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ServiceNow to acquire FriendlyData for its natural language search technology
Oct 11, 3:00AM
Enterprise cloud service management company ServiceNow announced today that it will acquire FriendlyData and integrate the startup's natural language search technology into apps on its Now platform. Founded in 2016, FriendlyData's natural language query (NLQ) technology enables enterprise customers to build search tools that allow users to ask technical questions even if they don't know […]
Razer soups up its gaming smartphone
Oct 11, 3:00AM
Razer is quick to refute any suggestions that its second phone is little more than an iterative update. Sure, the thing looks remarkably identical to its predecessor from the front, but the innards are certainly souped up — and there's a snazzy new back to match. As the company puts in the Razer Phone 2 […]
Elon Musk hits back: James Murdoch is not the lead candidate for Tesla chairman spot
Oct 11, 1:02AM
It’s 4:20 p.m., which means Tesla CEO Elon Musk might be tweeting. This time, the billionaire entrepreneur’s tweet debunked a Financial Times article from Wednesday that reported Twenty-First Century Fox CEO and Tesla board member James Murdoch was the lead candidate to take Musk’s chairman spot. Musk agreed in a September 29th settlement with the U.S. Securities […]
Gogoprint raises $7.7M to expand its online printing business in Asia Pacific
Oct 11, 12:07AM
Gogoprint, a startup that is aiming to disrupt the traditional printing industry in Southeast Asia, has pulled in a $7.7 million investment as it prepares to expand its business in Asia Pacific. We first profiled Gogoprint in 2016 soon after its launch the previous year, and since then the Bangkok-based company has expanded beyond Thailand […]
Self-driving car startup Aurora becomes Pennsylvania's first 'authorized' tester
Oct 10, 11:54PM
Aurora, the buzzy self-driving car startup, has become the first company officially authorized by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to test its vehicles on public roads. Aurora has been testing its autonomous vehicles on public streets in Pittsburgh since late 2017. And other companies such as Argo AI also test autonomous vehicles there. So receiving […]
Teeth-straightening startup SmileDirectClub is now worth $3.2 billion
Oct 10, 9:55PM
SmileDirectClub, the at-home teeth-straightening startup, has just raised $380 million at a $3.2 billion valuation, the company announced today. Investors from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice led the round, which featured participation from Kleiner Perkins and Spark Capital. This funding comes on top of Align Technology’s $46.7 million investment in SmileDirectClub in 2016, and another $12.8 million investment […]
Tech stocks (and the stock market) are tanking thanks to rising interest rates
Oct 10, 9:30PM
Tech stocks tanked today amid a broader stock market slide as nervous investors worried that the 10-year bull run in public stocks may be coming to an end. The S&P 500 dropped 3.3 percent while Nasdaq composite index (which is the market where many of the largest U.S. tech companies are traded) lost 4 percent […]
Apple reportedly plans to give away its TV content, because that worked well with U2
Oct 10, 9:28PM
Apple has answered two questions in one day, or rather a CNBC report citing someone within the company has. Why are the shows it's planning so allegedly boring? And what does it plan to do to get a foot in the door in an increasingly competitive streaming-media market? They're going to repeat the success they had with U2's "Songs of Innocence" and just shunt it right onto everyone's device.
Magic Leap expands shipments of its AR headset to 48 US states
Oct 10, 9:09PM
If you are dying to get your hands on some crazy Magic Leap hardware, you have some much better options as of today. At the company’s first developer conference, Magic Leap announced they are opening orders of the Magic Leap One Creator’s Edition headset to the 48 contiguous states of the USA. If you’re in […]
Origin launches protocol for building cheaper decentralized Ubers & Airbnbs
Oct 10, 8:54PM
The sharing economy ends up sharing a ton of labor’s earnings with middlemen like Uber and Airbnb, and $38 million-funded Origin wants the next great two-sided marketplace to be decentralized on the blockchain so drivers and riders or hosts and guests can connect directly and avoid paying steep fees that can range up to 20 percent […]
Sarah Friar, long the CFO of Square, is leaving to join the social network Nextdoor as its CEO
Oct 10, 8:45PM
Square’s CFO Sarah Friar is stepping down to become the CEO of Nextdoor, according to the payment company’s CEO, Jack Dorsey. In a statement issued a bit ago, he says of Friar that she “steered us through an IPO and helped build a growing ecosystem of businesses that will scale into the future.” Friar “leaves […]
Microsoft adds 60,000 patents to the Open Invention Network
Oct 10, 8:03PM
Microsoft announced today that it's joined open-source patent group Open Invention Network in an effort to help shield Linux and other open-source software from patent-related suits. As part of the deal, the software giant is opening a library of 60,000 patents to OIN members. Access to the massive portfolio is unlimited and royalty free. It […]
Four reasons why you should attend TC Sessions AR/VR 2018
Oct 10, 8:00PM
On October 18 — just one week away — some of the most brilliant and innovative minds in reality creation will gather at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles to attend TC Sessions AR/VR 2018. Whether you're an early startup founder, an investor, a developer or a student, if you're focused on AR/VR, you don't […]
AT&T will launch another streaming service in 2019, with HBO and other WarnerMedia content
Oct 10, 7:56PM
AT&T will launch a new direct-to-consumer streaming service next year, the company announced today. Yes, another one. AT&T currently already operates cord cutter-friendly streaming services DirecTV Now and the low-cost WatchTV, but its new service will be focused on WarnerMedia properties, including HBO. The move follows AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner, which completed this past […]
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman announce the name of their stealthy mobile video startup
Oct 10, 7:47PM
Called Quibi, short for quick bites, the company is creating content with notable filmmakers Sam Raimi, Guillermo del Toro and Antoine Fuqua.
Shasta Ventures is doubling down on security startups with 3 new hires
Oct 10, 6:49PM
Shasta has hired former Symantec GM Balaji Yelamanchili, former Salesforce CISO Izak Mutlu and longtime enterprise software exec Drew Harman to focus on security.
Target's newest incubator is looking for 'save the world' kind of stuff
Oct 10, 6:41PM
Target is no stranger to running startup accelerators. The company today operates its Target + Techstars program, the beauty-focused Target Takeoff, and the India-based Target Accelerator Program. Now it’s adding a fourth business accelerator to the mix with the launch of Target Incubator. The new program is aimed at Gen Z entrepreneurs and its only real […]
Nintendo's 'souped-up' NES Zelda loads you with gear for an easier adventure
Oct 10, 6:05PM
Nintendo has set a strange new precedent with the release of Legend of Zelda SP on the Switch: it's essentially the original NES game but Link starts loaded up with good gear and cash. In a way it's no different from a cheat code, but the way it's executed feels like a missed opportunity.
Skello raises $6.9 million for its staff management service
Oct 10, 6:01PM
French startup Skello just raised a $6.9 million funding round (€6 million) from Aglaé Ventures, XAnge, Jean-Baptiste Rudelle and existing investors Thomas Landais, Guillaume le Dieu de Ville and Gilles Blanchard. The startup is helping bar, restaurant and hotel managers keep track of all the shifts and staffing issues. Skello uses a software-as-a-service approach to […]
Waymo's self-driving cars hit 10 million miles
Oct 10, 5:48PM
Alphabet’s self-driving car company Waymo has spent years testing its autonomous vehicles on public roads. What started as a trickle of miles driven each day has exploded in the past few years. And now, the company has hit a new milestone as it prepares to launch a commercial ride-hailing service with fleets of self-driving vehicles. Waymo […]
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