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Tech giants, armed with wearables data, are entrenching in health research

Apple, Google and Samsung are partnering with academic researchers in new ways to leverage data from watches and smartphones.

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Banks, M.A. Tech giants, armed with wearables data, are entrenching in health research. Nat Med 26, 4–5 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0701-2

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