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If you created an online shop to pivot your business as soon as the COVID crisis hit earlier this year, but you’re unable to yield result... How Will Technology Transform Healthcare by 2030? When it comes to healthtech, at Thorgate we have ample data and experience to understand the intersection between machine learning, AI an... 8 Healthcare Startups to Watch in Post-Coronavirus 2021 Here is a list of healthtech startups we recommend to watch for in a post-COVID-19 world in 2021 as they grow. The Coolest New Features of Python 3.9 What's new in Python 3.9? Although the full list of features is extremely extensive, in this blog we have covered what we at Thorgate thi... Why does amazing technology actually seldom reach the shelves? A large number of ideas for new technological advancements actually never see the light of day or reach more than a few hundred people, l... 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