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SynapseFi raises $17M to develop its fintech and banking platform
Sep 05, 1:00AM
SynapseFi, a startup that helps banks and fintech companies work together to develop technology, has announced that it raised a $17 million Series A funding round. The funding actually closed at the back end of last year, but CEO Sankaet Pathak said the company has been so busy developing new products, hiring and more than that […]
How to watch Facebook and Twitter's big hearings with Congress
Sep 05, 12:00AM
On Wednesday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will appear before Congress in the latest high profile hearings for tech on Capitol Hill. The main event will take place at 9:30 a.m. ET, as the pair of tech execs faces the defense and cybersecurity-minded Senate Select Intelligence Committee. Following that hearing, Dorsey […]
Facebook, Twitter: US intelligence could help us more in fighting election interference
Sep 04, 10:55PM
Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has admitted that the social networking giant could have done more to prevent foreign interference on its platforms, but said that the government also needs to step up its intelligence sharing efforts. The remarks are ahead of an open hearing at the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, where Sandberg […]
Twitter is a Nazi haven for the same reason its CEO claims no bias
Sep 04, 10:47PM
"From a simple business perspective and to serve the public, Twitter is incentivized to keep all voices on the platform". That's Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's argument for why "Twitter does not use political ideology to make any decisions" according to his prepared statement for his appearance at tomorrow's hearing with the US House Committee on […]
Amazon opens its largest Amazon Go convenience store yet
Sep 04, 10:46PM
Amazon is picking up the pace when it comes to unveiling its line of "stores of the future," today opening its second cashier-less Amazon Go convenience store in the last week. More Amazon Go locations are expected to land in other cities soon, though the company has yet to confirm any plans.
Netflix snags former Disney exec Christie Fleischer to lead its consumer products team
Sep 04, 10:36PM
Netflix is doubling down on its merchandising efforts with its hiring of former Disney exec Christie Fleischer to head its global Consumer Products team. Previously the head of merchandise for parks, experiences and consumer products at Disney, Fleischer will now lead a team at Netflix focused on overseeing retail and licensee partnerships, publishing, interactive games, […]
Instead of Larry Page, Google sends written testimony to tech's Senate hearing
Sep 04, 9:53PM
Silicon Valley is about to have another big moment before Congress. On Wednesday, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg will go before the Senate Intelligence Committee to follow-up on their work investigating (and hopefully thwarting) Russian government-linked campaigns to sow political division in the US. The hearing is titled “Foreign Influence Operations and Their […]
Skype finally adds call recording
Sep 04, 9:51PM
Skype is the communication tool of choice (and necessity) for millions, but it has always lacked a basic feature that no doubt many of those millions have requested: call recording. Well, Microsoft finally heard our cries, and recording is now built into Skype on both desktop and mobile.
Expanding its internet service to more countries in Africa, Tizeti raises $3 million
Sep 04, 9:47PM
Tizeti, the Nigerian internet service provider behind the brand Wifi.com.ng, has raised $3 million in a new round of funding as it expands its unlimited internet service into Ghana. The new financing was led by 4DX Ventures, a new, Africa-focused fund that’s been deploying capital at an incredibly fast clip since its launch earlier this year. […]
Learn about dismantling algorithmic bias at Disrupt
Sep 04, 9:22PM
When Netflix recommends you watch "Everything Sucks" after you've finished "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," an algorithm decided that would be the next logical thing for you to watch. And when Google shows you one search result ahead of another, an algorithm made a decision that one page was more important than the other. Oh, and when […]
What incubators and tech ecosystems can offer health startups
Sep 04, 9:00PM
Startups operating in the health and life sciences space commonly require support navigating a heightened regulatory environment and evolving end-user or beneficiary expectations.
Thoma Bravo buys majority stake in Apttus in unexpected ending
Sep 04, 8:44PM
Apttus, a quote-to-cash vendor built on top of the Salesforce platform that looked to be heading toward an IPO in recent years has taken a different tack, instead being acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo today. The company did not reveal the purchase price, but said it could be ready to share more details […]
Behind the turnaround that netted Vinted €50 million
Sep 04, 7:49PM
It was May 2016 when Thomas Plantenga got the call. He was living in New York and working on projects with Fabrice Grinda — the co-founder of classified juggernaut OLX and the founder of FJ Labs. Plantenga had worked with Grinda on expanding OLX and was ready for the next challenge — which came in […]
The Pansar Augmented watch hides it smarts behind an analog face
Sep 04, 7:37PM
The Pansar Augmented is a Swedish smart watch that looks like a standard three-handed wristwatch. However, with the tap of a button, you can view multiple data points including weather, notifications, and even sales data from your CRM. Pansar is a Swedish watch company that uses Swiss movements and hand assembled components to add a […]
Three former Social Capital partners are reportedly raising a $200M fund
Sep 04, 6:33PM
Tribe Capital, the venture capital firm launched by Arjun Sethi, Jonathan Hsu and Ted Maidenber, a trio of former Social Capital partners, is reportedly raising $200 million for its first flagship venture capital fund.
MIT researchers teach a neural network to recognize depression
Sep 04, 6:32PM
A new technology by MIT researchers can sense depression by analyzing the written and spoken responses by a patient. The system, pioneered by MIT’s CSAIL group, uses “a neural-network model that can be unleashed on raw text and audio data from interviews to discover speech patterns indicative of depression.” “Given a new subject, it can […]
HTC leans on Facebook's Oculus as it tries to sell a VR subscription product
Sep 04, 5:56PM
HTC is cozying up to its main competitor in the VR space, Facebook-owned Oculus as it looks to find a business model that will wrestle it out of the VR market doldrums. Today, the Taiwanese hardware company announced that its Viveport VR subscription service has opened up shop on a non-HTC headset, namely Facebook’s Oculus […]
Mercedes-Benz unveils the EQC to kick off $12 billion electric offensive
Sep 04, 5:32PM
Mercedes-Benz unveiled Tuesday the EQC, an all-electric crossover that kicks off the German automaker’s plans to invest more than $12 billion to produce a line of battery-powered models under its new EQ brand. The automaker plans to invest another $1.2 billion in global battery production, Daimler AG Chairman and Mercedes-Benz CEO Dieter Zetsche said. The […]
These two CRISPR experts are coming to Disrupt SF 2018
Sep 04, 5:05PM
CRISPR, the gene-editing system that could one day change the course of humanity still has a long way to go before we seriously alter anything but it’s not too far-fetched to say it could happen. What’s real and what’s not and just how close are we to radically changing our food supply, medicine and life […]
Chrome gets a new look for its 10th birthday
Sep 04, 5:00PM
It’s been ten years since Google first launched Chrome. At the time, Google’s browser was a revelation. Firefox had gotten slow, Internet Explorer was Internet Explorer and none of the smaller challengers, maybe with the exception of Opera, every got any significant traction. But here was Google, with a fast browser that was built for […]
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