They would also look to make available computing power to analyze the data, with the goal of allowing access to researchers across the country. "This is a moment that is calling us to be strengthening our speed and scale" when it comes to advances in AI technology, said National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan in an interview. "It is also calling us to make sure that innovation is everywhere." The task force, which Congress mandated in the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020, is part of an effort across the government to ensure the U.S. remains at the vanguard of technological advancements. The Senate this week approved a bipartisan bill to invest $250 billion in technology research and development, and the House is considering similar legislation.

NEW YORK CITY--Uber is looking to get into pharmacy medication delivery. Prescription eyeglass company Warby Parker is moving into virtual eye exams, and audio equipment maker Bose wants to help consumers get better sleep through hearing technology. Consumer-focused companies are rapidly moving further into healthcare, and industry incumbents need to be ready for accelerating change: That was one of the big takeaways from CB Insights' Future of Health conference in Manhattan this week. It's not just startups attacking entrenched interests in healthcare; it's large companies as well, said CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal during the conference. "The field of play is changing pretty dramatically, and the competitive lines are constantly being redrawn," he said, noting Amazon's "unbundling" of the pharmacy, Apple's unbundling of the clinical trials process and Google's unbundling of the hospital.

With nearly 400 breeds spanning almost every corner of the planet, dogs have long followed man on his travels. In a bid to piece together the complex evolution of dogs, researchers have looked at the genetic sequences of 161 modern breeds. The resulting map unearths new evidence that dogs travelled with humans across the Bering land bridge 15,000 years ago, and will likely help researchers identify disease-causing genes in both dogs and humans. In a bid to piece together the complex evolution of dogs, researchers have looked at the genetic sequences of 161 modern breeds. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland say their findings highlight how the oldest dog breeds evolved, or were bred to fill certain roles.

For 30 years the games industry worked in a certain way. People rented offices and set up studios to create games; they employed staff to work in-house, then got those projects funded and distributed by publishers. If you wanted to opt out of that setup, you worked alone, or in a small team, as an indie developer – you operated in a totally separate stratosphere; the system neatly self-segregated. Meanwhile, in the background, the business worked to the seven-year cycles dictated by the lifespan of the major consoles. It was a machine of discreet components. But that machine is rusting and falling apart.