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You could make the case that the lines that separate an artist from an entrepreneur are virtually nonexistent. Just like startup founders or other business owners, artists are passion-driven individuals. They are making a product and seeking to sell it in a marketplace. They’re creating something tangible, pushing the boundaries, and often assuming great risks […]

San Antonio — San Antonio has a new “action plan” for bringing more life sciences businesses and professionals to the city, as well as for retaining those it already has. Economic development groups and city officials have been developing a strategy for boosting the healthcare industry in town for more than a year. BioMed SA, […]

On Monday, Xconomy began our annual look ahead at clinical trials that could define biotech and have profound healthcare effects in the coming year. Today we’re circling back with the rest of the list, which includes studies of drugs for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy and more. Read on for the details. [Editor’s […]

[Editor’s note: This is part of a series of posts sharing thoughts from technology leaders about 2018 trends and 2019 forecasts.] Today’s artificial intelligence technologies have demonstrated they’re capable of handling specific tasks, such as identifying pictures of cats or spotting cancer in CT scans. Researchers are hopeful the industry’s next breakthroughs will enable A.I. […]

MabVax Therapeutics says it doesn’t have enough money to continue funding its operations. The San Diego biotech company, which is testing an antibody discovery platform intended to speed products to patients with cancer and pancreatitis, said Thursday it has retained a local investment banking firm, Objective Capital Partners, to guide its sale. As of Sept. […]

DataCloud, a developer of sensors and software to help guide mine operators’ decision-making around drilling and blasting, has raised $4 million in new financing to support the Seattle-based startup’s continued growth. The company’s system combines cloud-based software with connected sensors that are attached to drills and collect data as blast holes are drilled into a […]

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A Democratic lawmaker from Buffalo will be the first woman and first African American to serve as the majority leader in the New York state Assembly.Crystal Peoples-Stokes was tapped for the...

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Charter Communications will pay consumers back for unreliable internet services.The company cut a $174.2 million deal with state Attorney General Barbara Underwood to settle claims by her office...

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When social workers walk into a home and see a teen sleeping on the floor instead of a bed, or when a teacher notices a child coming to school in shoes that are falling apart, these professionals...

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More than 243,000 associates at Marriott International have recently received a type of training that was once unheard of in the travel industry: the prevention of human trafficking. Marriott...

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which manages New York’s transit system, is at a crossroads after decades of underfunding and neglect.It either invests as much as $40 billion over the...

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Uber’s prices in New York — its largest market in the U.S. — are going to be higher in 2019. So are Lyft’s. Any ride-hailing vehicles carrying passengers in the busiest areas of Manhattan have to...

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A look at posts from the Internet Research Agency reveals that the group used Instagram for several distinct purposes.

Reports to the Senate on Russian interference in the 2016 election and beyond criticized the tech companies for failing to disclose important details.

With driverless passenger services slow to become realities, the autonomous industry is casting about for ways to profitably use its technology.

The Chinese tech giant cultivated a hard-charging spirit in its quest for world dominance. Some employees may have been pushed too far.

With the ‘Yellow Vest‘ movement widening the country’s budget shortfall, the French government is accelerating a plan to hit companies like Apple, Facebook and Google with a big bill.

Mobile phones “instill students with unhealthy ideology,” said a state-run paper in the North, where many users have found ways around official information controls.