Proceeds to fund the development of AXT107 for the treatment of retinal diseases through phase 1 / 2a clinical studies Series A funding led by the Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund BALTIMORE – (BUSINESS WIRE) – June 24, 2020 – AsclepiX Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that uses computer biology to …
Read More »Mozilla's VPN starts from beta on Windows and Android
Mozilla's VPN service has officially launched and is now available for Windows and Android The company announced today in six countries worldwide, including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The service is available for $ 4.99 a month and, like other VPNs, was designed to make browsing the …
Read More »TuSimple finds a partner who helps him build a fleet of robotic tractor units
U.S. truck maker Navistar is partnering with TuSimple, a leading autonomous vehicle startup, to build a self-driving semitrailer that can be operated on highways and local roads without a human driver. As part of the deal, Navistar acquired a minority stake in TuSimple – although neither company would disclose the …
Read More »Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, publishes the customer's racist message and calls him a "customer I like to lose".
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) As part of its praised Leadership principlesAmazon likes to say that it starts with the customer and works backwards to shape its business and products. Jeff Bezos realizes that the mantra has its limits. "Dave, you are the kind of …
Read More »Cyclica raises $ 23 million to accelerate AI discovery
Cyclica, a biotechnology company that uses AI to accelerate drug discovery, today announced it has raised $ 23 million. The proceeds will be used, according to CEO Naheed Kurji, to advance his platforms and strengthen his business plans, including expanding a pipeline of pre-clinical and clinical assets and tracking segments …
Read More »Manny Vellon, 1960-2020: The towering figure in Seattle technology was an engineer at heart
Manny Vellon on a motorcycle tour of Iceland on his 60th birthday. (Photo courtesy of Barry Crist) Manny Vellon was a software developer and founder of a startup in Seattle that was known among colleagues and customers for his ability to find simple solutions to complex problems. His technology career …
Read More »New details and images of SpaceX's Starlink user antennas and planned beta tests will be released
New pictures found in the code The SpaceX Starlink website shows the official appearance of the company's future user satellite terminals – the antennas that customers use to use the massive satellite-to-space satellite constellation that SpaceX is creating. The white disc-shaped device actually looks like a “UFO on a stick”, …
Read More »WhatsApp's new payment system remains in Brazil
(Reuters) – The Brazilian central bank has effectively suspended a newly introduced system that allows Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service to send money via chat, instructing Visa and Mastercard to stop payments and transfers through the system. The central bank said in a statement that the introduction of the service without …
Read More »Cox launches low-latency Elite Gamer Internet
The telecommunications provider Cox Communications launches Elite Gamer, a service that improves the connection between game servers and players via its Internet network by up to 32%. The service does not actually offer a larger internet bandwidth, measured in download speeds of megabits per second. Rather, it improves response time …
Read More »When Seattle is named "Library of the Year," chief librarian Marcellus Turner sees a key role in technology in pandemics
Marcellus Turner, executive director and primary librarian of the Seattle Public Library. (Seattle Public Library Photo) After this Seattle Public Library was called 2020 Gale / Library Journal Library of the Year This week, executive director and chief librarian Marcellus Turner was thrilled to discuss everything that contributed to the …
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