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Ex-Xerox CTO Vandebroek Named Chief Operating Officer of IBM Research

Xconomy

When I last spoke to Sophie Vandebroek in December, it was for a kind of exit interview as she prepared to leave her longtime job as Xerox’s CTO and head of its worldwide research organization.

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Nathan Myhrvold: The Full Xconomy Voices Interview

Xconomy

The former Microsoft chief technology officer is now vice chairman of TerraPower , a Bellevue, WA-based spinout of Intellectual Ventures that aims to revive commercial nuclear energy.

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Qualcomm and AT&T Partner to Use Wireless Network for Drone Flights

Xconomy

After signaling that it plans to operate drones via cellular technologies, San Diego-based Qualcomm says today it is working with AT&T to use commercial wireless networks for test flights beyond an operator’s visual line of sight.

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San Diego’s KnuEdge, Stealthy Since 2005, Unveils Neural Tech

Xconomy

After operating in the shadows for the past 11 years, a San Diego neural technology company founded by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin is stepping into the light to introduce two commercial products intended to advance the frontier of human-machine interaction.

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Cybersecurity Startup MedCrypt Gets $750K to Defend Health Devices

Xconomy

MedCrypt, a healthtech cybersecurity startup founded near San Diego, has raised $750,000 in a seed financing round led by Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE ), a private equity fund in suburban Philadelphia that invests in healthcare, fintech, and digital media. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Arterys, GE Healthcare to Roll Out Next-Gen MRI Scans of Heart

Xconomy

The healthcare tools of the future often start as research projects in academic medical centers, but they may not break out into widespread clinical practice until some sort of logjam gives way to make them workable and affordable. Up until now, these scans have been used only at Stanford and nine other medical research centers.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” Dan Gould is the another founder of Chill and leads the technology team. Matt Miller – Co-Founder and CTO of CareerBliss.com. link] Keep A Breast.