TechFlash: Startup raises $42M, hiring 1,000; Did cold lead 787 battery problems?

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$42 million in less than 3 years: Big data startup explodes, plans to hire 1,000 Seattle big data startup Context Relevant has attracted investments from some of the largest financial firms in the world. And those same companies are Context Relevant's biggest customers. Too cold to fly: Japanese investigators link Dreamliner battery failure to weather ​Japanese authorities released a report today speculating why the lithium-ion battery in a Boeing 787 melted last year, including a possible link to cold weather immediately before the incident. Synthetic scorpion venom on cancer cells? FDA tells Seattle biotech to go for it Blaze Bioscience received the go-ahead from the FDA to pursue trials of its Tumor Paint technology, which helps doctors find cancer cells during surgery. A hackathon for construction crews? Local teams just won one Employees of Balfour Beatty Construction used virtual reality to come up with a game-like app that turns safety education into an interactive 3D game. After paralysis, startup founder seeks to 'cure loneliness' with app Reveal Chat, built by the team behind LikeBright, has raised $1 million from angel investor Rudy Gadre and Microsoft Ventures. Vulcan converts dark alley to work of art on Amazon campus A former alley is now a brightly lit art installation, thanks to a partnership between the city of Seattle and Vulcan Real Estate. Apptentive 'geeks out' with SurveyMonkey, raises $5 million Seattle app review startup Apptentive raised a $5.3 million series A round led by SurveyMonkey. Apptentive makes a system for app developers to survey their customers. Ballmer at L.A. Clippers: Getting rid of the iPads New Clippers owners Steve Ballmer is getting rid of the team's iPads and will replace them with Microsoft products. Ballmer also said he wished Microsoft would have been the first to come up with a successful tablet, instead of Apple. DHL beats Amazon in drone race, will deliver packages by drone in Germany DHL will deliver medicine to a North Sea island by using drone technology. NFL players and their new Microsoft tablets: Just keep them charged Some NFL coaches and players are forgetting that their Microsoft Surface tablets need to be charged to keep working. Workers' strikes against Amazon.com end in Germany Three days of strikes at Amazon.com's German distribution centers ended Wednesday. National Tech News

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