Monthly Archives: September 2022

Harrity & Harrity, LLP is Seeking a Remote Patent Prosecution Professional

Harrity & Harrity, LLP is looking for experienced superstar patent professionals (attorneys, agents, and engineers) to draft patent and/or prosecute applications for leading global technology companies in the electrical/mechanical space, including numerous Patent 300® companies. This position is 100% remote, flexible hours, and full-time (1600+ hours) with benefits.Read More

How Tiangong station will make China a force in the space race

Chinese Space Station Tiangong, which means Heavenly Palace. The space station is expected to be completed around 2022. xia yuan/Getty Images At the height of the Cold War, large-scale investigations beyond our planet served as the dramatic stage for the post-nuclear era power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. This anxious tension…

London-based RegTech SteelEye nabs $21M

London-based regulatory technology (RegTech) startup SteelEye has raised $21 million in a series B round of funding. Founded in 2017, SteelEye works with banks, hedge funds, brokers, asset managers, and more, to help them comply with strict regulatory procedures and requirements in their respective industries. SteelEye essentially brings compliance to the cloud via a SaaS…

Bloomingdale’s goes all-in on metaverse with new virtual store

Iconic department store Bloomingdale’s is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a new virtual store, designed by Emperia, that will go live during New York Fashion Week, which starts September 9. Virtual department stores aren’t a new concept. You might recall eBay doing something similar in 2013, and individual brands more recently. In fact, the concept…

UK’s FocalPoint raises $17M for its software-based approach to repairing the flaws of GPS

GPS in its many regional flavors has become a ubiquitous feature in phones, smart watches, cars and other connected devices, but for all the location-based features that it helps enable (mapping being the most obvious) it has a lot of shortcomings: it can be slow and inaccurate, it can contribute to faster battery drain, and…

Why the most iconic butterfly in the U.S. will likely be officially endangered

Monarch butterflies can fly dozens of miles in a day. They are an astonishing and intrepid species in North America. But in some places, populations of the migratory monarch butterfly, an iconic subspecies of the monarch, has dwindled over the past few decades. Recently, the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a conservation organization,…

10 movies you’ll want to see out of TIFF 2022

The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival kicks off today, and Mashable will be on the ground to report and review the best of the fest. This year’s line-up boasts new films from Jordan Peele, Florence Pugh, Lee Jung-jae, Brendan Fraser, and much, much more. So, whether you’re seeking mind-bending adventures, side-splitting comedy, tear-jerking dramas, or…

‘We’re here now’: The cast of ‘The Rings of Power’ on the importance of the show’s diversity

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power does what no other adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien has done: It places people of color and women front and center. From adding new non-white characters such as Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi), Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova), and Disa (Sophia Nomvete) to following the stories of women like Bronwyn,…