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IBM’s Watson scores deals in fitness, medical and robotics

LAS VEGAS — IBM’s (IBM) cognitive computing system, Watson, has graduated from winning “Jeopardy” to predicting hypoglycemic events for diabetes patients and providing the brains for a customer service robot. IBM CEO Ginni Rometty discussed three partnerships involving IBM’s Watson during her keynote speech at CES 2016 on Wednesday in Las Vegas. The massive annual Consumer Electronics Show ends Saturday. Rometty talked about how Medtronic (MDT),

Facebook, Alphabet Stake Claims In Virtual Reality

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google and Facebook (FB) are taking early leadership positions in virtual reality, according to investment bank FBR & Co., which weighed in on Thursday after attending this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And more marketers attending CES this year said they intend to boost ad dollars spent on Google’s YouTube video platform, FBR & Co. analyst William Bird wrote Thursday in an industry note. “Facebook — through

Dynavax Hepatitis B Vaccine Beats Glaxo’s In Trial

Biotech Dynavax Technologies (DVAX) soared Thursday, even as the market overall crashed, after its hepatitis B vaccine beat GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) standard product in a late-stage clinical trial. Dynavax said that its vaccine, Hepislav-B, showed a 95.4% rate of peak seroprotection, in contrast with only 81.3% for Glaxo’s Engerix-B. Dynavax focused especially on patients with diabetes mellitus, who don’t respond well to current vaccines and