socalTECH
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Irvine is getting its own fleet of self-driving, ride sharing vehicles, according to Hyundai , poowered by autonomous vehicle developers Pony.ai and Via. The new service, called BotRide , which offers up free ride-sharing for the community of Irvine, using a fleet of self-driving Hyundai KONA Electric SUVs. Hyundai said the service will run from November 4th through January 31, 2020, as a pilot.
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Bespoke Financial wants to provide cannabis businesses with the same kind of financial services that other businesses get, but that dispensaries and growers can’t yet access. The regulations around cannabis operations are so stringent at the local level — and so nebulous at the federal level — that national banks won’t give businesses in the cannabis industry the same basic services (like short-term loans).
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socalTECH
OCTOBER 25, 2019
San Diego-based Scientist.com , which operates an online marketplace for outsourced research, says it has expanded support to make sure that animal welfare is included in its outsourcing. The company said that the expansion ensures that any non-human animals involved in scientific research are handled ethically and humanely. The company said its due diligence process will "ensure that marketplace suppliers who provide in vivo services treat animals involved in scientific research in an ethical a
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 25, 2019
A look at SpaceX’s partnership with NASA and its goals for human spaceflight.
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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.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Irvine-based e-sports programming provider Allied Esports and Mexican television producer TV Azteca said this morning that the two have entered into an alliance, where Azteca Esports will broadcast the Gears 5 Pro League in Latin America. Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to the two, October 28, Azteca Esports will produce live, weekly coverage of the four-team Latin America region, including a live finale on November 25 at TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Tetra Tech scores $85 million contract with the U.K. Department for International Development.
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Xconomy
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Earlier this year, it seemed that companies testing Alzheimer’s disease treatments based on a long-held hypothesis as to its cause—brain deposits of a protein called beta amyloid—were giving up the ghost. Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB ) was among them. The drug maker had stopped testing of a drug developed to target amyloid plaque after a Phase 3 failure.
Xconomy
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Nearly one year after DNA sequencing machine maker Illumina announced plans to acquire smaller rival Pacific Biosciences , antitrust regulators in the UK say the merger could stifle competition in the region and reduce industry innovation. The Competition and Markets Authority has been eying the proposed $1.2 billion tie-up since April. The regulator’s in-depth review, which concluded this week, was launched in June—around the time Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN ) and PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB ) initia
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