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Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $15M

GeekWire

The news: Five startups jostled for $200,000 in funding in the final round of the Seattle Angel Conference , with new medical device company BrainSpace rising to the top. based startup has created a working model of the device with $100,000 in self-funding, according to Wesley Johnson , a manager of the conference.

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Seattle Angel Conference launches new health startup competition to help educate angel investors

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Apis Health Angel Conference founder John Sechrest. Apis Health Angel Conference recently launched as new forum to connect investors and health-related startups. It made sense to spin out a new effort, according to Seattle Angel Conference and Apis founder John Sechrest. He founded Apis to provide a forum for such companies.

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Basis Technology Hosts 9th Annual Human Language Technology Conference

CTOvision

Basis is a company we have tracked for years, and have watched as they have become part of the fabric of solutions now serving billions of people. We are honored to have them as a sponsor but even more honored that they decided to engage with our event two days after their own Human Language Technology Conference.

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Microsoft hands IT admins beefed-up Windows release health hub

Computerworld Vertical IT

Microsoft has begun rolling out its Windows release health dashboard to the Microsoft 365 admin portal, a move the company previewed earlier this month at its all-virtual Ignite conference.

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Former Blue Origin president’s startup raises funding to go after moon resources

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Space industry executive Rob Meyerson speaks at a 2016 space conference. “We aim to be the first company that harvests natural resources from the moon to use here on Earth,” Lai told the audience. Since leaving Blue Origin, Meyerson has been a consultant to several aerospace ventures.

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Women IT leaders take center stage

CIO Business Intelligence

Early in her career as a program management specialist at AT&T, Balaban became an active member with the Project Management Institute’s New Jersey chapter, which put her front and center at plenty of events. Judy Balaban has seen firsthand how stepping into the professional spotlight, even on a small stage, pays dividends.

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Amazon group that created Kindle and Echo is working on technology for COVID-19 testing

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It’s part of a larger effort by Amazon to expand its COVID-19 testing capabilities, tapping employees from a variety of roles across the company, including research scientists, program managers, procurement specialists and software engineers.

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