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Venture debt’s new reality: ‘The last thing we want is management walking away from a company’
Maurice Werdegar is the longtime CEO of venture debt shop Western Technology Investment, one of the most active venture debt lenders in the U.S. It’s also one of the older firms, having loaned out money for roughly 40 years to startups that needed to achieve certain milestones, reach profitability or…
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Six Dark Sky alternatives for Android weather watchers
If you’re a weather geek, you must already know that Dark Sky, one of the most popular weather apps around, has been acquired by Apple — and that, as a result, anyone who uses an Android device is going to lose access to that app. In addition, a variety of…
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ImmunityBio and Microsoft team up to precisely model how key COVID-19 protein leads to infection
An undertaking that involved combining massive amounts of graphics processing power could provide key leverage for researchers looking to develop potential cures and treatments for the novel coronavirus behind the current global pandemic. Immunotherapy startup ImmunityBio is working with Microsoft’s Azure to deliver a combined 24 petaflops of GPU computing…
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T-Mobile officially completes merger with Sprint, CEO John Legere steps down ahead of schedule
After months of regulatory maneuverings, T-Mobile and Sprint officially completed their $26 billion merger today. The new combined parent company is called T-Mobile and will now trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol TMUS with Sprint no longer trading on the NYSE. For consumers, it will seemingly take a…
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Sling TV is offering you 14 days of free TV if you sign up right now
Sling TV has just gone and made social distancing at home a lot easier. The TV streaming service is currently offering 14 days FREE of Sling TV Blue. This isn’t a free trial and there’s no commitments, contracts or payment details required – you can simply get 14 days free…
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Forget Surface Duo – Microsoft is mulling a triple-screen phone (kind of)
Microsoft could be working on a phone which takes the Surface Duo (pictured above) concept a little further, adding a third screen into the mix – although that extra display will be a very small affair which is present on the hinge of the device. This potential new piece of…
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