PetTech startup Piavita lassoes $5.5 million to track horse health

EXCLUSIVE: Silicon Valley has been laser-focused on digitizing health care, be it through a credit card-sized heart monitor or an AI-powered gut test. But what about our four-legged friends? According to Piavita, today’s veterinary practices are outdated, expensive, and time-consuming. So Piavita’s team created a palm-sized monitoring device, which is currently being used on horses […]

Edgybees lands $5.5 million to save lives with AR drones

Augmented reality and drones. It sounds like a match made in entertainment heaven, but one company is using the combination of drone technology and AR to help save lives across the world. Today, Edgybees — whose technology enables augmented reality (AR) on high-speed platforms such as drones and cars — has announced a seed round of […]

Celgene is reportedly in talks to buy a $5.5 billion cancer drugmaker

Reuters Celgene is in talks to acquire Juno Therapeutics, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. If the deal materializes, it’d be the second in 2018 for the biotech giant, which has been under pressure from investors. Juno is known for its experimental treatments that harness the body’s immune system to treat cancer.  Biotech giant […]

Family of man who dies after Taser incident gets $5.5 million verdict

Enlarge (credit: Junglecat) The parents of a 39-year-old who died in a Christmas Eve confrontation with the Los Angeles Police Department in 2014 was awarded $ 5.5 million by a federal jury on Monday, KPCC radio reports. KPCC reports that LAPD officers “hit the man with their batons and fists, pepper sprayed and restrained him.” […]