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Apple and Samsung have refreshed their flagship tablets for the first time since 2014. Much has changed in the space — mostly for the worse, as overall sales have continued to slip. There’s room for debate as far as precisely how down the overall market is, but there seems to at least be a consensus that early predictions of the tablet space eclipsing PCs missed the mark. Read More
Source: Tech Crunch
Twitter has revealed it suspended a total of 376,890 accounts between July 1 through December 31 last year for violations related to promotion of terrorism. It says the majority of the suspensions (74%) were surfaced via its own “internal, proprietary spam-fighting tools”. Read More
Source: Tech Crunch
GDAX, the cryptocurrency exchange run by Coinbase, has added margin trading to the platform.
Eligible traders can now trade up to 3X levered orders on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin order books.
If you’re unfamiliar with trading and exchanges, margin trading is when you borrow money from your broker to buy or sell more stock than you can afford. It’s essentially a short-term loan. Read More
Source: Tech Crunch
Mantis Composites, headed by co-founders Ryan Dunn and David Zilar, are going to revolutionize the 3D printing industry, utilizing technology they’re developing to print intricately designed carbon fiber materials. Mantis Composites is developing a proprietary 5-axis Continuous Carbon Fiber strand 3D Printer. They intend to sell their advanced printing technology and services to the likes of Koenigsegg and other high end, high performance auto and aerospace fabricators and manufacturers.
To learn more about Mantis Composites go to www.mantiscomposites.com
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Mantis Composites is a SLO HotHouse supported company.
The SLO HotHouse is a community space created through the efforts of Cal Poly, the city and county of San Luis Obispo, the business community, and the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE). The goal of the SLO HotHouse is to support students and community members as they work to create new innovations and start entrepreneurial business ventures.
To learn more about the SLO HotHouse go to www.slohothouse.com.
Past and present SLO HotHouse sponsored companies include: Reduce.Reuse.Grow., Current Solutions, BoltAbout, Mantis, WhiteFox Drone Defense Technologies,FarmBot, HIGEA, gatherologie, SPECTRVM, MojaGear, InPress Technologies, Z Living Systems, BOTTLEFLY, Favor, LiftGator and ObserVR.