Category: Puerto Rico

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Providing emergency and security services to employees, Base Operations raises $1M – TechCrunch

In 2017, when a destructive earthquake struck Puebla, Mexico, sending shock waves to Mexico City and destroying buildings in the…

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Alphabet’s Loon balloons get their first commercial trial in Kenya – TechCrunch

Google spinout and now fellow member of the Alphabet family of companies Loon will get a big test in the…

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Internet connectivity projects unite as Alphabet spinout Loon grabs $125M from SoftBank’s HAPSMobile – TechCrunch

Two futuristic projects are coming together to help increase global internet access after Loon, the Google spinout that uses a…

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Innovaccer nabs $11 million from Microsoft’s VC arm to give doctors a better window into patient heatlh – TechCrunch

Cracking the silos of digital health records promises to bring better care to patients by better informing doctors, according to…

disaster relief, Extreme Weather, Hurricane Maria, Hurricanes, Puerto Rico

New Hurricane Maria study puts updated Puerto Rico death toll at 2,975

Puerto Rico was ravaged by Hurricane Maria one year ago next month. Since the island’s long recovery began, the government…

Animals, Culture, Photobomb, Puerto Rico

Iguana photobombs woman’s picture in the best possible way

Animal photobombs are the best kind of photobombs. The evidence at this stage is overwhelming. Just look at this cheerful…

Clean Water, Climate Environment, Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico, social good

How a lesbian union president and evangelical nonprofit leader teamed up to get Puerto Rico clean water

The unexpected friendship between Randi Weingarten and Bill Horan might sound like the beginning of a joke: The president of…

Climate Environment, Hurricane Maria, Lin Manuel Miranda, Puerto Rico, social good

Lin-Manuel Miranda creates arts fund for Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria

“The goal wasn’t just artistic satisfaction, but how can we leave Puerto Rico a little better than we found it.”Image:…

Death, Hurricanes, public health, Puerto Rico, Science

Puerto Rico deaths from Hurricane Maria may be undercounted by 1000s

Hurricane Maria ripped the roof off of Alfredo Pizarro’s house in September 2017.Image: RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP/Getty Images By Mark Kaufman2018-05-29 22:02:41…

Activism, Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico, social good

Puerto Ricans never know if they’ll have power. This is how they’re surviving.

The isolated coastal region of Patillas, Puerto Rico, lost power when Hurricane Maria slammed into the U.S. territory back in…