Abbott Laboratories and DexCom said on Monday they have reached an agreement to settle all patent disputes between them related to continuous glucose monitoring devices. The agreement will dismiss all pending cases in courts and patent offices worldwide, along with a provision preventing legal action between the companies for patent and appearance disputes for the next 10 years.
In the universe of science, innovators are finding that A.I. hallucinations can be remarkably useful. The smart machines, it turns out, are dreaming up riots of unrealities that help scientists track cancer, design drugs, invent medical devices, uncover weather phenomena and even win the Nobel Prize. "The public thinks it's all bad," said Amy McGovern, a computer scientist who directs a federal A.I. institute. “But it's actually giving scientists new ideas. It's giving them the chance to explore ideas they might not have thought about otherwise." The public image of science is coolly analytic. Less visibly, the early stages of discovery can teem with hunches and wild guesswork. “Anything goes" is how Paul Feyerabend, a philosopher of science, once characterized the free-for-all. Now, A.I. hallucinations are reinvigorating the creative side of science. They speed the process by which scientists and inventors dream up new ideas and test them to see if reality concurs. It's the scientific method — only supercharged. What once took years can now be done in days, hours and minutes. In some cases, the accelerated cycles of inquiry help scientists open new frontiers.
Ascension, a healthcare company that operates 140 hospitals and 40 senior care facilities throughout the country, disclosed that it had suffered a data breach going back to May of 2024 affecting 5.6 million of its patients and employees. Ascension was hacked through a social engineering email from a ransomware gang that lured an employee of Ascension to download malware that enabled the hacker to steal Ascension's data.
A malicious Android spyware application named 'BMI CalculationVsn' was discovered on the Amazon Appstore, masquerading as a simple health tool but stealing data from infected devices in the background.
Industry experts said profit pressures and M&A contributed to job cuts. They said layoffs will likely continue into next year, but some expect the cuts to slow.
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and its El Paso counterpart suffered a cyberattack that disrupted computer systems and applications, potentially exposing the data of 1.4 million patients.