Smart home startup Deako raises $12.5M, says its light switches are becoming ‘industry standard’

Smart home startup Deako raises $12.5M, says its light switches are becoming ‘industry standard’

With the plug-and-play light switches from Deako, builders and homeowners can easily exchange remote-controlled high-tech lighting. (Deako photo) New financing: Seattle-based startup Deako Lighting raised $ 12.5 million in a Series B round to help grow the company’s smart light switch technology. The business: With the plug-and-play light switches from Deako, builders and homeowners can … Read more

Covid-19: F.D.A. Panel Gives Green Light to Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine

Covid-19: F.D.A. Panel Gives Green Light to Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine

Here’s what you need to know: Empty vials of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a hospital in South Africa.Credit…Phill Magakoe/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine was endorsed on Friday by a panel of experts advising the Food and Drug Administration, clearing the last hurdle before a formal authorization expected on … Read more