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USA. A responsive launch capability will deter enemies, boost national security (Robert Cardillo, Defense News)

The Virgin Orbit "Cosmic Girl" carries a LauncherOne rocket under it's wing on Jan. 17, 2021 (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) In 2019, shortly after...

Italy. Italian police raid drone maker over alleged Chinese takeover (Tom Kington, Defense News)

(filipefrazao/Getty Images) An Italy-based defense firm that has supplied small drones to the country’s special forces was quietly and illegally purchased by Chinese state companies, Italian investigators...

USA. Military cyber software developers fix weaknesses, create mission tools faster (Mark Pomerleau, Defense News)

The services say in-house coders allow them to be more flexible during missions, rather than relying solely on contractor support to build cyber tools....

TechInnovation. Talking shop with Twitter’s recent head of corp dev — and now VC — Seksom Suriyapa (Connie Loizos, TechCrunch)

Seksom Suriyapa was seemingly destined to land at a venture firm. A Stanford Law graduate, he worked at two blue-chip investment banks before joining...

TechInnovation. Rivian’s electric R1T pickup truck, R1S SUV get their official EPA ranges (Kirsten Korosec, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Kirsten Korosec Rivian announced Friday that the first edition version of its all-electric R1T pickup truck has an official EPA range of 314 miles,...

TechInnovation. NYC-based insurance underwriting platform Kalepa raises $14M Series A led by Inspired Capital (Mike Butcher, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Kalepa founders / AP Kalepa, an insurance underwriting platform based out of New York, has raised a $14 million Series A funding round led by Inspired...

TechInnovation. Instagram may not be a photo-sharing app anymore, but Glass is (Amanda Silberling, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Glass Instagram made headlines (including this one) when product head Adam Mosseri said in June that the app is “no longer just a square photo-sharing app,”...

TechInnovation. Playbyte’s new app aims to become the ‘TikTok for games’ (Sarah Perez, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Playbyte A startup called Playbyte wants to become the TikTok for games. The company’s newly launched iOS app offers tools that allow users to make and share simple...

TechInnovation. Australia’s TechnologyOne acquires UK-based higher-ed platform Scientia for $16.6M (Mike Butcher, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: Getty Images TechnologyOne, an Australian SaaS enterprise, has agreed to acquire UK-based higher education software provider Scientia for £12 million /$16.6 million in cash. TechnologyOne claims to...

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