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Biomemory has launched DNA Shield, described as the first commercial product built on its molecular IT platform. The release follows the company's earlier acquisition of catalog's assets and the appointment of Laurent Guengant as CEO this year.
Comparison of Apple's iPhone Duo and Xiaomi's 18 Fold shows both have 7.6-inch inner and 5.4-inch outer screens at 120Hz, but Xiaomi claims 4,000-nit peak brightness versus Apple's 3,000 nits. Apple uses a titanium frame, Ceramic Shield glass and IP68 rating with a 2nm A20 Pro chip and 12GB RAM, while Xiaomi's aluminum-framed phone weighs less at 219g, lacks a listed IP rating, and runs a 3nm XRING O3 chip with 16GB RAM.
When the shield icon appears on a Galaxy device, it signifies that Battery Protection is enabled, limiting charging to prolong battery health. Users can select different modes, from basic to maximum, which control the charge cutoff point to reduce battery aging. This feature aims to mitigate the faster degradation caused by maintaining high charge levels over time.
Nvidia increased the price of its Shield TV Pro streaming box from $199.99 to $299.99 starting October 2nd, citing rising component costs linked to the ongoing memory shortage. The company has also discontinued the cheaper entry-level Shield TV, leaving the Pro as its only streaming device.
Nvidia has increased the price of its Shield TV Pro streaming box by $100 to $299.99, effective October 2. The device, which first launched in 2019, still uses the same aging Tegra X1+ processor, but Nvidia says rising component and memory costs industry-wide are responsible for the price jump.
Nvidia has raised the price of its Shield TV Pro streaming device from $199.99 to $299.99, a $100 increase despite no hardware changes. An Nvidia spokesperson told Ars Technica the hike, effective October 2, stems from rising component costs, particularly memory, across the industry. The company has also discontinued the standard Shield TV, leaving the Pro as its only Shield-branded device.
Nvidia has increased the price of its Shield TV Pro streaming box by $100, from $199.99 to $299.99, effective October 2. The company told Ars Technica the hike reflects industry-wide increases in component costs, particularly memory, driven by demand from AI hardware production. The non-Pro Shield TV variant has already been discontinued, leaving only the Pro model in production.
The NVIDIA Shield TV Pro streaming box has risen from $200 to $299.99 on Amazon and Best Buy, a roughly $100 increase. The device, over a decade old, remains notable for its 64-bit Android support and long software update history.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association estimates that hospitals' use of AI-assisted medical coding added nearly $942 million in costs to its health plans between 2023 and 2025. The group says much of the increase stems from AI identifying secondary diagnoses, often based on single lab values, that push patients into higher-paying billing categories. Health economist Christopher Whaley notes AI is making it easier to capture existing billing incentives, though the added diagnoses are not necessarily inappropriate.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association released an analysis attributing $942 million in additional healthcare spending over two years to hospitals' use of AI tools when submitting insurance claims. The group found a sharp rise in patients coded as having complex conditions without corresponding changes in the actual care delivered. The New York Times cited the findings as part of a broader trend of AI driving up healthcare costs on both the hospital and insurer sides.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will host a panel titled 'Building AI Systems When Failure Is Not an Option,' featuring Shield AI CTO Nathan Michael, Waabi founder and CEO Raquel Urtasun, and General Motors Director of Robotics Strategy Mikell Taylor. The session will cover safety culture, testing and validation, regulatory challenges, and trust-building for AI deployed in physical, high-stakes settings like aircraft, vehicles and robots. Attendees can save up to $200 on passes if purchased before September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Apple's new vice president of hardware engineering, Tom Marieb, said watching people put screen protectors on iPhones bothers him because of the effort Apple puts into its display glass. He was promoting Ceramic Shield 2, the coating debuted on the iPhone 17 line and now used on the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone Duo foldable's outer screen, which Apple says offers triple the scratch resistance of its predecessor while remaining durable over time.