2026-06-18
An ex-Palantir leader raised $16M to point AI at the NHS’s paperwork, not its doctors
Almost every AI tool aimed at the NHS is built for clinicians. Frontier Health raised $16M to build for the people behind them. The London startup announced a $16M seed round led by Atomico, with firstminute capital and XYZ Venture Capital also taking part. It is the first institutional money into the company, founded in […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-18
Baseten is raising $1.5bn at up to $13bn, betting AI’s profits lie in cheap inference
Baseten is finalising a $1.5bn funding round that values the company at up to $13bn. The structure is almost as notable as the size. The round is dual-tiered, with some investors buying in at an $11bn valuation and others at $13bn, according to the company via the Wall Street Journal. It is a tactic a […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-18
LinkedIn will now show recruiters which apps you actually use, not just which skills you claim
LinkedIn launched Connected Apps, a feature that links the software you use to your profile and auto-generates descriptions of how you use it. The descriptions are based on real activity data from the connected app. Users cannot manually edit them. “Once connected, each app generates a simple statement based on your real activity,” the Microsoft-owned […]<br /> This story continues at [...]
2026-06-18
AI systems rival doctors in new Nature studies, but one result suggests the tech won't age well
Two new studies published in Nature show that specialized AI systems diagnose diseases and make treatment decisions as well as physicians in simulated patient cases, sometimes even better. Both systems run on base models that are already outdated.<br /> The article AI systems rival doctors in new Nature studies, but one result suggests the tech won't age well appeared first on The Decod [...]
2026-06-18
'A spectacular spectacle in the mobile workstation world:' Lenovo's 5-star ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 gives engineering students desktop-class power and a brilliant screen for watching the FIFA World Cup
With an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, Nvidia RTX PRO graphics and 32GB of DDR5 memory, Lenovo's discounted workstation is an easy recommendation from me. [...]
2026-06-18
I watched the first four episodes of House of the Dragon season 3 — and I can't shake this burning feeling that the Game of Thrones spin-off should be better than it is by now
House of the Dragon's third season comes close to being the unflinchingly brutal chapter that the series always promised to be. [...]