ALBANY, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–August 19, 2021– Curia, formerly AMRI, a leading contract research, development and manufacturing organization, today announced plans to expand its commercial manufacturing capacity at its Rensselaer, New York facility. The increased capability to flexibly manufacture complex Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) will further strengthen Curia’s ability to partner with customers, meeting small-scale to large-volume […]
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PledgeLA: Los Angeles tops U.S. funding for startups led by women and people of color
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. A new study released this week from PledgeLA — a coalition of hundreds of venture capital (VC) and tech leaders in Los Angeles working to increase equity, community engagement, and accountability around corporate diversity efforts — shows Los Angeles VCs outpacing national funding […]
Dignitas takes flight with U.S. Air Force partnership – Esports Insider
North American esports organisation Dignitas has unveiled the U.S. Air Force as its official military service partner. As a result, the two parties will collaborate on a range of ‘unique content experiences’ alongside hosting an esports tournament set to take place in late 2021. RELATED: Dignitas names Zytara Labs official NFT and playing card partner The partnership comes after Dignitas […]
GlobalFoundries touts U.S. chip manufacturing for supply chain and national security reasons
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. GlobalFoundries hosted an event today at its headquarters in Malta, N.Y. to tout why it’s important for the United States to have local semiconductor manufacturing. The technology is so critical to the U.S. infrastructure that it’s a key national security issue, and it’s […]
U.S. Congresswoman Lisa McClain Attempts to Resurrect Trump’s TikTok Divestment Actions – The Esports Observer
Michigan Congresswoman Lisa McClain put forward H.R.3057 at the beginning of May, a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell its U.S. assets. According to the brief text of the bill, ByteDance would be compelled to “divest itself of certain assets, and to require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States […]
Complexity and the U.S. Army Team Up for Soldier Showdown Part 2 Tournament Series
Texas-based esports organization Complexity Gaming has expanded its partnership with the U.S. Army Installation Management Command’s Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) to host a series of tournaments specifically designed for active-duty U.S. Army soldiers. The competition, the “Soldier Showdown Part 2,” will begin on March 13 and will be played out over a […]
U.S. NHTSA opens AV TEST autonomous vehicle tracking program to ‘all stakeholders’
In June, the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) division of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) revealed the Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing (AV TEST), a program that provides an online, public-facing forum for sharing automated driving system on-road testing activities. After an underwhelming debut in September, the NHTSA today announced […]
NPD Report: Four Of Five U.S. Consumers Played Video Games In 2020
Feel as if you’ve been playing more video games in 2020? It’s a good bet you have been, and your increased gaming activities have not gone unnoticed. According to a recent report titled 2020 Evolution of Entertainment published by the worldwide market research group NPD, “four of every five U.S. consumers [have] played a video […]
U.S. Government Files Appeal on WeChat Preliminary Injunction
The U.S. government filed an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court on Friday, in an attempt to reverse a Sept. 19 preliminary injunction on a ban of Tencent’s WeChat App. The injunction won on behalf of the U.S. WeChat Users Alliance was granted based on concerns that a ban in the U.S. would limit users’ […]
How Hong Kong’s Change in U.S. Special Status Affects Gaming and Esports Investments
Written by Tobias Seck and James Fudge Over the last few months, the Trump administration increased political pressure on the People’s Republic of China. Several actions proved to be rather media effective, the proposed bans of short-format video platform app TikTok owned and developed by Chinese company ByteDance and Tencent Holdings’ WeChat app; and Trump’s […]