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More than 200 artificial intelligence startups applied for Nvidia’s Inception contest, which seeks to identify the best AI startups in key areas. The company created the program to find new uses for its graphics processing units (GPUs), but it’s also hoping these startups will change the world. So far, the company has identified more than 2,800 AI startups over the years through Inception. I listened to pitches from 12 finalists in a Shark Tank-styled judging event last week. Each contestant is competing to be one of three finalists to share the $1 million prize pool. “We’re trying to enable our ecosystem of deep learning neural networks,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, as he introduced a panel of four judges. The 12 semi-finalists gave their eight-minute pitches, six finalists were selected, and the final winners will be picked at the company’s GPU Technology Conference on March 27 in San Jose, California. The pitches ranged … [Read more...] about Nvidia Inception’s AI health care startups cover neural interfaces to better MRI

Cybersecurity firm McAfee is recording about 478 new cyber threats every minute, and the latest surge in attacks comes in the form of health care fraud, fileless malware, and cryptocurrency mining. McAfee Labs’ Threat Report for March reveals a 211 percent increase in disclosed security incidents related to health care experiences in 2017. Fileless malware leveraging Microsoft’s PowerShell software rose 267 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, and cybercriminals are following the money into cryptocurrency mining. New ransomware grew 35 percent in 2017, while mobile malware actually dropped by 35 percent. And new Mac OS malware increased 24 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017. The report examines the growth and trends of new malware, ransomware, and other threats in Q4 2017. McAfee Labs saw on average eight new threat samples per second and increasing use of fileless malware attacks leveraging Microsoft PowerShell. The Q4 spike in Bitcoin … [Read more...] about McAfee reports surge in health care, fileless malware, and cryptocurrency mining attacks

HP is announcing a new line of sanitizable and secure laptops, displays, and all-in-one desktops aimed at health care workers in hospitals and clinics. The new laptops are designed to be easily cleaned with germicidal wipes, without the worry that moisture will damage the electronics. The products address the problem of health care-associated infections (HAIs), which result in 1.7 million illnesses in the U.S. each year — and 99,000 deaths. The security aspects of the new products address the problem of health care data breaches, which cost $6.2 billion a year, according to market researcher Protenus. The laptops have integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) readers for single sign-on authentication, allowing workers to sign in by tapping their badges on the laptop’s touchpad. It also has fingerprint identification. HP announced the products at the HIMSS18 health care event. Above: HP laptops can be activated with a hospital identification tag.Image Credit: HP Reid … [Read more...] about HP launches sanitizable laptops and displays for health care