The founder of a tech education company is advising women in America not to use period tracking apps, and increase their digital privacy after the recent law change that allows states to criminalise abortions.

Sinead Bovell, founder of WAYE Talks and UN speaker on tech and the future has been sharing the advice through her social media accounts.

The Roe V Wade decision has prompted a growing number of women in America to swap period tracking apps to ones that claim to have stricter security.

Medical students at the University of Cambridge are using AR headsets to experience realistic procedures. The university has developed a new app with Los Angeles-based tech company GigXR which uses life-like holograms to train students through simulation.

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