An Oncologist's Take on Watson And Other News You Need to Know

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Stan Schroeder
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An Oncologist's Take on Watson And Other News You Need to Know

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world.

Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. A writer for Forbes details an oncologist’s take on IBM’s Watson, the artificial intelligence computer that has been pumped with info on cancer treatment. In short, Dr. Jack West was not impressed. In other news, Seagate plans to halt production of its high-performance, 7200rpm hard drives by year’s end. And Twitter was full of celebration after U.S. doctors announced a young girl with HIV has been cured of the virus.

Check out the video above for more on these stories.

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