Category: Artificial Intelligence

Google takes aim at medtech for Launchpad Studio’s first batch of AI-focused startups

November 3, 2017

Google has been going all-in on AI and machine learning for some time now, and part of that is, of course, nurturing the growing ecosystem around it, from developer tools to startups. Their latest effort targets one vertical at a time, fostering startups looking to make deep changes to industries lagging behind the cutting edge;…

via Google takes aim at medtech for Launchpad Studio’s first batch of AI-focused startups — TechCrunch

Smoking is injurious to health

November 1, 2017

TOKYO — Smoking at work will cost you more than a week of precious vacation time at one Japanese company. Piala, a Tokyo-based marketing firm, has started giving non-smoking employees six additional paid days off a year. The company says the idea came from an employee who complained that colleagues who smoked often worked less…

via Company gives non-smokers 6 extra days of vacation to make up for smoke breaks — myfox8.com