On misinformation and the 2020 election, ‘the call is coming from inside the house’

By Stephen Babcock

At the Technical.ly Developers Conference, The New York Times opinion writer-at-large Charlie Warzel talked about how misinformation spreading on social media is manipulating America’s polarization and 2020’s cascading crises.

Graybug Vision, founded out of Johns Hopkins, expects to raise $90M in IPO

By Stephen BabcockSpun out of Hopkins' Wilmer Eye Institute, the biopharmaceutical company has an R&D center in Baltimore.
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Baltimore students, national activists call on Comcast, FCC to expand Wi-Fi access

By Donte KirbyBaltimore's Students Organizing a Multicultural & Open Society (SOMOS) joined education leaders from across the nation to tell stories about the need for high-speed broadband internet for all students so they can participate in virtual learning and the consequences of the digital divide.
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Whitebox raises $18M Series B, plans to grow tech and product teams

By Stephen BabcockRevenue, team, HQ space: All the company's metrics are up by sizable multiples in 2020.
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BIW is going virtual in 2020. The Innovation Celebration is Oct. 9

By Stephen BabcockThe daylong event has panels, networking, awards and trivia — all focused on how the community responded to a challenging year.
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