Month: June 2018

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Surprises lurk in Trump’s China tariff list, from thermostats to vaping devices

June 26, 2018 admin Comments Off on Surprises lurk in Trump’s China tariff list, from thermostats to vaping devices

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports mostly shield consumers by targeting supply-chain components – but lurking inside the tariff lists are some surprises, from Google Nest thermostats to vaping devices to equipment used by aspiring rock stars.

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Salesforce Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency

June 26, 2018 admin Comments Off on Salesforce Staff Ask CEO to Revisit Ties With Border Agency

Hundreds of Salesforce.com Inc. employees signed a letter to Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff criticizing the company’s contracts with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, the latest in a series of staff protests at technology firms over government work. The letter said staff recently learned that the CBP is using three Salesforce products to recruit and “manage border activities.” The agency is one of several that implement and enforce Trump administration immigration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border, including one that separated families. President Donald Trump signed an order stopping the practice last week, although there’s confusion over …read more […]

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This ex-Googler pawned her 24-karat gold jewels she inherited from her mother and sold some of her Google stock to launch her new startup

June 26, 2018 admin Comments Off on This ex-Googler pawned her 24-karat gold jewels she inherited from her mother and sold some of her Google stock to launch her new startup

Chia-Lin Simmons is a seasoned veteran in Silicon Valley’s tech sphere, with more than 20 years of experience at tech giants like Google and Amazon’s Audible. Simmons is the founder of a new startup called LookyLoo, which will launch its first product later this year: an AI-powered social platform that helps women find the right fit while shopping for clothing. Simmons sold some of her Google stock and pawned the 24-karat gold jewels given to her by her mother to get her startup rolling. …read more […]

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U.S. approves first marijuana plant-derived drug for epilepsy

June 25, 2018 admin Comments Off on U.S. approves first marijuana plant-derived drug for epilepsy

The drug’s approval permits https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2018/210365lbl.pdf its use in patients aged two years and older with Dravet Syndrome (DS) and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), rare childhood-onset forms of epilepsy that are among the most resistant to treatment. “This approval serves as a reminder that advancing sound development programs that properly evaluate active ingredients contained in marijuana can lead to important medical therapies,” said Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. The drug, Epidiolex, is made up of cannabidiol (CBD), one of the hundreds of molecules found in the marijuana plant, and contains less than 0.1 percent of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the …read more […]