12/29/2020 |
23andMe raises $82.5 million in new funding |
TechCrunch |
Darrell Etherington @etherington / 1 day DNA testing technology company 23andMe has raised just shy of $82.5 million in new funding , from an offering of $85 million in total equity shares, according to a new SEC filing. The funding, confirmed by the Wall Street Journal , comes from investors including Sequoia Capital and NewView Capital. It brings the total raised by 23andMe to date to over $850 million.There’s no specific ... |
12/22/2020 |
Peloton to acquire fitness equipment maker Precor in $420M bid to grow commercial business |
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Darrell Etherington @etherington / 2 weeks Peloton has announced that it intends to acquire Precor, one of the world’s largest suppliers of commercial fitness equipment. You probably recognize the Precor brand name if you’ve ever spent time in a hotel or standalone commercial gym, which is exactly why Peloton making this purchase makes a ton of sense at this particular time for the hot home-workout brand.The Precor ... |
12/17/2020 |
NASA's Kathy Lueders discusses the Artemis Moon landing 2024 target and team selection |
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Darrell Etherington @etherington / 1 week NASA’s head of human spaceflight Kathy Lueders joined us on stage at TechCrunch Sessions: Space, where she spoke to scientist and Netflix host Emily Calandrelli about her work at the agency — including NASA’s progress on the Artemis program and the return of American astronauts to the surface of the moon.The 2024 target for NASA’s first Artemis moon landing has been ... |
12/17/2020 |
NASA's Kathy Lueders discusses the Artemis moon landing 2024 target and team selection |
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Darrell Etherington @etherington / 2 weeks NASA’s head of human spaceflight Kathy Lueders joined us on stage at TechCrunch Sessions: Space, where she spoke to scientist and Netflix host Emily Calandrelli about her work at the agency — including NASA’s progress on the Artemis program and the return of American astronauts to the surface of the moon.The 2024 target for NASA’s first Artemis moon landing has been ... |
12/12/2020 |
FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, distribution to begin within days |
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Darrell Etherington @etherington / 3 days The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, the New York Times first reported on Friday night, and later supported by The Wall Street Journal . This EUA follows a recommendation by an independent panel of experts commissioned by the FDA to review Pfizer’s application and provide ... |
12/12/2020 |
FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, distribution to begin within days |
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FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, distribution to begin within days By Darrell Etherington LikeThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, the New York Times first reported on Friday night, and later supported by The Wall Street Journal . This EUA follows a recommendation by an ... |
12/12/2020 |
FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, distribution to begin within days |
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By Darrell Etherington The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, the New York Times first reported on Friday night, and later supported by The Wall Street Journal . This EUA follows a recommendation by an independent panel of experts commissioned by the FDA to review Pfizer’s application and provide a recommendation ... |
12/8/2020 |
Apple Fitness+ launches on December 14 |
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Darrell Etherington @etherington / 3 days Apple is launching its subscription fitness service, which is built mainly to complement Apple Watch, on December 14. Apple Fitness+ was first announced at Apple’s iPhone event in September, and will offer guided workouts on iPhone iPad and Apple TV, with live personal metrics delivered by the Apple Watch’s health metrics monitoring.The fitness offering will cover 10 workout types at launch, including ... |
11/20/2020 |
Pfizer and BioNTech to submit request for emergency use approval of their COVID-19 vaccine today |
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Darrell Etherington November 20, 2020, 3:44 PM · 2 min read NEW YORK, USA - NOVEMBER 19: A syringe is seen by the logo of Pfizer's headquarter in Manhattan, New York City, United States on November 19, 2020. According the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday that new Pfizer results for COVID-19 vaccine is safe and 95% effective. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Two of the companies behind ... |
11/20/2020 |
Pfizer and BioNTech to submit request for emergency use approval of their COVID-19 vaccine today |
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TechCrunch Pfizer and BioNTech to submit request for emergency use approval of their COVID-19 vaccine today Read full articleDarrell Etherington November 20, 2020, 1:44 PM · 2 min read NEW YORK, USA - NOVEMBER 19: A syringe is seen by the logo of Pfizer's headquarter in Manhattan, New York City, United States on November 19, 2020. According the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday that new Pfizer results for COVID-19 ... |
11/10/2020 |
Carbon Health raises $100 million with plans to expand pop-up clinics ahead of COVID-19 vaccination programs |
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Darrell Etherington @etherington / 1 day Carbon Health has raised a $100 million Series C funding round, led by Dragoneer Investment Group and including participation from prior investors Brookfield Technology Partners, DCVC and Builders VC. This funding will be used to help the SF-based healthcare provider startup continue to expand its nationwide footprint, including with the opening of 100 pop-up clinics planned for 20 markets across the U.S.This ... |
11/2/2020 |
Alphabet's X details Project Amber, a quest for a single biomarker for depression that fell short of its goal |
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Alphabet’s X details Project Amber, a quest for a single biomarker for depression that fell short of its goal Darrell Etherington @etherington / 1 day Alphabet’s X (the Google-owner’s so-called “Moonshot Factory”) published a new blog post today about Project Amber, a project it’s been working on over the past three years — the results of which it’s now making available open source ... |
10/30/2020 |
Under Armour to sell MyFitnessPal for $345 million, after acquiring it in 2015 for $475 million |
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Darrell Etherington @etherington / 1 week Global fitness giant Under Armour announced this morning that it will be selling MyFitnessPal to investment firm Francisco Partners for $345 million, five and a half years after acquiring it for $475 million. The company also announced that it will be winding down the Endomondo platform which it also acquired at the same time for $85 million.In a press release announcing the news, Under ... |
10/13/2020 |
Should you replace your developer portal with a hybrid integration platform? |
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Should you replace your developer portal with a hybrid integration platform? by admin October 13, 2020 at 6:14 pm 0 Comment n”,”protected”:false),”excerpt”:”rendered”:”Apple’s big iPhone event is finally here u2013 virtually, which is to be expected these days. This is already the second virtual event Apple has hosted this fall, following one in September at which it revealed the Apple Watch Series 6 and a new ... |
10/6/2020 |
Six favorite Techstars startups ahead of its next rush of demo days |
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Six favorite Techstars startups ahead of its next rush of demo days by admin October 5, 2020 at 9:28 pm 0 Comment n”,”protected”:false),”excerpt”:”rendered”:”Gaming peripheral expert Corsair has released a new Thunderbolt 3 docking station that boasts a number of useful ports, paired with aesthetics that should fit in perfectly with any of Apple’s Space Gray hardware kit. The TBT100 dock offers plenty of expandability for ... |