Women's Health Tech News
Femtech companies are building products for long-underserved areas of women's health. This section follows news on fertility and cycle tracking, pregnancy and menopause care, diagnostics, and the funding and research advancing technology built around women's health needs.
Expect stories about fertility platforms raising capital, wearables adding cycle and pregnancy features, new diagnostics for conditions like endometriosis and PCOS, and startups tackling menopause care that was ignored for decades. Data privacy questions around reproductive health apps receive serious attention as well.
The audience for this coverage includes clinicians, founders, and investors, alongside the many readers making personal decisions about these products. Women's health has historically received a fraction of research funding relative to its impact, which makes progress in this sector especially consequential.
More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older
2026-09-18Japan's population of individuals aged 100 or older has surpassed 100,000, with women accounting for 88 percent of these centenarians. This milestone highlights the country's ongoing demographic challenges as its overall population continues to age and shrink.
The computer that helped win World War II
2026-07-28Colossus, recognized as the world's first large-scale programmable electronic digital computer, has officially been designated an IEEE Milestone. During World War II, this groundbreaking machine played a pivotal role in the Allied victory by successfully decrypting Germany's secret communications.
Cyberdecks, going analog, and convivial technology
2026-06-23A growing movement of users is rejecting corporate-controlled devices in favor of building their own custom cyberdecks, a DIY trend increasingly driven by women. This push toward convivial technology draws historical parallels to medieval guilds, the Luddites, and the Arts and Crafts movement, reflecting a broader desire for meaningful, self-directed interactions with our tools.
Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed
2026-06-22Reports reveal that police chiefs have been misusing Flock surveillance technology to track and stalk women. This abuse of power highlights the urgent need for mandatory legal warrants to prevent law enforcement from exploiting mass tracking systems.
HPV vaccine cuts risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30
2026-06-21Recent research shows that the HPV vaccine significantly lowers the risk of cervical cancer mortality for women under 30. Despite this positive finding, experts warn that declining vaccination rates among teenagers could cause a future resurgence in both cases and deaths.
Sharla Boehm, the programmer whose code underpins the Internet
2026-05-20Sharla Boehm was a math teacher who spent her summers programming and ultimately wrote foundational code that evolved into the modern Internet. Her pioneering work laid the essential technical groundwork for the global network infrastructure the world relies on today.