Fri.Sep 07, 2018

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Fighting Suicide With Software

L.A. Business Journal

Adolescent suicides – and preventing them –is in the crosshairs of a software firm.

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SpaceX Drawn Into Elon Musk's Cloud Of Marijuana As USAF Launches Inquiry

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It appears the puff of marijuana inhaled by Elon Musk last night on a podcast has drawn in Los Angeles-based SpaceX and one of its big customers--the U.S. Air Force--according to reports on Friday. Sources said that the U.S. Air Force has launched an inquiry into the highly public drug usage. Even though recreational and medicinal use of marijuana is legal in some states--including California--the U.S. prohibits the use of marijuana by a current U.S.

SpaceX 100
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Canter’s Scion Raises $9.5M for Delivery Software Firm

L.A. Business Journal

A member of the fourth-generation of the family that owns Canter’s Deli has raised $9.5 million in a series A round for a software system that was developed to manage to-go orders and deliveries at the famous Fairfax district eatery and now is marketed to other restaurants.

Software 100
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Elon Musk Smokes Weed On Podcast

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Elon Musk , the technology mogul behind Los Angeles-based SpaceX and The Boring Company --already under fire by investors at Tesla Motors for his recent inconsistent, public statements--boldly took a puff of marijuana on a YouTube broadcast on the Joe Rogan Experience on Thursday evening. The controversial move follows what has been a tumultuous time for Musk's public company, Tesla Motors, after a continuing controversey over Musk's public fued with one of the divers in the Thai soccer team res

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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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Silicon Beach Report Sept. 7: GumGum Gets Blue Jackets’ Biz

L.A. Business Journal

Hello Sunshine Expands Podcast Program; Scooters Granted Passage in Los Angeles; GumGum Signs Blue Jackets

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Quality Systems Becomes NextGen Healthcare

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Irvine-based Quality Systems announced early Friday morning that it has officially changed its name to NextGen Healthcare , and also wil change its current symbol on the Nasdaq from QSII to NXGN. The change will go into effect on September 10th. NextGen Healthcare, which develops electronic health records software, was previously a subsidiary of Quality Systems.

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GumGum Sports Wins NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets

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Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , the arm of GumGum which develops technology to measure the social media value of sponsorships for sports teams, says it has just signed the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets as a new customer. According to GumGumSports, they are in a multi-year partnership where the Blue Jackets will use its full valuation suite. Financial details of the win were not announced.

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Soon-Shiong’s Other Media Deal: Sale of Tronc

L.A. Business Journal

Patrick Soon-Shiong is in the thick of another blockbuster media buy

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NantWorks Invests In Daybreak Game Company

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based NantWorks , the investment arm of billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon Shiong, said on Thursday afternoon that it has made a strategic investment in San Diego-based multiplayer online games developer Daybreak Game Company. Size of the investment was not announced. As part of that investment, NantWorks said it has created a new joint venture called NantG Mobile , which will develop and publish mobile version of Daybreak's current games.

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Mobile World Congress Americas

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, September 13, 2018 --.

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Bio Roundup: A Gene Editing 1st, China Rises, Schenkein Steps Away

Xconomy

If you’re still recovering from a Labor Day hangover or busy searching for the identity of the anonymous writer of the anti-Trump op-ed for the New York Times, you may have missed a few biomedical firsts. This week brought the first sliver of human data from an in-body gene editing procedure, and the results were decidedly undecided (more on that below).