Category: Daily Cover

Mark Cuban Considering Leaving Shark Tank As He Bets His Legacy On Low-Cost Drugs

Blockchain, basketball, Broadcast.com: Mark Cuban has never lost his passion for disruption. Now the billionaire entrepreneur has an ambitious plan to take on Big Pharma and lower the cost of prescription drugs once and for all. And, after 13 seasons, …

TikTok, Hospitals And Tutoring Apps: The Many Tentacles Of Chinese Tech Giant ByteDance

The TikTok parent company owns a diverse set of companies across sectors including news, video gaming, and education, in addition to its short-form video apps.

This Startup Wants To Bring Disinfecting UV Light Into “Every Physical Space”

Hospitals have long used ultraviolet light to zap viruses, but the devices were too expensive for business and schools. Spurred by the pandemic, an unlikely trio started R-Zero to develop a lower-cost alternative—and was just featured on our latest lis…

Defying Pullback In Investments, General Catalyst Launches $670 Million Healthcare Fund

There’s a bright side to the market doldrums, says managing partner Hemant Taneja: stronger companies will rise to the top as frothiness subsides.

DeepFake Epidemic Is Looming—And Adobe Is Preparing For The Worst

The maker of PhotoShop and Premier Pro gave the world AI-powered tools to create convincing fakes. Now CEO Shantanu Narayen wants to clean up the mess.

Gene Genies: Inside The Revolutionary Biotech That Can Edit DNA Inside Living Humans

John Leonard built Intellia Therapeutics with Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who pioneered gene editing technology. Intellia has figured out how to alter disease-causing genes inside patients, but before any breakthrough treatments …

Here Is What One Million Covid Deaths In The U.S. Looks Like

A by-the-numbers look at how Covid-19 has impacted the United States.

Abortion By The Numbers

With Roe v. Wade in jeopardy, getting a safe abortion will become more difficult and costly.

Supply-Chain Snags Create Shortages Of Life-Saving Medical Supplies In U.S.

An unprecedented strain on American healthcare systems is expected to worsen.

The World Watched Russia Bomb Ukraine’s Hospitals. What Happens Next?

Global human rights experts are cautiously optimistic that social media, smartphones and near real-time monitoring of attacks could usher in a new era of accountability for war crimes.