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Amazon launching ‘Amazon Clinic,’ a virtual health service intended to treat a variety of conditions

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The Seattle tech giant announced Tuesday that it’s launching “Amazon Clinic,” a new virtual care platform that uses message-based interaction to connect customers with third-party telehealth providers. The company announced in September that it is licensing its virtual care delivery platform in a deal with Tacoma, Wash.-based

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98point6 hit by new layoffs in latest change at health tech startup

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98point6 said it will continue to have an appropriate level of staffing as it continues to license its software to other healthcare organizations. The layoffs follow a tumultuous past several years for 98point6, founded in 2015 as a virtual primary care provider.

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Digital health startup 98point6 raises more cash to fuel new era as a software licensor

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98point6 Image) Healthcare company 98point6 landed additional investment to support its transition to a licensor of virtual care solutions, following a move to offload parts of its business. It relaunched as 98point6 Technologies, a software-only company focused on licensing its tech to third-party healthcare providers.

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Seattle healthcare startup 98point6 selling part of its business for $100M to Transcarent

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The deal will include the virtual care platform and primary care business of Seattle-based 98point6, which provides care in all 50 states. 98point6 will relaunch as 98point6 Technologies, a software-only company focused on licensing its tech to third-party healthcare providers. The transaction is expected to close March 31. billion.

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Seattle entrepreneur Todd Hooper raises cash for mysterious new startup Aardvark Labs

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Hooper, who previously led virtual reality startup Vreal and also founded Zipline Games and Napera Networks, is listed on the filing. Vreal launched in 2015 and aimed to build a VR live streaming and broadcast platform. Its product was similar to game streaming sites like Amazon’s Twitch, but for virtual reality.

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Forza Motorsport 7 will be driving into the sunset in September

The Verge

According to the Forza Twitter account , this is happening because the game’s licenses to use real-world cars and tracks are starting to expire. Horizon 3 was delisted in September 2020 after being launched in September 2016, and Motorsport 6 was removed from Microsoft’s online store in September 2019 , following its launch in September 2015.

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Google’s VR painting app is getting the axe, but it will live on as an open-source project

The Verge

Google is ending development on the virtual reality painting app Tilt Brush — one of the most well-known VR applications — and making it open source. Tilt Brush’s code can be accessed on GitHub now , but Google says some features had to be removed from the open-source release because of licensing restrictions. Image: Google.