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Like so many fathers, Dr. Rick Faul’s life is balanced between family and work. With the love his family provides, and where he gets to do his job, Faul wouldn’t have it any other way. Faul practices Primary Care/Internal Medicine. He graduated from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans....

The demand for talent in the crypto market is higher than it’s ever been before. Firms are getting creative to woo talent. Many crypto firms are leaning on tokens and their VC investors for help.

Your five-minute guide to the best of Protocol (and the internet) from the week that was, from the new face of the FTC's fight against tech to a look at what it's really like to work at Amazon. Best of Protocol. Lina Khan will be the new chair of the...

Israel-based nSure.ai has raised a $6.8 million Seed round led by DisruptiveAI, Phoenix Insurance, Kamet (an AXA backed VC), Moneta Seeds and other individual investors. nSure.ai is a “predictive AI fraud protection company” that services digital goods such as gift cards, prepaid debit cards, software and game keys, digital wallet transfers, international money transfers, tickets, and more. The company explains that sellers of physical goods have processing times that allow them to double-check charges and can withhold a shipment if needed. Digital sellers lack this buffer, so even if fraud is detected minutes later, the assailant may be untraceable. nSure.ai is bringing anti-fraud technological and chargeback guarantees to the digital goods sector.

Professor Gray Goziem Ejikeme, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of the University of Jos, has emerged as the new Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution. Ejikeme replaces Prof. Sebastian Maimako whose single five-year tenure expires next week. The Professor of Social Work and Clinical Psychology was elected the Acting VC on Friday...

Days of blistering record heat. Devastating wildfires on the doorstep of Northern Colorado’s urban corridor. An overwhelmed power grid in Texas. The headlines tell a story that most scientists contend is all too predictable. But with a new federal administration that takes climate change much more seriously, clean-technology companies in Boulder County see both demand and support heating up as well.

The Seattle startup that helps authorized groups use AI to sift by contracts has quadrupled income and added 50 prospects over the previous 4 months, together with manufacturers comparable to Outreach, Blue Nile, OfferUp, and others. Now the corporate is reeling in additional cash to supercharge progress, asserting a $11...

Paula Antwine found herself with only two options in life — living under a bridge in Dallas’ South Oak Cliff neighborhood or going back to prison. Antwine became homeless at the age of 15 and addicted to illegal drugs at 18. While living on the streets of South Oak Cliff, she became pregnant.

Reece Webb speaks with Eric Greenop, Avex UK’s new MD, as he reflects on the challenges and opportunities facing the UK market amid a perfect storm of uncertainty. Many think that uncertainty is bad for business, but where there are grey clouds, there is often a silver lining. For Eric Greenop, the zeitgeist of the early 2020’spresents an exciting opportunity to learn and explore new markets against the backdrop of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic.