growing, CFO Andy Thomson assures TechCrunch. Thomson …...Read More

Security bugs in ransomware leak sites helped save six companies from paying hefty ransoms

A security researcher says six companies were saved from having to pay potentially hefty ransom demands, in part thanks to rookie security flaws found in the web infrastructure used by the ransomware gangs themselves. Two companies received the decryption keys to unscramble their data without having to pay the cybercriminals …...Read More

Rabbit's r1 refines chats and timers, but its app-using 'action model' is still MIA

Rabbit’s r1, the AI assistant gadget whose hype train has somewhat slowed since its debut at CES, has some updates to share — but probably not anything that will change its critics’ minds just yet. A new “beta rabbit” mode adds some conversational AI chops to the device, particularly in …...Read More

Archer to set up air taxi network in LA by 2026 ahead of World Cup

Los Angeles is notorious for its back-to-back traffic. Three events that promise to bring in millions of spectators from around the world — the 2026 World Cup, the Super Bowl in 2027, and the 2028 Olympics — have LA officials searching for a range of new mobility solutions to address …...Read More