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Looking for a job selling weed? EpicHint pitches training for cannabis dispensary ‘budtenders’
Adriana Herrera first came up with the idea for EpicHint, a training and staffing service for cannabis dispensaries, while she was surfing off the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. Decompressing after the diss
Mars Curiosity Rover finds evidence of an ancient oasis on Mars
On its latest trek through the Gale Crater on Mars, the Curiosity Rover has discovered evidence that’s leading scientists to believe there was an oasis at the base of that 150-kilometer-wide cra
PayPal is the first company to drop out of the Facebook-led Libra Association
PayPal has become the first company to walk away officially from Facebook’s Libra, a cryptocurrency and related association that it announced earlier this year with a chain of nearly 30 big nam
Amid mounting concerns around vaping cannabis, entrepreneurs say regulators need to step up
As concerns over the safety of vaping products for cannabis sweeps across the country, executives in the industry are passing the buck to regulators to come up with a solution. The need for national r
Startups ‘are staying private way too long’ says Salesforce founder Marc Benioff
“What public markets do is indeed the great reckoning. But it cleanses [a] company of all of the bad stuff that they have.” That’s Salesforce founder and chief executive officer Marc
The lack of cybersecurity talent is ‘a national security threat,’ says DHS official
One of the most senior officials tasked with protecting U.S. critical infrastructure says that the lack of security professionals in the U.S. is one of the leading threats to national cybersecurity. S
Blue Origin’s passengers will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a ticket on New Shepard
After committing to having a first crewed launch of its rocket ship in 2019, Blue Origin, the rocket manufacturer and launch services company backed by Jeff Bezos, is likely going to have to push that
Coding training and outsourcing service Catalyte launches a toolkit for corporate ‘up-skilling’
Catalyte, the Baltimore-based coding training and placement service, has launched a new software service designed to take its machine learning-based skills-assessment and training program to companies
Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $140 million for its 3-D printed rockets
With $140 million in new financing, Relativity Space is now one step closer to fulfilling its founders’ vision of making the first rockets on Mars. Tagging along for the ride are a motley assort
Upstart banking company Dave is now worth $1 billion, as Norwest puts in $50 million
Two years after the Los Angeles-based fintech startup Dave launched with a suite of money management tools to save consumers from overdraft fees, the company is now worth $1 billion thanks to a nascen
McDonald’s starts selling its Beyond Meat-based “P.L.T.” sandwich in Canada
McDonald’s first foray into the plant-based protein patty market in North America is launching today in Canada. The company’s “P.L.T.” (plant, lettuce, and tomato) sandwich, wh
To curb lobbying power, Elizabeth Warren wants to reinstate the Office of Technology Assessment
In a move to correct the imbalance of power between technologically sophisticated corporations and the lawmakers who regulate them, presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing that Co
GoodRx is coming for subscription prescription services with the launch of GoodRx Care
Several months after discreetly acquiring the online prescription service HeyDoctor, GoodRx is launching a new service based on the acquisition, GoodRx Care, and offering a direct challenge to online
Justice Department has issued draft rules on using consumer genetic data in investigations
The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a preliminary set of guidelines for how law enforcement agencies can use in their investigations genetic information from consumer DNA analysis services. “P
Using AI to improve dentistry, VideaHealth gets a $5.4 million polish
Florian Hillen, the chief executive officer of a new startup called VideaHealth, first started researching the problems with dentistry about three years ago. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Meal replacement company Soylent adds mint chocolate flavor
The meal replacement company Soylent Nutrition, Inc. has added a mint chocolate flavor to its line of drinks and snacks. “Our new Mint Chocolate Drink requested by our fans was engineered by Soylent
Juul names longtime tobacco exec as chief executive as Kevin Burns steps down
Juul Labs chief executive Kevin Brown is stepping down from the leadership role in the company, making way for a longtime tobacco executive from the company’s largest shareholder, Atria, to take
DJI launches new industrial drones for agriculture and new services for industry customers
DJI announced two new drones and a new initiative to support first responders during natural disasters and recovery missions with drone technologies as it moves to consolidate its position as the lead
Canoo takes the covers off of its debut electric vehicle
The Los Angeles-based startup Canoo has finally unveiled its first model, the eponymously named canoo. The Canoo designers have departed pretty radically from the traditional designs that other electr
U.S. security experts admit China’s 5G dominance, push for public investment
U.S. security experts are conceding that China has won the race to develop and deploy the 5G telecommunications infrastructure seen as underpinning the next generation of technological advancement and