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Square Roots, a vertical farming startup cofounded by Kimbal Musk and Tobias Peggs, announced today that it had raised a $5.4 million seed round, led by New York City-based Collaborative Fund. The startup is the high-tec...

(Reuters) — Walmart is teaming up with Google to enter the nascent voice-shopping market, currently dominated by Amazon, adding another front to the giant retailer’s battle with the online megastore. Google, which ma...

(Reuters) — Nestle, Unilever, Tyson Foods, and other large food and retail companies have joined IBM’s project to explore how blockchain technology can help track food supply chains and improve safety, the companies ...

Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods and Walmart’s purchase of Jet, Bonobos, and other ecommerce companies are intensifying the rivalry between the two retail giants as they encroach on each other’s traditional turf. T...

Comcast announced today that it is giving access to Call of Duty: WWII‘s beta to all of its Xfinity internet customers. The PlayStation 4 beta starts on August 25, while the Xbox One testing starts on September 1. Xfin...

GUEST: Data is becoming integral to the operations of farms everywhere, despite the persistent belief among some in Silicon Valley that farming is not a high-tech industry. Adoption of precision agriculture technologies ...

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Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, with three minor additions as well as shell, Edge, and input improvements. This is one of the last builds of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which ...

Gabi Personal Insurance Agency has raised $2.6 million in seed funding to ensure that you will always have the best rate when it comes to car, homeowner’s, or renter’s insurance. The company provides more visibility ...

LexisNexis, one of the largest legal research providers in the United States, is testing chatbots for lawyers, chief product officer Jamie Buckley recently told VentureBeat in a phone interview. The goal, he said, is to ...

Bluehole has crowned the first champion of its Gamescom PUBG Invitational tournament by giving a golden frying pan (really, it’s a cast-iron skillet) to the top finisher in the solo rounds, Evermore. The development st...

The first official tournament for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is underway in Germany starting today, and the event has a viewer count in the millions … if you believe the Chinese livestreaming service PandaTV. Whil...

Samsung is working on a smart speaker to take on Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices, Google Home, and soon Apple’s HomePod. The existence of a Samsung smart speaker and plans to release a speaker soon were shared with CN...

Hearthstone has been one of Blizzard‘s biggest games since it launched in 2014. The digital card battler for PC and mobile helped to popularize an entire genre, attracting competitors like The Elder Scrolls: Legends, G...

Samsung announced the Galaxy Note8 today, successor to the failed Galaxy Note7. After months of leaks, Samsung’s latest stylus-equipped phone is now official. Preorders begin August 24, and the devices will begin shipp...

Twitch announced today that it is going to livestream AAA Lucha Libre’s Triplemania XXV event on August 26. It will broadcast a preshow featuring some of the this Mexican pro wrestling’s best moments from the past st...

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced the next wave of Injustice 2‘s downloadable characters, and it includes one big surprise: Hellboy from Dark Horse Comics. Mortal Kombat Raiden’s and the Aquaman villai...

SXSWedu Panel Pick: Explore , Open Educational Resources (OER), and Their Value In Today’s Educational Landscape Open Educational Resources (OER) are praised for enabling teachers to more easily share ideas and materia...

After months of leaks, Samsung today unveiled the Galaxy Note8 in an event in New York City. The company’s latest stylus-equipped flagship smartphone is expected to be available for preorder starting tomorrow, August 2...

I’ve spent the last two Friday nights sitting at my computer talking about other people competing in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Don’t pity me. I don’t go out on Friday nights anymore, so this is quite excitin...

See Why Some Of The Top Universities In The World Trust ModoLabs Mobile has quickly become one of the most important factors in campus life engagement for students across the country. Post millennial students are mobile ...

PRESS RELEASE: Augmenix, Inc., a medical technology company that develops, manufactures and sells absorbable hydrogels that separate and protect organs at risk during radiotherapy, today announced that Palmetto GBA, LLC,...