In January, President Obama handed the reins to Joe Biden to head a "moonshot" initiative to cure cancer, and a major step toward that end has just been made. At the National Cancer Moonshot Summit on ...

First Watson won 'Jeopardy!' and now it's coming to your iPhone app. In this file photo, visitors check out a slimmed down version of the IBM Watson supercomputer at IBM's stand at the CeBIT ...

IBM on Thursday appointed a general manager for its Watson Health unit, revealed two new products, established a global headquarters for its supercomputer, and announced several partnerships. Former ...

IBM’s Watson computer is increasingly being used in heathcare, analyzing the big data created by organizations to better improve healthcare delivery. Here are four developments on Watson’s role in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The greatest "Jeopardy!" player of all time is moving to San Francisco -- a computer named Watson. Watson, an IBM super computer, was a fearsome opponent on the game show and ...

Now that IBM's Watson supercomputer has proved itself to be better than humans at Jeopardy, it's time to put it to work in a more productive setting: the healthcare industry. Watson's ability to parse ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jim Himes knows his chicken. In a mock “Jeopardy!” competition Monday for IBM to showcase its Watson computer, the Connecticut Democrat scored most of his points from naming ...

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