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MARCH 25, 2019

Fountain Valley-based videogame accessory maker HyperX , which is part of Kingston Technology, says it has launched a new microphone specifically aimed at streaming and audio recording. The company--which focuses on gamers--said the HyperX QuadCast microphone includes four polar pattern choices, a gain control, pop filter, and other features. The new microphone costs $139.99, and is targeted at gamers using PC, PlayStation 4, and Mac platforms.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 -- Impact of New immigration policies and regulations. Tech San Diego. Don't forget to register for an interactive discussion with Karine Wenger, Partner of Fragomen, who will highlight the critical role HR professionals play in managing expectations in this fluid immigration climate. Karine Wenger will highlight how new policies and regulations are effecting how companies access high tech talent.

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MARCH 25, 2019

A group of Los Angeles area Uber and Lyft drivers have gone on strike , protesting a 25 percent cut in pay rates in Los Angeles. According to the group Rideshare Drivers United , Uber recently implemented a 25 percent wage cut to its drivers here. The group is now seeking a guaranteed, $28 per hour minimum rate for drivers. Rideshare Drivers United had called for a 25 hour strike, from midnight at 3/25 until 1 am 3/26.

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MARCH 25, 2019

A program launched last year by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation to invest in promising biotech discoveries made on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will also work with the La Jolla, CA-based Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, the organizations said recently. The partnership is part of a broader movement to accelerate the “bench to bedside” process by better integrating those in academia, government, and industry in the hopes of more rapidly pushing ahead pharm

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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based Tripalink , a developer of Chinese co-living communities, said it has raised $5M in a "Series A+" funding round, led by Calin SJG Fund, along with K2VC, eBroker, and Tekton Ventures. According to Tripalink, it is developing co-living communities across the U.S., marketed to Chinese millennials; the company said it has communities in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Seattle, with plans to enter Austin and Philadelphia later this year.

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MARCH 25, 2019

CyberX, an industrial “Internet-of-things” security startup, has raised $18 million in a funding round led by the venture arm of chip-maker Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ) and Inven Capital, a cleantech and new energy fund based in Prague, the Czech Republic. Waltham, MA-based CyberX says it has seen rapid sales growth, which it attributes to boards of directors at companies acknowledging the business risks of an increasingly Internet-connected enterprise that can make operations—from

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2019

Image via Pixabay One of the things I have learned the hard way over my years in business, and in advising others, is that it takes more than passion, creativity, and hard work to start and grow a business. A key skill that many of you don’t appreciate is the ability to effectively manage the negotiations that come with every business. The results are lost opportunity, poor contracts, or a failed business.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Irvine-based Zadara Storage , which develops managed, enterprise storage services, has named Roland Serna as its new Vice President of Channel Sales and Alliances, the company said Monday morning. According to Zadara, Serna was most recently at VMware, and also has served at such companies as CNET, PCM, Buy.com, and NETGEAR. Zadara Storage said that Serna has more than 27 years of experience in the IT industry.

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Xconomy

MARCH 25, 2019

Celgene said Monday it has again sent the FDA an application for approval of ozanimod, an experimental multiple sclerosis drug it added to its pipeline in 2015 as part of its $7.2 billion acquisition of San Diego’s Receptos. Just over a year ago, the FDA refused to review Celgene’s application for ozanimod , citing a lack of sufficient information in the submission.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based Scoobeez , a new startup offering up on-demand, door-to-door logistics and delivery services, says it is expanding its services across Los Angeles. According to the startup, it is expanding into four key locations in Los Angeles. The company did not say what those locations are, but says it is now offering up last-mile delivery logistics aimed at everything for global businesses to small mom-and-pop restaurants.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab , a developer of rockets used for sending small satellites into orbit, delayed a launch on Sunday which had been intended to send a DARPA payload into orbit. The startup, which has already been successfully sending satellites into space from a launchpad in New Zealand, said that it delayed the flight due to a non-flight related issue with a video transmitter.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based Faraday Future and Chinese gaming products maker The9 Limited annoucned this morning that the two companies will enter into a new, joint venture, which will produce electric cars for sale in China. According to the two, The9 will contribute up to $600M to the new joint venture, with Faraday Future providing rights to a piece of land located in China for manufacturing its electric vehicles, and exclusive license to manufacture, market, distribute and sell Faraday Future's new br

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