Compare The Best Medical Transcription Services

Want to jump straight to the answer? The best medical transcription service for most people is GoTranscript. Transcribing exam notes is crucial for running a medical office, even after a long day of seeing patients. Unfortunately for small practices, hiring an on-site transcriptionist may not be practical—especially when needs change each day. The best (and…

The Fraction-of-a-Fraction Problem—Why the Math Doesn’t Support Blaming Drug Patents for the High Cost of U.S. Healthcare

Healthcare costs in the United States continue to rise, placing an ever-increasing burden on patients and government payer programs. Popular discourse blames patented drugs as the culprit for these rising costs. In a move that previously would have been unthinkable, policymakers have even called upon the Department of Health and Human Services to exercise a…

Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year

Enlarge / The fourth-generation Echo device is a cloth-covered sphere with a halo at the base, contrasting with the squat plastic cylinders of earlier-generation Echoes. (credit: Amazon) Amazon is going through the biggest layoffs in the company’s history right now, with a plan to eliminate some 10,000 jobs. One of the areas hit hardest is…

Meta cracks down on teen “sextortion” on Facebook, Instagram

Enlarge (credit: The Good Brigade | DigitalVision) Last year, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) released data showing that it received overwhelmingly more reports of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) from Facebook than any other web service it tracked. Where other popular social platforms like Twitter and TikTok had tens of thousands…

Nintendo goes after fan-made custom Steam “icons” with DMCA takedowns

Enlarge / An archived page showing some of the custom Steam imagery that has been taken down by Nintendo’s DMCA requests. (credit: SteamGridDB / Internet Archive) Nintendo has issued a number of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) requests against SteamGridDB (SGDB), a site that hosts custom fan-made icons and images used to represent games on…

Pfizer CEO claims 400% price hike on COVID vaccines will be “free”

Enlarge / Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks during a press conference with the European Commission president after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, in Puurs, on April 23, 2021. (credit: Getty | John Thys) Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla claimed at a news…

Quit Twitter better with these free tools that make archiving a breeze

It’s never a bad time to back up your data. But for Twitter users, it’s arguably more urgent than usual, what with the platform’s recent… unpredictability. Mass firings and resignations, whiplash policy changes and crippled infrastructure don’t instill a ton of confidence that Twitter will remain stable well into the distant future. That’s why it’s…

Best Buy (not Amazon) has the best Fire TV Stick deal, plus more savings ahead of Cyber Monday

UPDATE: Nov. 9, 2022, 12:05 p.m. EST This story has been updated with the latest early Black Friday streaming deals. Here’s a brief overview: BEST STREAMING SERVICE DEAL: Paramount+ Essential is included with any Walmart+ membership (which also unlocks early access to the big box store’s Black Friday offers) — $12.95/month or $98/year BEST STREAMING…