Fawn Friends is a befuddling mix of AI companionship, fantasy lore, and social robots. AI Burt Reynolds is also involved.
Whoop and Oura are health tech trendsetters. But hurtling toward innovation can have some unintended ripple effects.
MAHA is obsessed with these wearables â for all the wrong reasons.
In a recent Optimizer, I wrote about how influencers use viral trends to undermine trust in medical science and profit. Well, hereâs an example of the consequences in this STAT op-ed penned by a doctor: people are starting to trust untested peptides peddled online over drugs with decades of evidence.
After scoring $575 million in funding earlier this week, Whoop is suing Bevel â a startup that has marketed itself as âWhoop, but for the Apple Watch.â The complaint centers on whether Bevel copied Whoopâs app, a claim the former denies. Canât lie⌠I feel like Iâve seen 10,000 versions of this app design over the last decade.
Digital health screeners werenât a thing until the Apple Watch. Itâs shaped how we think about wearables ever since.
Starting Monday, wearing smart glasses with audio or video recording is verboten in Philadelphiaâs courts. That includes prescription smart glasses. Violators could be arrested and face contempt charges. This follows other state bans and a judge reprimanding Mark Zuckerbergâs team for wearing smart glasses during Metaâs social media addiction trial.
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Whoâs to say? Not GrĂźnsâ clinical study.
The WSJ reports that Means needs the support of every Republican senator to become surgeon general â and she doesnât have it. The reasons are plentiful, but if you want a rundown, I detailed how Means expertly uses the wellness grifter playbook to spread hokey ideas and sow distrust in health institutions.
