Even Amazon can’t quite figure out what Astro is for

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Even Amazon can’t quite figure out what Astro is forAmazon’s cute little Astro robot has been scurrying its way around my apartment for the past few weeks. It has no arms to scratch its own head in confusion, but I am willing to do that for him. As part of Amazon’s Day 1 Editions program, […]

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Mobility marketplaces and brake repair on TechCrunch Live

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Mobility marketplaces and brake repair on TechCrunch LiveWalker Drewett founded NuBrakes in May 2019. According to Mike Ghaffary, GP at Canvas Ventures, Drewett is building a high-growth business powered by a marketplace model, which is why Ghaffary led the company’s Series A. The product is simple: On-demand vehicle brake repair services. Join this episode to […]

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Hyundai to open $6.5B EV factory in Georgia

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Hyundai to open $6.5B EV factory in GeorgiaHyundai is the latest automaker to announce plans to open an EV factory in Georgia, the same state where Rivian is preparing to break ground on its controversial plant. Hyundai’s $6.5 billion EV and battery manufacturing facility outside of Savannah will further the state’s goal of becoming a […]

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Indian launch startup Skyroot successfully completes full-duration stage test

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Indian launch startup Skyroot successfully completes full-duration stage test Skyroot, the first private Indian company to design, build and test a solid rocket propulsion stage, has reached another key milestone in the development of its Vikram-I launch vehicle: a full-duration test of the rocket’s third stage. The third stage, dubbed Kalam-100 in homage to Indian […]

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Digital biomarkers are healthcare’s next frontier

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Digital biomarkers are healthcare’s next frontier Sunny Kumar Contributor Share on Twitter Sunny Kumar, MD, MBA is a partner at GSR Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on healthcare technology with more than $3.5 billion under management. Blood pressure, body temperature, hemoglobin A1c levels and other biomarkers have been used for decades to track […]

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A third straight week of tech layoffs in the books

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A third straight week of tech layoffs in the booksYou thought the market was bad for venture capitalists, but what about the actual workers behind the tech companies they’ve backed? Reluctantly, we’re writing a tech layoffs roundup for the third week in a row, because once again, there have been reductions across stages and sectors. […]

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Potent cross-reactive antibodies following Omicron breakthrough in vaccinees

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Potent cross-reactive antibodies following Omicron breakthrough in vaccineesHighly transmissible Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 currently dominate globally. Here, we compare neutralization of Omicron BA.1, BA.1.1 and BA.2. BA.2 RBD has slightly higher ACE2 affinity than BA.1 and slightly reduced neutralization by vaccine serum, possibly associated with its increased transmissibility. Neutralization differences between sub-lineages for mAbs (including […]

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