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FDA clears Natural Cycles birth control to use a smart ring for temperature measurements

The Verge

Natural Cycles prevents pregnancy through an algorithm that uses daily temperature measurements and period cycle tracking to give users information about the days of the month when they’re least likely to get pregnant. The sign-off makes Natural Cycles the “world’s first wearable birth control,” the company said in a statement.

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BYU ESR conference on Social Entrepreneurship

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just got back form the Economic Self-Reliance Conference at Brigham Young University in Utah. When I attend conferences to give a keynote, I usually try to stick around for more of the conference and listen in to the other presenters. This practice was especially awarded at the ESR conference.

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Natural Cycles wants to create wearable birth control

The Verge

The Natural Cycles app uses daily temperature measurements and period cycle tracking to predict the days someone is least likely to get pregnant. Natural Cycles only uses temperature to measure fertility signals, and it doesn’t incorporate other metrics, like cervical mucus. But research is still limited.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Growth budgets, hiring tips, zero-party data Twitter Space

TechCrunch

The detailed suggestions we received included budget breakdowns, tips for developing minimum viable brand designs and advice on how to measure success. Utah’s Podium raises pre-IPO round, boosting its valuation to $3 billion. ” Utah’s Podium raises pre-IPO round, boosting its valuation to $3 billion.

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LightDeck Diagnostics has $11 million for its new, high-speed way to test for COVID-19, sepsis and heart attack

TechCrunch

. “The fluorescent signal is proportional to the concentration of the thing we want to measure and is easily measured and interpreted by our instrument’s software to give the user a final result,” according to LightDeck chief executive, Chris Myatt. sensitivity and 99.6% specificity, the company said in a statement.

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Learning with Queried Hints

Google Research AI blog

The user’s satisfaction is measured by a reward that depends on unknown factors such as user preferences and road segment delays. Acknowledgements We thank our co-authors Aditya Bhaskara (University of Utah), Sungjin Im (University of California, Merced), and Kamesh Munagala (Duke University).

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The Withings ScanWatch knows when you’re sleeping and when you’re awake, but not why

The Verge

Smartwatches measure blood oxygen from the wrist, though, which may not be as accurate as the fingertip. Pulse oximeters use wavelengths of light to measure how much oxygen is in the blood — oxygenated and non-oxygenated blood absorb different wavelengths. They’re usually just measuring time at rest, though.

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