Oura Pays $625 Million in Cash for AI Doctor Startup Counsel Health, Turning a Smart Ring Into a Front Door for Primary Care

Oura is buying AI-native primary care company Counsel Health for $625 million in cash, aiming to move its 6 million-plus members from sleep and heart-rate insights to physician care inside the Oura app, weeks after shelving its IPO.

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United Airlines Becomes the First Carrier to Ban AI Agents From Booking Flights, Opening a Fight Over Who Owns the Traveler

United Airlines will block unauthorized third-party AI agents from searching, booking or managing trips on its site, app and partner channels, citing security and regulatory risk. Here’s what changes for travelers and why it signals a wider battle over travel distribution.

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Runway Gives Away Its Praxis-1 Robot Brain Under Apache 2.0, Betting Free Weights Will Beat Closed Models on the Factory Floor

Runway has released its 27-billion-parameter Praxis-1 world action model with open weights for commercial use, claiming top marks on NVIDIA’s RoboLab-120 benchmark. Here’s what it means for companies buying robot automation.

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