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How Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft are shaking up healthcare — and what it means for the future of the industry (GOOGL, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT)

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This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here . The healthcare industry is undergoing a profound transformation.   Costs are skyrocketing, consumer demand for more accessible care is growing rapidly, and healthcare companies are unable to keep up.  Health organizations are increasingly turning to tech companies to facilitate this transformation in care delivery and lower health expenditures. The potential for tech-led digital health initiatives to help healthcare providers and insurers deliver safer, more efficient, and cost-effective care is significant. For healthcare organizations of all types, the collection, analyses, and application of patient data can minimize avoidable service use, improve health outcomes, and promote patient independence, which can assuage swelling costs. For their part, the "Big Four" tech companies — Google

Add a backup sensor to any car in minutes with no wiring to install

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Backup sensors come standard on so many cars these days, which is awesome. Of course, that doesn’t help you at all if your car didn’t come with one. What does help you, however, is the FenSens Smart Wireless Parking Sensor . This completely wireless gadget attaches to any car in place of a license plate frame, and you can buy two if you want to put one on the front and one on the back. Then it connects wirelessly to an app on your phone that displays a parking sensor graphic and beeps more rapidly as you get close to any object. FenSens Smart Wireless Parking Sensor - 100% Wireless, Easy-Install, Available for iOS and Andr… : $149.99 Here are the bullet points from the product page: MANUEVER WITH CONFIDENCE: 100% wireless, hands-free, license plate frame based parking proximity sensor with a mobile app for Android and iOS. EASY INSTALL: Upgrade any car on your own with cutting edge automotive parking sensor technology with no wiring or having to hire a professional. An affordable

Watch BMW's self-driving motorcycle accelerate, turn, and brake to a stop

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BMW Motorrad created a self-driving motorcycle designed to assist inattentive motorcyclists. This tech is similar to how Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in self-stopping cars or cars with lane assist aid drivers. While this model isn't for commercial use, the tech inside it could be used in future motorcycles. Check it out in the video above.  The bike can start its engine... Accelerate... Turn... And brake to a stop. Motorrad, the motorcycle arm of BMW, developed the motorcycle. Motorrad does not intend to sell this bike to consumers. The motorcycle is steered via a small electromechanical actuator... While other actuators control the throttle, clutch, gears, and brakes. Join the conversation about this story »

Marriott reveals that hackers accessed sensitive information of 500 million guests

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Another day, another hack. As we referenced yesterday with respect to the Dunkin' Donuts hack , it seems that we can't even go a week without a new high-profile security breach making the news. In light of that, a more serious security breach appears to have impacted Marriott. Specifically, the hotel chain today revealed that an unauthorized party accessed its Starwood guest reservation database this past September. Marriott relays that it first became aware of the breach on September 8th when an internal security tool flagged an attempt by someone to gain access to the reservation database. Upon consulting with outside security experts, Marriott ultimately realized that someone had been accessing the database since 2014 and had been copying information. Continue reading... BGR Top Deals: Today’s best deals: Bose headphones, $20 128GB SanDisk microSD, $6 smart plugs, Philips Hue, more The hot new Arc-1 headphones that go toe to toe with Bose are discounted for the first

16 of the biggest leaders in Silicon Valley reveal the one thing they would tell their teenage selves

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Bill Gates , Sheryl Sandberg , Mark Zuckerberg , and other leaders have been asked the same question in interviews time and time again: "What advice would you give to your younger self?" Business Insider has gathered our favorite quotes from successful leaders, pulled from interviews conducted over the years and quotes compiled by a marketing campaign from the company AdView. The people we've come to associate with the most successful technology companies were once relatively unknown names with big dreams. So if they could do it all over again, would they do it any differently? The answer to this commonly-asked interview question tells us what we want to learn from the people who have, in our eyes, "made it." And leaders in the tech industry are successful because they created something — or saw potential in something — in a way that no one else did. The advice they would give their younger selves, then, is often informative and motivational.  Digital adv

The Dyson V7 Animal cordless vacuum has never been cheaper than it is today

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What, you thought the Dyson deals were done? Fat chance! It's still Cyber Week 208 which means you still have time to score deep discounts on Dyson's best vacuums. And today, there's one deal in particular that we want to highlight. If the new Dyson V10 Motorhead is still too rich for your blood on sale for $350, definitely check out Amazon's current deal on the Dyson V7 Animal Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner . It normally sells for $400 and it's worth every penny, but right now you can get one for just $240! Dyson V7 Animal Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, Iron : $240.00 Here's what you need to know from the product page: Cord-free, Hassle-free, Powerful suction Up to 30 minutes' run time when using a non-motorized tool Lightweight and versatile, for easy home cleaning. Instant-release trigger means battery power is only used while it’s cleaning. Requires charging for 3.5 hours minimum before first use Direct drive cleaner head. Up to 6 minutes of fade

Google Assistant's 'Pretty Please' feature is now available and ready to help users of all ages clean up their manners (GOOG, GOOGL, AMZN)

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On Thursday, Google   announced the release of its "Pretty Please" feature for Google Assistant, which helps encourage polite manners when interacting with its AI smart home devices. The " Pretty Please" feature works when users talking to their Google Assistant include words like "please" or "thank you" in their requests. If a user says: "Hey Google, please set a timer for 5 minutes." The response may be something like: "Thanks for asking so nicely. Alright, 5 minutes. Starting now.” In April, Amazon announced a similar feature called "Magic Word" for its smart assistant Alexa to reward and reinforce polite behaviors amongst users.  Google Assistant wants to help you with your manners.  On Thursday, the company announced the release of its "Pretty Please" feature for Google Assistant, which helps encourage polite manners when interacting with its smart home devices. The feature was first announced a

Instagram hopes its newest update means you won’t need a ‘finsta’ anymore

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Instagram is Facebook's hottest property and on its way to being the social networking giant's cash cow at this point, so no surprise the app once known primarily as a photo-sharing platform keeps looking for new ways to juice the amount of time users spend inside it. Instagram's latest move: It's finally paid attention to the reason why so many people use so-called "Finstagrams," an Instagram account that's separate from a user's main account that has tons of followers while they keep this secondary one private and much smaller in terms of followers. To that end, Instagram is rolling out a new "Close Friends" feature to promote sharing among a smaller and presumably tighter-knit circle of users. Continue reading... BGR Top Deals: Today’s best deals: Bose headphones, $20 128GB SanDisk microSD, $6 smart plugs, Philips Hue, more The hot new Arc-1 headphones that go toe to toe with Bose are discounted for the first time Trending Right No