NASA is helping the medical community address the shortage of ventilators needed to treat coronavirus patients with a ventilator prototype. Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the emergency use of a new high-pressure ventilator developed by NASA engineers to […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded a $1.6M contract that will advance unmanned traffic management (UTM) at the New York (NY) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site. CAL Analytics will lead a team of five commercial companies in the […]
Yesterday, we wrote about Elon Musk after Tesla CEO pushed for reopening the country and put an end to lockdowns, demands we “Free America.” Now, Musk is doubling down calling stay-at-home orders “fascist.” “I think that people are going to be […]
Just as people are preparing to go back to work after the coronavirus lockdowns are lifted, Xenex announced it has built a robot that uses UV light to disinfect surfaces that have coronavirus on them. The robot is not a cure for […]
Yesterday, we told you about the good news from Gilead about the promising drug called Remdesivir. The company announced that early trial results of remdesivir show improvement with shorter drug treatment. Today, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, part of the […]
Over one third of produce never reaches the consumer, creating massive loss and cost. Of the produce that does reach the consumer, much of it is not of the quality or ripeness that consumers want. Enter Strella Biotech, a Philadelphia, PA-based early stage […]
Contrary to many online rumors, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the head of the U.S. intelligence community (IC), said coronavirus is Not manmade or genetically modified. However, the IC also said they “will continue to rigorously examine emerging […]
Last week, we wrote about Verizon after the wireless giant bought Zoom rival BlueJeans Network for around $500 million. Now, Facebook is trying to cash in on the growing adoption of video conferencing app. Last week, Facebook announced the launch of […]
Microsoft crushes quarterly earnings as the tech giant reported a $35 billion in revenue for the quarter. Microsoft also beat analysts’ estimate. The company said in a statement that the coronavirus “had minimal net impact on the total company revenue” in the […]
Ride-hailing company Lyft is laying off about 17% of its total workforce due to coronavirus. In a filing with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, the Uber rival said that it planned to lay off “approximately 982 employees,” or […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is joining millions of Americans asking the government to lift the lockdown and lift restrictions. Musk is calling for coronavirus lockdowns to be eased and America to be re-opened, asserting, “give people their freedom back!” Musk urges […]
Niche, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based edtech statup and a school search platform connecting people to the perfect K-12 school or college, today announced it has raised $35 million in Series C funding to advance the platform as the leading destination for users to […]
Last week, we wrote about Fastly after the cloud provider released a report on internet performance per U.S. states and a few regions. Today, the company has come out with new revelation. Fastly announced a February to April 2020 analysis of internet performance within […]
This is a guest post by Randy Altschuler, Chief Executive Officer at Xometry, the largest marketplace for On-Demand manufacturing, connecting customers with optimal manufacturing solutions through proprietary AI algorithms. With various shelter-in-place ordinances entering their second month, Americans are naturally eager […]
Smart contact lenses, essentially flexible displays packed with augmented reality tech, are an obvious way to explore virtual and augmented reality (AR), and camera technologies. Mojo Vision is an invisible computing startup company that’s already looking beyond that form factor […]
Leading cybersecurity firms unite to provide free support to the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 crisis by joining C5 Capital’s international Cyber Defense Alliance. Today, a number of leading cybersecurity experts have joined C5 Capital’s Cyber Alliance to Defend our Healthcare, […]
Last week, we told you about the disappointing news of the promising Ebola drug remdesivir after Financial Times reported the drug did not improve patients’ condition or reduce the coronavirus pathogen in their bloodstream. The paper cited documents accidentally published […]
LabVantage Solutions, a Somerset, New Jersey-based provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services, today announced the availability of its new purpose-built COVID-19 laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution. The new solution is designed to jump-start the ability of laboratories everywhere to […]
We wrote about DivvyCloud back in February after the cloud security startup published its findings on data breaches. Today, Rapid7, a provider of security analytics and automation, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the company. Under the […]
According to World Health Organization (WHO), depression is the number one cause of disability worldwide. As the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates, telehealth services to treat mental health conditions remotely, including Flow Neuroscience, may become widespread, as part of social distancing efforts. […]
