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Tracing the ARPANET Roots of the Internet’s Cybersecurity Crisis

Xconomy

Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future. ] [ Editor’s note: This is part of a series examining the internet’s first 50 years and predicting the next half century. The internet nearly came with built-in caller ID.

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Special Report 2069: Predicting the Internet’s Next 50 Years

Xconomy

Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future. Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future. Because if we could, we’d all be bankrupt.

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Arena’s Comeback Continues with $800M Deal for Blood Disease Drug

Xconomy

Arena Pharmaceuticals continued its comeback Thursday, netting a whopping $800 million up front in a deal that hands United Therapeutics another experimental drug for the rare blood disorder pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). [ Updated, 11/15/18, 2:06 p.m. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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U.K. Slaps Maximum Fine of $645,000 on Facebook for Privacy Violations

Xconomy

The company’s net income in the second quarter alone was more than $5 billion. The purpose of the U.K.’s s enforcement actions is to change the behavior of organizations that mishandle the sensitive private information of individuals, but the fine announced Thursday represents a minuscule fraction of Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB ) earnings.

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With New Program, DARPA To Encourage Safety “Brakes” For Gene Editing

Xconomy

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—a famed military R&D group—wants to finance safety measures for the new gene-editing age. ” Some academic researchers and biotech firms are building safety nets into other cutting-edge therapies. “We need new safety measures that don’t slow us down. .

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Mark Suster’s Advice To Emerging Entrepreneurs – “Do Not Do, As I Have Done”

InfoChachkie

Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of the most widely read startup blogs, BothSidesOfTheTable. There is nothing wrong with researching an idea yourself, getting it started yourself, validating the idea yourself and then asking people to join you.” I started with three. Make sure it is somebody you know really well.

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LabCorp Boosts Prenatal Testing Presence with $371M Sequenom Deal

Xconomy

LabCorp will also assume net debt of San Diego-based Sequenom (NASDAQ: SQNM ), bringing the value of the cash deal to approximately $371 million. In 2011, state incentives lured the company to Research Triangle Park, where it built a $19 million lab to bolster its molecular diagnostics business. LabCorp reported $8.5 million.