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Scientists hunted for planets around our cosmic neighbor. They found 4.

Mashable Tech

After peering at Barnard's Star over 112 nights, scientists using a powerful telescope in Chile found compelling evidence of four particularly small exoplanets , each just some 20 to 30 percent the size of Earth. That makes them considerably smaller than Mars , which is about half Earth's size. (In

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 3’s EKG feature is coming to 31 new countries

The Verge

It will also be available in Chile, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates soon. To be able to take an EKG or blood pressure measurement, you’ll need to have the Samsung Health Monitor app installed on your Galaxy smartphone and on a Galaxy Watch 3 or Galaxy Active 2.

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Tiger Global, YC back Rebill’s subscription payment platform for Latin America

TechCrunch

His company wanted to manage the whole behavior of collections, including changing the card on file and going through compliance with security measures. Currently, Rebill has clients in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay and collects payments in 15 currencies.

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Injectsense collects $1.7M grant for its eye implant smaller than a grain of rice

TechCrunch

That device can measure intraocular pressure – a measure of how much tension is building within your eyeball. You’ve probably had your intraocular pressure measured before, and it’s not particularly pleasant. Those tests will also inform a human pilot study in Chile also scheduled for this year. million to over 111.8

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Humanity isn’t asteroid-proof yet. But we’re getting closer.

Recode by Vox

2024 YR4 was discovered on December 27 of last year by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) a NASA-funded asteroid detection program with telescopes around the world at its station in Chile. Which was worrying, because early calculations suggested it had as much as a 3.1 Crisis, such as it was, averted.

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Samsung launches EKG support for latest Galaxy Watch devices in 31 more countries

The Verge

Samsung first announced last month it would be adding the features to its latest Galaxy Watch devices through software updates, considering both smartwatches have the requisite sensors used for measuring heart rate and blood pressure and performing an EKG. Image: Samsung.

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Latin America’s second wave of digital transformation

TechCrunch

The Atlantico Digital Transformation Index, which measures tech penetration by tracking the value of public technology companies as a percentage of GDP, rose to 3.4% In the insurance space, similar changes are giving way to innovative models like 180 o in Brazil and Betterfly in Chile. in 2021 from 2.3% in 2020 for LatAm as of August.

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