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Quicken Loans Detroit Demo Day, held Friday evening at the Fillmore downtown, was quite a production. The event involved a number of entrepreneurs pitching their companies from the stage to a panel of judges as well as the crowd, which was voting on people’s choice awards via mobile app. At stake were cash and prizes […]

Invitae, a maker of a wide array of low-cost genetic medical tests, has reached a deal to acquire Singular Bio to expand its ability to screen babies for disease during the early months of pregnancy. Invitae (NYSE: NVTA) said Monday it will pay $55 million in cash and stock to acquire privately held Singular Bio. […]

You’ve probably seen a VidMob advertisement, or at least an ad the company had some influence on, and not known it. The New York-based startup has helped make or optimize digital ads created for smartphones for brands ranging from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) to Arby’s (“We Have the Meats!”). The company has software that lets the […]

Academic researchers have long studied gender and racial disparities in STEM education, but they have not had widespread success in addressing these challenges.  A University of Michigan professor and colleagues from 10 universities are hoping to change that. At public research universities like U-M, introductory courses in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subjects are the […]

[Updated 10:42 a.m., see below.] Synlogic, a developer of so-called “living medicines” comprised of engineered bacteria, is teaming up with synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks in an effort to advance drug candidates to human testing more quickly. Under an agreement announced Wednesday, Cambridge, MA-based Synlogic (NASDAQ: SYBX) will use Ginkgo’s technology to design and test […]

Insurance tech startup Hi Marley has landed $8.7 million from True Ventures and Underscore VC to extend its conversational AI tools to help people buy and manage their policies. The Boston company is also working with insurance broker Aon (NYSE: AON) to move into more complicated sectors of business insurance through a strategic partnership, according […]

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When David Hazan began working in the auto-broker business a decade ago, at a small company that mainly serviced the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, he was lucky if he leased 10 cars in a month....

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Complaining of delays in a key piece of the city's 5G rollout, Comptroller Scott Stringer recently wrote to the commissioner in charge of the city's technology infrastructure demanding to know what...

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In Manhattan Federal Court, there’s a trial taking place that has highlighted just how murky the business of art authentication has become. After suddenly closing in 2011 in the wake of massive...

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New York state may soon allow immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally to get .The measure passed the state Assembly last week and could get a vote in the Democrat-led state Senate as early as...

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—a research entity within the U.S. Department of Defense—has awarded researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at a contract worth up to $27.8 million...

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With the first debates scheduled for the end of this month, Wall Street donors are distributing dollars to certain Democratic candidates for president—and are mostly ignoring home-state...

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The move could hamstring the Chinese tech giant if it prevents the firm’s customers from getting the latest versions of services such as Maps and Gmail.

Shareholders are voting on whether to push the tech giant to examine the human rights and financial risks of the surveillance technology.

Artificial intelligence may help doctors make more accurate readings of CT scans used to screen for lung cancer.

The great hope for people without a bachelor’s degree hasn’t yet spread beyond small-scale success stories.

When it comes to disinformation, all signs suggest the 2020 presidential campaign will make 2016 look like a mere test run, our columnist writes.

The price was relatively small, but the deal may have a big impact on the race between the United States and China to build more powerful computers.