For years, artificial intelligence has been touted as a potential game-changer for healthcare in the United States. Over a decade since the HITECH Act incentivized hospital systems to use electronic health records (EHR) for patient data management, there has been an explosion in the amount of healthcare data generated, stored, and available to drive insights and clinical decision-making. The motivation to integrate AI into mental health services has grown during the pandemic. The Kaiser Family F
A couple of months after the Game Developers Conference, we unveiled the name of our new system. We wanted a name that could be said in any language— further testimony to our goal of expanding gaming to as many consumers as possible. Wii was announced. Pronounced “we,” the name was a concerted effort to highlight the inclusive nature of our approach. We anticipated that some would make jokes based on this name (Wii, wee-wee). But the distinctive term combined with its inclus
All work and no play is a sure-fire recipe for burnout. But if you’re like me, you don’t have the time, patience, or dexterity to immerse yourself in challenging, epic, super-intense video games. Luckily, there are plenty of casual story-driven games that can serve as quick diversions during the workday. Here are four of my absolute favorites, each of which can be played in bite-size sessions whenever you have a few minutes to kill. Unpacking As its title suggests, Unpacking is a g
If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. Megan Waskiewicz used to sit at the top of the bleachers, rest her back against the wall, and hide her face behind the glow of a laptop monitor. While watching one of her five children play basketball on the court below, she knew she had to be careful. The mother from Pittsburgh didn’t want other parents in the crowd to know she wa
The debate over abortion is front and center once again, after Politico published a leaked draft on Monday of a Supreme Court opinion indicating the Court voted to reverse Roe v. Wade. And for startups that focus on reproductive health issues, the Court’s decision could be a major turning point. Medication abortion, which generally costs around $300 from a telemed provider, induce a miscarriage after stopping the growth of the pregnancy. The drugs have a safety rating that exceeds 99% and
It’s one thing for a government agency to engage a private business to help verify the identity of tens of millions of taxpayers (who use that agency’s website), and handle their biometric and personal data for that purpose. It’s quite another to let that private business replace the government as the de facto gatekeeper and owner of that critical data. That can trigger loud opposition, as the IRS recently found out.
The IRS had the right idea when it set out to block exten
From a very young age, Britney Winters had an interest in hair, but she never imagined she’d launch a game-changing wig company. In 2019, after leaving her job at Shell, she launched Upgrade, a digital platform that allows customers to create customized, high-quality wigs. “I realized that an online destination for hair and wig services was missing from the industry,” the Harvard Business School graduate tells Fast Company. “We’re the only wig retailer where yo
Every product should have a story, a narrative that explains why it needs to exist and how it will solve your customer’s problems. A good product story has three elements:
It appeals to people’s rational and emotional sides. It takes complicated concepts and makes them simple. It reminds people of the problem that’s being solved—it focuses on the “why.”
The story of your product, your company, and your vision should drive everything you do. I remember
Turning electrons into money can be a dirty business. Just ask the people who live near the Greenidge Generation power plant on scenic Seneca Lake in Dresden, New York. The decommissioned coal-burning plant, which was purchased by a Connecticut private equity firm in 2014, has been converted to run on natural gas. Since 2020, though, it has provided power not to local customers, but to nearly 20,000 crypto-mining computers running 24/7. It produced Bitcoin worth more than $100 million last year.
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here. I’m sharing with you today my tool kit for focused work. This isn’t for a typical workday, because those include lots of meetings, teaching, and other appointments. Consider it a window into my deep work tool kit, for days when I have time to focus. I hope you’ll find elements that work for you too.
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