May 21, 2026

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

Why you can never get your doctor to call you back

A lot of the conversation around AI in healthcare focuses on diagnostics and drug discovery or on doctor-patient visits. But a less visible part of the system affects whether patients actually get seen at all, and it has less to do with the number of doctors in the world (too few) and more with the

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Alphabet Poised to Overtake Nvidia as the World’s Most Valuable Public Company

Alphabet is closing in on Nvidia’s market value as Google Cloud growth, AI investments, and custom chips fuel Wall Street optimism. The post Alphabet Poised to Overtake Nvidia as the World’s Most Valuable Public Company appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link

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Travel blogger offers glimpse at suffering aboard hantavirus-stricken ship

Boston-based travel blogger Jake Rosmarin is among the approximately 100 people aboard the m/v Hondius, a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean now struggling to contain a deadly hantavirus outbreak.  In a tearful video Rosmarin filmed for TikTok, the outside world was asked to remember the “uncertainty” for passengers. “What is happening is very real

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Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained

Brian Barrett: This is the first time I’ve thought about contact tracing in many years, and I was so happy not thinking about it for so long, because it is such a complicated process and something that is really hard work to do. Emily, given all of that, what is the level of concern here,

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Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm

Swedish startup Pit may have gained notice for some rage-bait social media posts, but it has also become another Stockholm AI startup to watch. Pit is led by the cofounders of European scooter giant Voi including Voi CEO Fredrik Hjelm. He is joined by former iZettle and Klarna engineers. And it is now backed by

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Mac Studio, Mac mini Buyers Are Losing Options Amid AI Demand

Apple reportedly removed several high-memory Mac Studio and Mac mini options as AI demand and memory shortages strain desktop Mac supply. The post Mac Studio, Mac mini Buyers Are Losing Options Amid AI Demand appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link

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Anime streaming deal: Get Crunchyroll for just $3 per month for 3 months

TL;DR: Through May 21, new and returning anime fans can get three months of Crunchyroll Fan for $1.99 per month (reg. $9.99 per month) or Mega Fan for $2.99 per month (reg. $13.99 per month) directly or as a Prime Video add-on during the Crunchyroll ANi-MAY sale. The best deals from Crunchyroll’s ANi-MAY 2026 Sale:

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Google Ditches the Screen With the New Fitbit Air (2026)

The Air is not meant to stand on its own so much as serve as a data collector within Google’s expanding health software ecosystem. (The company also rebranded the Fitbit app to “Google Health.”) Built on Gemini, Health Coach is the brains of the system, promising personalized guidance based on your habits, goals, and biometric

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Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off

Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with this editor about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the possibility that the whole architecture that undergirds the tech is wrong. On stage with

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Anthropic, SpaceX Deal Boosts Claude Compute and Points to Space-Based AI

Anthropic will use SpaceX’s Colossus 1 supercomputer to expand Claude capacity, while exploring future orbital AI compute infrastructure. The post Anthropic, SpaceX Deal Boosts Claude Compute and Points to Space-Based AI appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link

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