The New Zealand government has launched a wide-ranging review of a cybersecurity incident that affected Manage My Health—one of the country’s most widely used platforms for managing electronic patient records. The attack may have exposed private information belonging to around 6–7% of the platform’s 1.8 million registered users and prompted an immediate response from the government and data-protection bodies.
More than 40 million people worldwide turn to ChatGPT every single day with healthcare questions, according to a report released by OpenAI today, underscoring a dramatic change in how Americans are seeking medical information in response to a healthcare system they perceive as fundamentally broken.
Scientists have shown that inhibiting a single specific enzyme can trigger the regeneration of joint cartilage and significantly slow the progression of osteoarthritis. The study indicates that the experimental therapy worked not only in older mice, but also in models of traumatic osteoarthritis and in human cartilage tissue.
At CES 2026, Samsung unveiled a new generation of Family Hub refrigerators whose doors can be opened and closed using voice commands or hand gestures. Crucially, voice commands open the doors fully—beyond 90 degrees—rather than just partially.