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Jun 18, 2019
Facebook Introduces New “Libra” Digital Currency With Landmark White Paper
Posted by Fyodor Rouge in categories: business, cryptocurrencies
Fox Business adds:
Facebook’s new cryptocurrency platform could provide the embattled social media giant with a new revenue stream of historic proportions as it contends with a possible federal antitrust probe and continued scrutiny over its data privacy practices.
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Jun 17, 2019
Ending Age-Related Diseases Conference – June Update
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, business, life extension
We are drawing close now to the Ending Age-Related Diseases Conference in New York City, so with less than a month before the big day, today is the ideal time to have a look at what has been happening.
Tickets are priced at only $500 and include access to two action-packed days of aging research and biotech business discussion. There will be talks covering the latest research progress along with talks involving the business and investment side of the industry, and this conference will feature a total of 34 leading experts in the field of rejuvenation biotechnology.
Refreshments and lunch are provided on site for your enjoyment during both days of the conference, and a conference program is available here.
Jun 15, 2019
Technology and Human Potential with Nichol Bradford
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: business, employment, ethics, robotics/AI, singularity
Nichol Bradford, MBA, is the CEO & Founder of the Willow Group and the Executive Director and co-founder of the Transformative Technology Lab, Conference, and TT200 List. Prior to becoming a leader in Transformative Technology, Bradford was a senior executive in video games with responsibility for strategy, operations and marketing for major brands that include: Activision Blizzard, Disney, and Vivendi Games — including operating World of Warcraft China. Nichol is a graduate of Singularity University GSP15, has an MBA from Wharton School of Business in Strategy. She is author of a novel, The Sisterhood.
Here she describes developments in the emerging industry of transformative technology. She points out that, in the next 25 years, enormous numbers of jobs will be displaced by automation. This challenge, and others, make it essential that people large numbers of people actualize more of their innate potential. Technology can assist in this process — particularly when it is scalable and can be afforded by the millions. She emphasizes a variety of technological advances while emphasizing the importance of ethics, privacy, and data sovereignty.
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Jun 15, 2019
First Human Clinical Trial Results on the Anti-Aging Compound, Urolithin A, PUblished
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, business, life extension
LAUSANNE, Switzerland—(BUSINESS WIRE).
Breakthrough translational science of dietary supplementation with Urolithin A, a pomegranate metabolite, on mitochondrial and cellular health in humans published in the journal Nature Metabolism
Amazentis, an innovative life sciences company pioneering scientific breakthroughs in nutrition to manage health conditions linked to aging, announced today a collaborative publication in Nature Metabolism with scientists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) demonstrating the Company’s lead product, Urolithin A (UA), is safe, bioavailable and improves mitochondrial and cellular health in humans.
Jun 13, 2019
SpaceX Returns To Business As Usual With Launch Of Canadian Satellites
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: business, satellites
SpaceX has successfully launched a rocket carrying three Canadian satellites into orbit, the company’s seventh launch of the year.
At 7.17 A.M. Pacific time today, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. About eight minutes after launch, the first stage of the booster touched down at the company’s Landing Zone 4 near the launch site – only the second ever landing here.
This was also the second time this booster had launched, having gone to space previously on the historic first uncrewed demonstration mission of the Crew Dragon spacecraft in March this year. That mission launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, whereas this was SpaceX’s 15th ever launch from Vandenberg of their 79 total launches.
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Jun 13, 2019
Former Blue Origin and SNC executive joins Vector
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: business, finance, space travel
Updated 5 p.m. Eastern with corrected quote provided by the company in final paragraph.
WASHINGTON — Small launch vehicle Vector has hired a new chief financial officer who previously held similar positions at Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada Corporation.
Vector announced June 12 Stephanie Koster as its new CFO, leading the company’s finance and business operations. Koster joined the company in March, according to her LinkedIn profile.
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Jun 13, 2019
Amazon conference showcases robots and social uses of artificial intelligence
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: business, drones, employment, health, robotics/AI, space travel
Thousands of tech fans descended on the Mojave desert for the conference, a public offshoot of Amazon Chairman Jeff Bezos’ previous invitation-only MARS conferences (the acronym stands for “Machine Learning, Robotics, Automation and Space”).
It resembled a tech summer camp, replete with offerings of cutting-edge technology demos, talks and social events.
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Jun 12, 2019
AI, Immunology, and Healthcare — Professor Shai Shen-Orr PhD., Associate Professor at Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, and Founder and Chief Scientist CytoReason — ideaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, big data, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, disruptive technology, DNA, genetics, health, life extension
Jun 10, 2019
How a United Technologies-Raytheon tie-up could make a ‘monster supplier’ and reshape the industry
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: business, energy, military
The combined company, with big footprints in both the fast-growing commercial aerospace business and an increase in military spending, may be emboldened to push back on big customers like Boeing, Airbus and Lockheed Martin in terms of pricing, aftermarket work and intellectual property.
United Technologies has struck a deal to combine its booming aerospace business with defense contractor Raytheon, a surprise twist capable of rattling customers and competitors alike.
The deal would create a giant, one-stop shop with products that range from Tomahawk missiles and radar systems to jet engines that power passenger planes and the seats that fill them.
