Tech.Co
JULY 29, 2021
As the world slowlyachieves successful Covid vaccine rollouts, tech giants Netflix, Google, and Facebook are now seeking to keep their employees safe by imposing strict vaccine mandates within their US workplaces. Debate is raging across the US about the requirement for vaccines – not least on Facebook itself – but the tech trendsetters are insisting that their own staff are fully vaccinated before returning to work.
Berkonomics
JULY 29, 2021
This is a trick headline. . There can be three “whys” or twenty, depending upon the issue and the responses. To make the point, the word “why” has to be one of the more powerful words in your vocabulary. Asking the question forces the other person to think beyond the usual “what” that generated your first “why.”. It sure is a way to get to the bottom of an issue. .
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socalTECH
JULY 29, 2021
San Diego-based marketing software developer SOCi annoucned on Thursday that it has acquired Brandify, a provider of location-based digital marketing. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. According to SOCi, the deal will add additional functionality to its platform. SOCi is led by CEO Afif Khoury, and is backed by JMI Equity. The company recently raised $80 From JMI Equity.
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socalTECH
JULY 29, 2021
Long Beach-based Rocket Lab has successfully launched a military satellite back into space, on a quick recovery from a failed mission in May. The launch--for the U.S. Space Force--launched at 6pm NZ time from New Zealand. The satellite, called "Monolith", is an experiment designed to see if a large, deployable sensor which is a "substantial fraction of the total mass of the spacecraft" can be used to maintain spacecraft attitude control.
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2021
Santa Monica-based mindfulness and meditation app developer Headspace said on Wednesday thati thas named Krithika Swaminathan as its new Chief Technology Officer. Swaminathan was most recently Vice President for Artificial Intelligence at Intuit. She also previously served as Vice President of Platform Engineering for the Consumer Group (TurboTax, Turbo, Mint), and Vice President for Site Reliability, Security and Quality Engineering for Intuit Platform.
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socalTECH
JULY 29, 2021
Playa Del Rey-based gaming studio That's No Moon Entertainment--created by game designers from Sony, Naughty Dog, and Activision--has raised $100M in an investment round, the company said this week. The funding came from Smilegate, a South Korean gaming company knokwn for the title "CROSSFIRE". The founders of the company include Taylor Kurosaki and Jacob Minhoff, both of whom have served at Infinity Ward and Naughty Dog.
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2021
Westlake Village-based warehouse robot developer inVia Robotics, which is led by Lior Elazary, says that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Microsoft's venture capital fund, M12, as well as Qualcomm Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Hitachi, Ltd., and prior investors Point 72, Upfront, and Embark.
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