Lifeboat Foundation

Circa 2019

Technology has long been helping to hack world hunger. These days most conversations about tech’s impact on any sector of the economy inevitably involves artificial intelligence—sophisticated software that allows machines to make decisions and even predictions in ways similar to humans. Food waste tech is no different.

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But the lab that produced it says the vaccine won’t be ready for human use for at least a year.

Scientists say lab-grown virus is ‘game changer’ in fight against illness.

Circa 2016

Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced an ambitious project—to “invest in basic science research with the goal of curing disease.” The couple started by donating $3 billion over 10 years in this initiative, which target four major groups of illnesses: cancer, infectious diseases, as well as heart and neurological diseases.

Update January 29th, 10:10AM ET: SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket on time this morning, deploying all 60 satellites into orbit. The rocket also performed another landing on the company’s drone ship in the Atlantic after launch. While SpaceX did catch one half of the rocket’s fairing, the other half just missed its boat.

Original story: A week after performing a crucial test flight for NASA, SpaceX is poised to launch yet another Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. This mission is tasked with sending up the latest batch of internet-beaming satellites for SpaceX, adding on to the roughly 180 satellites the company already has in orbit.

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AbCellera is mobilizing its pandemic response platform based on its rapid antibody discovery technology to respond to the 2019-nCoV outbreak.

AWS’ and Microsoft’s role at center stage of the JEDI contract saga says a lot about the future of Google Cloud Platform and the multicloud model.

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A waltz for Ballie. Here’s how Ballie improves the quality of your “me time” and takes care of your loved ones and your home.

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