Medtronic Expects EV ICD To Reduce ICD Complications, Costs
The US pivotal trial of Medtronic’s EV ICD, an implantable cardioverter defibrillator without a transvenous lead, has begun with implants... Related StoriesMedtronic Unveils New AI Colonoscopy System, GI GeniusQUOTED. 23 October 2019. Rob Kowal.Case For EU Software Guidance Rethink Grows As Lawyers Make Their Case
GoDaddy partners with Hiya to target billions of unwanted robocalls with new spam filter feature
(Hiya Photo) GoDaddy is teaming with Seattle-based startup Hiya to provide an answer for when not to answer your phone. In an effort to block some of the billions of unwanted robocalls that plague customers, GoDaddy has...
Alexa and Google Home Exposed Users to Phishing Attacks, Eavesdropping via Developer Backends
Backends that let developers create custom apps are also exposing Alexa and Google Home devices to eavesdropping and phishing attacks, security researchers discovered. Details of the vulnerabilities were first disclosed in a blog post by the team at SRLabs. The findings suggest that the backends could let hackers take advantage of how smart devices take in and reply to commands. By inserting a special character to induce silence...
Microsoft Will Bring Nuance Clinical Voice Tech to Azure
Voice technology giant Nuance announced that it will collaborate with Microsoft to boost the development and deployment of its ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) technology. ACI is designed to assist medical professionals by gathering information from conversations between doctors and patients to add to electronic health records (EHRs) without distracting the doctor from speaking with the patient while shortening the time doctors...
The American Conservative Addresses Preemption, Local Authority, Better Connectivity
On October 21, 2019, The American Conservative published an article by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance's Christopher Mitchell. The article delves into how preemption affected the municipal broadband project in...
