July 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday blocked Mississippi from enforcing a new law that requires users of social media platforms to verify their ages and restricts access by minors to their sites if they lack parental consent, saying it was likely unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden in Gulfport, Mississippi, sided with tech industry trade group...

04:50 PM EDT, 07/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tyra Biosciences ( TYRA ) said Tuesday it plans to develop TYRA-300 for the potential treatment of hypochondroplasia following encouraging results in the preclinical proof-of-concept study. The company expects to file an investigational new drug application with the US Food and Drug Administration in H2 and plans to start a phase two study...

04:46 PM EDT, 07/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Stantec ( STN ) after trade on Tuesday said Vito Culmone will join the company in mid-July as its next chief financial officer. Culmone will officially assume the CFO role for the engineering and design company on September 3, succeeding Theresa Jang, who previously announced her plan to retire. According to a statement,...

04:46 PM EDT, 07/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Cipher Mining ( CIFR ) said Tuesday it mined 176 bitcoins in June, up from 166 in May. The company sold 103 bitcoins in June, up from 50 in May. Cipher held 2,209 bitcoins in June, up from 2,142 in May. The company deployed 75,000 mining rigs in June, up from 71,000 in...