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Microsoft tweaks privacy policy to admit humans can listen to Skype Translator and Cortana audio

Microsoft is the latest tech giant to amend its privacy policy after media reports revealed it uses human contractors to review audio recordings of Skype and Cortana users. A section...

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Yet another reminder: When a tech giant says its AI listens to you, it means humans listen to you. Right, Facebook?

If you let voice chat app transcribe your calls, yup, people were paid to eavesdrop on your private conversations Facebook secretly employed hundreds of contractors to listen to clips of...

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Listen: Novartis and the no good, very bad week

Why did Novartis keep its scandal to itself? Who knew what and when? And is there such thing as too much Peloton time? We discuss all that and more on...

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Listen: Canadian pills, corporate jets, & racists with spit kits

Will Canada run out of drugs? Should you ever read your partner’s diary? And what does Pepe the Frog know about genomics? We discuss all that and more on the...

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Listen: Vertex’s regime change, the return of Ebola, & the rise of digital health

What makes an epidemic newsworthy? Can biotech succession succeed? And what’s so novel about digital health? We discuss all that and more on the latest episode of “The Readout LOUD,”...

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Listen: Elon Musk’s monkey cyborg, Gilead’s shifting future, & an app for anxiety

Can apps treat anxiety? Is Gilead Sciences back on track? And are we all just brains in a vat? We discuss all that and more on the latest episode of...

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Breakthrough Listen Takes New Tack In Search For Intelligent Life In The Universe

Breakthrough Listen is widening its search for intelligent life in the Universe with VERITAS. Source link

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Listen To Emptyset’s Percussive And Noisy New Single Made With Machine Learning – Electronic Beats

Listen To Emptyset's Percussive And Noisy New Single Made With Machine Learning  Electronic Beats"Petal" is a single from the duo's new album made in collaboration with sonic algorithms. Source link

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Listen: A whirlwind week in Washington, Sean Parker’s mansion, & remembering a resonant voice in biotech

Is drug pricing too complex for the Trump administration? Would you recognize Tom Hanks at a party? And what does it mean when famous executives quit? We discuss all that...

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Listen: Young undocumented Californians cheer promise of health benefits

Medicaid provides health care to low-income people. And California is set to be the first state to offer it to immigrants younger than 26 living there without legal permission. Source...

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Listen: The future of AbbVieGan, the dogma of amyloid, & some questionable biotech marketing

Can Botox make Big Pharma attractive? What qualifies as a “cabal”? And will the CRISPR patent fight outlive us all? We discuss all that and more on the latest episode...

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Listen: A controversial desire drug, courtroom genealogy, & the quest for longer life

Is desire a matter of medicine? Can you convict on genealogy? And what do you get the alleged bride who has it all? We discuss all that and more on...

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Listen to DanStem podcast hosting James Briscoe

James Briscoe is a Group leader at the Francis Crick Institute in London, where he and his lab work on the development of the spinal chord using both molecular biology...

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Listen: Biohacking meets bureaucracy, and the latest twist in CRISPR world

Is biohacking a crime? Who came up with the latest CRISPR trick? And did Rage Against the Machine sell out? We discuss all that and more on the latest episode...

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Listen: The future of cancer treatment, blockbusters interrupted, & an infamous biotech party

Who won ASCO? Is pharma sandbagging its blockbusters? And what do gladiators have to do with biotech? We discuss all that and more on the latest episode of “The Readout...

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Listen: Feuding professors, failing businesses, and journalism 101

Who’s guilty of “clickbait”? Are spit tubes a bad business? And why are academics emulating Pusha T? We discuss all that and more on the latest episode of “The Readout...

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Listen: Your ASCO preview, genetic whiplash, and a journalist’s experience with cancer

What should you watch for at the year’s biggest cancer conference? Why are people having 23andMe-induced identity crises? And what’s it like to be at once a journalist and a...

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Listen: Drug pricing partisanship, tech’s march into health care, and Tinder for clinical trials

[ad_1] Has drug price reform already stalled? How far has tech come in medicine? And should there be an app for that? We discuss all that and more on the...

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Healthcare leaders listen up: Personalized wellbeing is the next frontier

[ad_1] Personalized medicine shouldn’t be practiced in just clinical settings but for all aspects of a person’s health and wellbeing to truly transform the industry and control burgeoning spend. Source...

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Listen: Pharma felonies, cardiac CRISPR, and a strange day at the FDA

[ad_1] Are law-breaking pharma executives the new mob bosses? Can genome editing prevent heart attacks? And can the FDA regulate drug prices? We discuss all that and more on the...

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