The Food and Drug Administration is considering whether some generative artificial intelligence medical devices should have to demonstrate competence much as physicians do before treating patients. The agency on Tuesday (Aug. 18) released a discussion paper seeking public input on how it should assess the risks, safety and effectiveness of generative...
Prediction market Kalshi and public intelligence company AppliedXL have launched a pilot program that allows trading on clinical trial outcomes and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory decisions. The companies said in a Thursday (July 16) press release that examples of the contracts available at...
Perplexity has launched Perplexity Labs, a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can turn prompts into spreadsheets, dashboards and simple web apps. The tool functions as a virtual team that performs 10 minutes or more of self-supervised work using tools like deep web browsing, code...
European tech leaders warn against stifling AI innovation as SAP’s CEO pushes back on European Union regulations. At the same time, the FDA rolls out new healthcare AI oversight measures, and major tech companies struggle to meet European compliance standards. Testing reveals that even top...
July 14, 2022
Catapulted from relative obscurity to mainstream status by COVID-19, telemedicine has obvious limitations in treating disease, but the emerging world of digital therapeutics is changing that. This nascent field is the next step for telemedicine, in which software and apps running on consumer electronics like smartphones, tablets and virtual reality headsets can be ePrescribed, delivered […]
August 22, 2019
The growing CBD industry offers one of the best retail and payments stories in the second half of 2019 — and offers lessons for merchants seeking to keep on the...
May 21, 2019
A multi-part, high-stakes race is underway in a fast-growing part of online and brick-and-mortar retail — a race to stay ahead of political backlash and regulation, a race that also...
March 21, 2019
It might not have been inevitable, perhaps, but it was certainly expected: a regulatory backlash concerning the booming trade (both online and in brick-and-mortar stores) of eCigarettes, with their different...
July 16, 2026
Prediction market Kalshi and public intelligence company AppliedXL have launched a pilot program that allows trading on clinical trial outcomes and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory decisions. The companies said in a Thursday (July 16) press release that examples of the contracts available at launch include “Will AR1001’s POLARIS-AD Phase 3 trial meet its […]
February 28, 2020
The coronavirus has wide-reaching effects on eCommerce, technology, medicine, business travel and the economy. Here are the latest updates on its impacts around the world. Shares of Wayfair fell as...
July 23, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has written a letter to Curaleaf regarding its alleged illegal selling of CBD products and its use of “unsubstantiated claims” about CBD being able...
June 18, 2019
Beauty company Mink has designed a 3D printer that will print makeup from any image, according to a release by the company. The Mink printer is portable, weighing about 2...