Appeals court: Uber engineer can’t get help from the 5th Amendment
Anthony Levandowski, the embattled Uber engineer who has been accused of illegally downloading thousands of documents while he worked at Google, won’t be able to stop Uber from handing over documents...
View ArticleTeleSign, a Marina del Rey start-up crucial to integrity of popular apps,...
A Marina del Rey start-up crucial to the integrity and security of many of the world’s top smartphone apps agreed to be acquired Tuesday for $230 million in cash. TeleSign Corp.’s proposed acquisition...
View ArticleMizuho Financial Group Partners with Cognizant to Develop a Distributed...
This will provide Mizuho Financial Group and its customers with a framework to explore the use of distributed ledger technology to reduce fraud, delays and other business risks arising from costly...
View ArticleAT&T’s faux 5G network launches in Austin
You’ll need a Galaxy S8 to see the faster speeds. At last, 5G wireless is here… sort of. As promised, AT&T has launched its pre-standard 5G network, starting with certain parts of Austin. So long...
View ArticleVerizon’s $70 Gigabit internet plan misses both targets
It maxes out at 940Mbps and will probably cost you more than $70. Yesterday Verizon announced the launch of Fios Gigabit Connection, as “the nation’s largest deployment of gigabit Internet connection...
View ArticleGE Healthcare FlexFactory Selected for UBP’s Taiwan mAb Facility
United BioPharma (UBP) will use GE Healthcare’s FlexFactory™ manufacturing platform at its new facility in Taiwan’s Hsinchu Industrial Park, focusing on late-stage clinical and commercial production...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about 3D printing in dentistry
April 25, 2017– Want to print teeth for your patients? Dentists discussed how 3D printing is changing dentistry at the recent 3DHeals 2017 conference in San Francisco. Maybe printing teeth and dentures...
View ArticlePopular Antivirus Program Mistakenly IDs Windows as a Threat, Creating Chaos
An antivirus service used by tens of thousands of businesses and millions of home users shut down an untold number of computers around the world after it mistakenly identified core parts of Microsoft...
View ArticleFounding chief of pediatric surgery remembered for innovation, devotion
Eric Fonkalsrud would often invite students to his office to share a soda and popcorn while teaching them surgical procedures. Throughout his life, Fonkalsrud developed connections with students, and...
View ArticleFintech “unicorns” swell to 22, but Q1 fundraising drops
LONDON (IFR) – There are 22 financial technology “unicorns”, or startup companies now valued at US$1bn or more, that have an aggregate value of $77 billion, according to a report released on Wednesday....
View ArticleWhy China’s Drones Are Taking Off
Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos has made a career of being first in e-commerce. But in one critical area, he’s falling behind — thanks to Washington. While Bezos has been eager to deliver orders to...
View ArticleHealthcare battle may delay Title III bankruptcy for Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An adviser to Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello said on Wednesday the distressed U.S. territory would not necessarily file for bankruptcy if it failed to reach a debt...
View ArticlePalantir Settles Lawsuit Charging Hiring Bias Against Asians
WASHINGTON — The data analytics and security company Palantir Technologies Inc has agreed to pay nearly $1.7 million to resolve charges it discriminated against Asian applicants for engineering jobs at...
View ArticleDoes Your Bank Need an Innovation Lab?
American financial institutions had better be careful … mitigate risks and put power into the hands of consumers through technology innovations. “The eXellerator expedites the implementation of digital...
View ArticleNatWest Entices SMEs With Three-Minute Loan App
NatWest is looking to position itself in competition with the speedy alternative SME lenders through a new platform that will give small business borrowers a decision on their loan application in three...
View ArticleWB to continue alternative energy financing
WASHINGTON: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said on Thursday that the multilateral lender does not plan to change its stance on financing alternative energy projects and mitigating the effects...
View ArticleReclamation Seeks Information on Water Infrastructure Alternative Financing...
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Reclamation announced the release of a “Request for Information” seeking feedback on potential water resource projects for public-private partnerships (P3). They will also...
View ArticleIs Alternative Lending a Perishable FinTech Segment?
Read the full story here. Despite competitive propositions and momentary advantages that alternative lenders may have over incumbents, it is likely that banks will eventually drive this particular...
View ArticleSellers, lenders benefit from fast, strategic alternative to traditional real...
Real estate transactions don’t have to be prolonged, complex or unnecessarily costly. Instead, House Buyers KC takes a different approach to residential real estate, one that simplifies and expedites...
View ArticleSigns of a housing storm as alternative lenders slide
Canada’s smaller financial institutions, including regional players such as Laurentian Bank and Canadian Western Bank that lend to higher-risk home buyers, were hit with a storm this week that came out...
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