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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Fountain Valley-based computer gaming products maker HyperX , which is a division of Kingston Technology, said it has partnered with global e-sports entertainment firm Allied Esports , to obtain the naming rights for a new, e-sports areana based in Las Vegas at the Luxur Hotel & Casino. According to HyperX, the new arena will be called the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas , in an exclusive, multiyear naming rights partnership.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

SpaceX launches communications satellite; Sony bows out of E3 but Activision and Warner Bros. are in; Boring Co.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Hawthorne-based space launch provider SpaceX , led by technology mogul Elon Musk, has just been given permission to launch a massive, 7,518 satellites into space, designed to provide saturated broadband communications across the globe. The FCC said on Thursday that it would allow the new, SpaceX satellite constellation, on top of another 4,425 satellites it already had been given permission to deploy into space.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

As the rate of change continues to increase in business and technology, the more I’m convinced that marketing is the primary key to success for a new venture. Yet I find that many technical founders don’t feel they need it at all, or at best point to one person on the team who is marketing. I believe the real challenge is make your whole team a marketing machine.

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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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance has been acquired by BlackBerry , in a deal worth $1.4 billion in cash, BlackBerry announced this morning. Cylance, develops artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity software, which detects and reacts to cybersecurity threats. Cylance was co-founded and is led by Chairman and CEO Stuart McClure.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Thanksgiving is around the corner and this week delivered a bounty of deals that have a number of life science companies expressing their thanks a little early. One deal saw a company land a whopping $800 million upfront for a rights to a drug still in clinical testing. Another biotech landed a $98 million investment from its European partner. And a secretive, closely watched company that has already raised billions from partners and investors has laid the groundwork for an IPO that could become

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

It took me by complete surprise. Here I was thinking we were on the same page, that we were doing some good things together and, despite some challenges, we made a pretty good team. So, when one of my brightest early talent employees walked into my office to tell me he was leaving, I asked all of the usual questions, to which he replied: “No it’s not you, it’s me.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

San Diego-based VoxOx , a provider of cloud-based communications services, has been caught at the center of a massive breach of SMS messaging security , after security researchers discovered VoxOx had left open one of its servers--allowing the security researchers to see--in real time--millions of SMS messages between VoxOx customers and others. Those SMS messages included password reset links, two factor authentication codes, and other data, including one-time codes from Los Angeles companies l

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Connect, the longstanding nonprofit organization that runs one of San Diego’s best-known startup accelerator programs, said Thursday that Tega Therapeutics CEO Tim Scott will become chairman of its board of directors on Dec. 1. Scott has a long history with the organization. As part of the founding group that, in 1999, launched San Diego-based Internet startup Active.com (formerly RaceGate.com), he went through Connect’s accelerator program, Springboard.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Rancho Cordova-based Teledyne Microwave Solutions , one of the business units of Teledyne Defense Electronics Group and Teledyne Technologies, has received a $7.5M contract from the U.S. Navy, the company said Thursday. Teledyne Microwave Solutions said the $7,509,891 sole source contract came from the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP) in Philadelphia, PA.

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