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Oura Ring Debuts New Meals & Glucose Features

New features offer holistic metabolic data, with the potential to transform the wearables landscape with nutritional insights Oura is reinforcing its role as a leader in the wearable wellness space with a dual announcement that marks a significant moment for the brand. The company launched two highly anticipated metabolic features, Meals and Glucose, as part […]

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New features offer holistic metabolic data, with the potential to transform the wearables landscape with nutritional insights

Oura is reinforcing its role as a leader in the wearable wellness space with a dual announcement that marks a significant moment for the brand. The company launched two highly anticipated metabolic features, Meals and Glucose, as part of its ongoing effort to personalize health tracking and empower users to better manage metabolic health.

More than 800 million people live with obesity and nearly 500 million adults live with prediabetes. These conditions increase the risk of serious complications, including heart disease and kidney failure. Metabolic health is deeply individual, shaped by genetics, hormones, environment and daily behavior.

In response, Oura is rolling out Meals and Glucose, designed to help users make sense of their biometric data in a way that goes beyond calorie counting and simple activity tracking. After months in Oura Labs, Meals is now a permanent fixture in the Oura App. The feature allows users to take or upload photos of their meals, which are analyzed by AI to deliver immediate insights into key nutritional components like protein, fiber, added sugars, fats and carbohydrates.

Oura’s Glucose feature integrates with the Stelo Glucose Biosensor by Dexcom, the first FDA-cleared biosensor of its kind, which members can purchase directly through ouraring.com. Once paired, the Oura App provides a real-time view of glucose levels alongside sleep, stress and activity data.

The new in-app Glucose screen offers contextual visualizations and insights, including a new metric, Time Above Range, which tracks how long a user’s glucose levels exceed their optimal zone. The AI-generated analysis helps users uncover patterns between meals, stress, movement and sleep, empowering them to make lifestyle changes that support balanced glucose levels.

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The company’s push into metabolic health comes amid an important legal victory. In an initial determination issued by the Administrative Law Judge in its ITC case, Oura prevailed on all counts in its patent infringement claims against Ultrahuman and RingConn, two competitors in the smart ring market.

The judge ruled in favor of Oura, confirming that Ultrahuman infringed every element of the asserted patent claims. Oura’s patent was upheld as valid despite prior art challenges. The court found Ultrahuman had submitted falsified evidence about a Texas facility and noted Oura was the only party to present credible testimony. Claims that Oura was stifling competition were rejected and the company was recognized as meeting the U.S. domestic industry requirement through its R&D and manufacturing efforts.

 “This ruling validates our position and the strength of our patents,” an Oura spokesperson said. “It’s a significant win for the scientists, developers and product teams who are shaping the future of preventative health.”





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Salesforce cuts Slack price for US government, following Google – The Mercury News

By Brody Ford and Gregory Korte, Bloomberg Salesforce Inc. will offer its Slack application to the federal government at a discounted rate, the latest software company to cut prices as the Trump administration aims to slash technology costs. The team collaboration software will be available to federal agencies at as much as a 90% discount […]

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By Brody Ford and Gregory Korte, Bloomberg

Salesforce Inc. will offer its Slack application to the federal government at a discounted rate, the latest software company to cut prices as the Trump administration aims to slash technology costs.



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Johns Hopkins students thwart fitness tracker hackers

By Doug Donovan / Published May 20, 2025 The Internet of Things has long delivered on the promise of connecting everyday products such as smart thermostats, appliances, cars, and more. But as the human body has come to occupy a central place in that connected landscape through fitness trackers, insulin pumps, pacemakers, and other wearable […]

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The Internet of Things has long delivered on the promise of connecting everyday products such as smart thermostats, appliances, cars, and more.

But as the human body has come to occupy a central place in that connected landscape through fitness trackers, insulin pumps, pacemakers, and other wearable devices, the perils of cybersecurity have escalated.

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  • Fitness trackers, insulin pumps, pacemakers and other wearable devices are vulnerable to hacking.
  • The federal government has implemented new procedures for manufacturers to assure cybersecurity of wearable medical devices.
  • Johns Hopkins students are being taught to build devices with such threat management at the front end of the design process rather than as an afterthought.

Wirelessly infiltrating such medical devices to inflict harm has occupied many a fictional thriller—from the TV show Homeland to the novel Kill Decision—as well as real life policy debates such as the vulnerability of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s pacemaker. In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the historic step of recalling a specific type of insulin pump because of potential cybersecurity risks.

Still, medical device manufacturers have continued to push products toward the market before they have implemented fully integrated cybersecurity measures, focusing more on making sure the products are safe for patients rather than from outside hacking threats.

Now, a new course offered by the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, Medical Device Cybersecurity, is preparing students for the revised approval process mandated by the FDA, which has ramped up requirements for cybersecurity measures throughout the medical device design process.

Michael Rushanan teaches the cybersecurity class

Image caption: Michael Rushanan

Image credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University

“Protecting these devices from cyber threats is not just a technical challenge—it’s a matter of patient safety,” states the syllabus for the class, taught by Michael Rushanan, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science who earned his PhD from JHU in 2016. “A security breach in medical devices like pacemakers and insulin pumps can have life-threatening consequences.”

The class provides an in-depth review of FDA cybersecurity guidance and the processes needed to meet those relatively nascent government requirements—from the initial design and development steps through device deployment.

The course teaches real-world case studies and provides practical exercises and simulations—including a final project that requires students to build actual medical devices equipped with air-tight cybersecurity measures.

“We want the students to go into the field knowing how critical it is to apply cybersecurity risk management from the design stage.”

Michael Rushanan

Lecturer, Whiting School of Engineering

“We want the students to go into the field knowing how critical it is to apply cybersecurity risk management from the design stage,” said Rushanan, chief scientist at Harbor Labs, the firm founded by retired Johns Hopkins professor Avi Rubin. “If you don’t, device manufactures are going to continue to have a ton of problems at the end of the process that can cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix.”

Rubin, who started the Johns Hopkins Health and Medical Security Lab, said manufacturers have become more aware of security issues than they used to be thanks to new comprehensive FDA regulations. But, he added, the class is a first for teaching that new landscape—from understanding the regulatory landscape to incorporating those requirements into the design process.

“This is a first-of-its-kind course on the cybersecurity of medical devices with a focus on the specific issues and challenges inherent in that environment,” Rubin said. “The high level of regulation and the cyber-physical nature of devices that interact directly with humans, along with the privacy sensitivity of health data represent a unique set of challenges. This course provides students with hands-on experience working specifically on medical device security. It will give students a launchpad into careers related to medical and healthcare security.”

The students presented the products they developed with cybersecurity measures fully enmeshed in the designs on May 12. They included:

  • ThermaTrack: provides real-time tracking of a patient’s body temperature and can alert caregivers when it detects abnormal variations. The data is stored securely on the AWS cloud where it can be accessed through a web and mobile application.

  • Cardio Crisis: ECG monitors heart activity through a sensor placed on the body and which is connected to a high-speed processor that transmits the data via Bluetooth to a smartphone application. It can detect cardiac irregularities in real time, allowing for quick responses by medical personnel.

  • PulseLite: creates, analyzes, and displays echocardiographic data collected on a patient’s body and provides remote monitoring to alert emergency contacts when abnormalities such as heart attacks are detected.

  • HappyKittySleepyKitty: monitors sleep patterns and stress levels in individuals with PTSD and anxiety. The device tracks physiological indicators that correlate with stress spikes and sleep disturbances, providing real-time feedback and artificial intelligence-driven suggestions for interventions that can improve the users’ well-being.

  • NeuroMotion: tracks movement and other medical data for patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease to determine if treatment is beneficial. It helps patients track their progress and optimize treatment plans that can assist with better recovery and positive mental health outcomes.



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00:00 Speaker A It’s now time for some today’s trending tickers. We are watching Amare Sports, General Motors, and Apple. First up, Amare Sports, topping first quarter expectations with revenue increasing 23% from a year prior. The sporting equipment company also raising its full-year guidance as it continues to gain market share. The CEO saying […]

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It’s now time for some today’s trending tickers. We are watching Amare Sports, General Motors, and Apple. First up, Amare Sports, topping first quarter expectations with revenue increasing 23% from a year prior. The sporting equipment company also raising its full-year guidance as it continues to gain market share. The CEO saying they’re confident in their ability to manage a variety of tariff outcomes. Next up, General Motors saying it will stop shipping cars to China from the United States as trade negotiations continue between the two countries. The automaker imported vehicles to China from the US through its Durant Guild premium import business. A spokesperson for the company saying, quote, due to significant changes to economic conditions, we’ve decided to restructure the guild and correspondingly optimize GM China’s operations. Shares down just a tick. Finally here, looking at Apple, as China’s iPhone exports fall to the lowest level since 2011 to the United States. Smartphone smartphone exports slid 72% to just under $700 million in April as tariffs disrupt the tech company’s supply chain. Those shares down about half a percent. You can scan the QR code on your screen to track the best and worst performing stocks with Yahoo Finance’s trending tickers page.



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Snapdragon X Series becomes central to PC experience as AI reshapes computing

A year after the launch of devices powered by the Snapdragon X Series platforms, Qualcomm has reaffirmed its position at the heart of personal computing. Speaking at COMPUTEX 2025, Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon highlighted the strong momentum driven by Snapdragon’s growing role in reshaping the PC industry. Calling it one of Qualcomm’s most […]

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A year after the launch of devices powered by the Snapdragon X Series platforms, Qualcomm has reaffirmed its position at the heart of personal computing. Speaking at COMPUTEX 2025, Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon highlighted the strong momentum driven by Snapdragon’s growing role in reshaping the PC industry.

Calling it one of Qualcomm’s most significant launches in four decades, Amon emphasised how the Snapdragon X Series has restored performance leadership to the Windows ecosystem. He also noted that this achievement marked only the beginning of a longer journey with Microsoft.

“Microsoft and Qualcomm have a long history of partnership and innovation, and over the past year, we’ve delivered an entirely new class of Windows PCs built for AI. Copilot+ PCs are transforming productivity and creativity across working life,” said Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO and Chairman, during the keynote.

Since the initial launch, Qualcomm has collaborated with top PC manufacturers to offer AI-powered computing experiences that feature multi-day battery life and strong performance. The company revealed that over 85 device designs have either been released or are currently in development, spanning a range of price points. More than 100 models are expected to reach the market next year.

AI integration and ecosystem expansion

Qualcomm is positioning the Snapdragon X Series as a key enabler of on-device, agentic AI—artificial intelligence that can act autonomously to support real-world productivity and creativity across both consumer and enterprise applications.

The company reported that over 750 applications are now running on Snapdragon X Series devices, including 200 of the world’s top apps. In addition, more than 1,400 games have been optimised for the platform, with Fortnite set to become available for Snapdragon X Elite later this year.

Qualcomm’s vision for AI extends beyond just PCs. As edge AI gains traction, the company aims to bring intelligent capabilities to a broader range of devices including mobile phones, smart glasses, and vehicles. With battery performance and processing power now considered standard expectations, Qualcomm is focusing on redefining user interaction—stating that “AI is becoming the new UI.”

The Snapdragon X Series is designed to support these next-generation experiences, and Qualcomm plans to share more details at its Snapdragon Summit this autumn, where further updates are expected on the future of AI-powered computing.

Bringing AI to the data centre

While Qualcomm remains focused on advancing on-device AI, it is also preparing for a hybrid AI future that includes data centre solutions. At COMPUTEX, the company announced a partnership with NVIDIA, integrating Qualcomm’s advanced custom CPU technology with NVIDIA’s full-stack AI platform. This collaboration aims to deliver high-performance, efficient intelligence to data centre infrastructure.

Cristiano Amon suggested that Qualcomm’s unique and disruptive technologies could find a place not just at the edge, but across the entire computing spectrum.

With more announcements promised in the near future, Qualcomm is looking to solidify its role in enabling AI experiences both in consumer devices and the enterprise-grade backend systems that support them.



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Human Fall Flat publisher Curve Games has been acquired by Nazara Technologies for £21.6m

UK-based publisher Curve Games has been acquired by Nazara Technologies. The gaming-focused tech company, which is headquartered in Mumbai, India, has acquired Curve for INR 248 Cr ($29 million / £21.6 million). It’s the second notable UK game developer acquired by the company, following the acquisition of Fusebox Games last year for a similar price. […]

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UK-based publisher Curve Games has been acquired by Nazara Technologies.

The gaming-focused tech company, which is headquartered in Mumbai, India, has acquired Curve for INR 248 Cr ($29 million / £21.6 million).

It’s the second notable UK game developer acquired by the company, following the acquisition of Fusebox Games last year for a similar price.

Nazara also owns early learning app Kiddopia and the sports and eSports media organisation Sportskeeda.

Curve Games, formerly known as Curve Divital, was founded 20 years ago and focuses on publishing indie games. Notable releases by the publisher include Human Fall Flat, Dungeons of Hinterberg, The Ascent, Lawn Moving Simulator, Lone Survivor and Stealth Inc.

Curve will remain in its London office following the acquisition, with all leadership team and staff remaining. Its in-house development studios (Runner Duck in Brighton and IronOak Games in Vancouver) are also included as part of the acquisition.

“This deal is a perfect fit,” said Curve Games executive chairman Stuart Dinsey in a statement. “We’re joining a group that lives and breathes games and tech, including mobile, where we’ve barely scratched the surface.

“With Nazara, we will build on our strengths across console and PC, staying true to our indie spirit. It’s still about great games, great studios, and great players. Our next chapter starts here.”

Nazara CEO Nitish Mittersain added: “Curve’s proven publishing expertise and strong track record with indie studios make them a perfect fit for Nazara’s vision in premium gaming. This acquisition not only brings valuable IP, global market access, and a highly experienced team into our fold – it also reflects our broader strategy of doubling down on core gaming.

“We’re committed to scaling high-quality game IPs, investing in new development, and supporting passionate indie creators as we build a global gaming powerhouse from India.”



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Dubai’s next big summer wearable? Smart sunglasses that think, protect, and perform

1. Could smart glasses speed up vision problems? “These smart glasses shouldn’t impact presbyopia or nearsightedness any faster than traditional eyewear, as the technologies don’t alter the core visual function,” Dr Soman says, offering reassurance to users concerned about long-term effects. 2. Blue light protection: A must for the screen age? With screen time on […]

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1. Could smart glasses speed up vision problems?

“These smart glasses shouldn’t impact presbyopia or nearsightedness any faster than traditional eyewear, as the technologies don’t alter the core visual function,” Dr Soman says, offering reassurance to users concerned about long-term effects.

2. Blue light protection: A must for the screen age?

With screen time on the rise, the blue light filter in smart glasses is a hot topic. “These filters, whether in smart or traditional glasses, help reduce eye strain from prolonged screen use,” she notes. However, she adds, “More research is needed to confirm the long-term benefits of blue light protection.”

3. Can tech glasses cause eye strain?

“Prolonged use of smart glasses can lead to eye fatigue, burning, or twitching—symptoms similar to those caused by dry eyes from screen time,” Dr Soman cautions. Her advice? “A professional ophthalmic evaluation is key before and during use.”

4. The UV and digital dilemma

While smart sunglasses offer UV protection – a must in sunny regions like Dubai – Dr Soman points out that digital displays could present new concerns. “The long-term effects of radiation from Wi-Fi, LEDs, and processing units need more research,” she says, stressing that the future of smart eyewear is still unfolding.

The verdict: Smart glasses may offer cutting-edge technology, but Dr Soman advises caution. “While their innovative features are undeniable, we’ll need more data to fully understand the health impacts over time.”



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