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MARCH 31, 2020

Long Beach-based space launch company Virgin Orbit has temporarily shifted its attention from developing rockets and its satellite launch systems, and applied its engineering skills to developing a new ventilator, designed to help in the battle against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. According to Virgin Orbit, it has developed a new, new mass-producible bridge ventilator, working with the Bridge Ventilator Consortium (BVC), led by the University of California Irvine (UCI) and the University o

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MARCH 31, 2020

Cameron Hewitt’s family celebrates the anniversary of her life not once, but twice yearly: Besides her September birthday, they commemorate a day in March—the anniversary of two-year-old Cameron receiving the gene therapy that gave her a new shot at life. Cameron was born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder that leads to the progressive loss of muscle function.

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MARCH 31, 2020

San Diego-based AristaMD , a developer of telehealth software, which allows primary care providers to conduct and document electronic medical consultations, has raised $18M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Cigna Ventures and MemorialCare Innovation Fund (MCIF), and also included Avalon Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund and Stanford Health Care.

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MARCH 31, 2020

Irvine-based HireRight , which provides employment background checks, drug testing, education verification, and other services, says it has added new social media screening, via a partnership with Fama Technologies. Financial details of the deal were not announced. HireRight said the partnership will help companies analyze a andidate or current employee's digital footprint through their publicly available online data, with the goal of identifying any potential risks posed to the organization, wh

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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 31, 2020

The Overwatch League , the e-sports league run by Blizzard Entertainment based on its popular game, has decided to shift to an entirely online format , in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The move--not a surprise--will move all of the League's events from weeks 14-27 to a "fully online" competition and broadcast format. The League said it will make a decision later about playoffs and its Grand Finals.

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MARCH 31, 2020

Santa Monica-based Aparavi , a provider of software used for data search and automation, says it has named Matt Carpenter as its Vice President of Platform Success. Aparavi said that Carpenter will head up teams that include solution architecture, support, QA, platform integrations, operations, and partnerships. Carpenter previously had been at Veeam for 11 years, where Aparavi said he was one of the original solution engineers, and was in charge of expanding that company's partner ecosystem, le

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