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Linear raises $13 million to streamline software development projects
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 20:05
Linear, a project management tool and issue tracker for software development teams, has raised $13 million in a series A round of funding.
Antares Gaming and Ultimate Gaming League team up to mix pro gamers and NFL stars in esports matches
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 16:30
Ultimate Gaming League and Antares Gaming have teamed up to launch esports events where professional gamers mix it up with former NFL stars.
Amazon launches HealthLake, a platform for storing and analyzing health care data
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 20:05
One of Amazon's newest cloud services, HealthLake, is a platform for storing and analyzing health care data.
Publicly Traded Tech Company Believes Formalizing Stakeholder Governance Will Bring Shareholder Success
Forbes - 8 Dec 2020 17:43Google wants you to help build its Fuchsia operating system
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 19:00
Google has opened up Fuchsia, its open-source operating system, to contributions from the public via mailing lists, patches, and commits.
New hybrid architectures are unlocking the power of data and AI (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 17:50
Learn how upgrading your technology stack can help your business unlock new AI capabilities in this VB Live event.
Skyflow raises $17.5 million to bring its data privacy API to more businesses
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 17:00
Skyflow, a privacy-focused API platform, has raised $17.5 million in a series A round of funding led by Canvas Ventures.
Cyberpunk 2077 is key to holiday sales growth to cap off gaming's 2020
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 23:42
Games sales may set new records thanks to releases from Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed as well as major new games like Cyberpunk 2077.
CodeSignal raises $25 million to automate technical assessments and reduce recruitment bias
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 17:00
CodeSignal, a platform that helps recruiters screen engineering candidates through automated technical assessments, has raised $25 million.
Arthur raises $2.5 million for its VR office space service
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 16:00
Arthur has raised $2.5 million so you can have meetings in virtual reality. You can also set up a virtual office and hold events.
Google's Look to Speak taps gaze-tracking AI to help users with impairments communicate
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 16:00
Google released an Android app called Look to Speak that enables users to select prewritten phrases to communicate using only their gaze.
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Forbes - 8 Dec 2020 15:30Europe's funding for deep tech like AI and VR fell 13% in 2020
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 08:00
As European startups have tried to carve out a competitive edge against the U.S. and China, there has been a big push to promote so-called “deep tech.” And in recent years, there had indeed been a surge in European s...
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Forbes - 8 Dec 2020 21:38Aglet raises $4.5 million to make a mobile game out of sneakers
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 19:00
Aglet is not your run-of-the-million gaming startup, or shopping startup, or sneaker startup. But it has raised $4.5 million in funding.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands breaks record for biggest PC game launch
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 18:55
Blizzard announced today that World of Warcraft's latest expansion, Shadowlands, sold over 3.7 million copies on its launch day, November 23.
Resolution Games' Demeo aims to re-create a tabletop dungeon crawl in VR
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 18:00
Today, Resolution Games is announcing Demeo, a co-op turn-based role-playing game that's coming in 2021 for VR platforms and PC.
Pokémon Go's February 20 event will celebrate beloved Kanto region
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 18:00
Pokémon Go's next big online event will take place on February 20 as the company celebrates the game's fifth anniversary.
NextNav unveils Unity plugin for fixing vertical positions in mobile location-based games
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 17:30
3D geolocation service NextNav announced its plugin for vertical positioning services for the Unity game engine.
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Forbes - 8 Dec 2020 16:53Google Cloud expands edge computing to help companies leverage AI and 5G
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 16:00
Google Cloud expands its edge computing services by partnering with 200 developers to put their applications closer to enterprise customers.
Microsoft launches Azure Digital Twins in general availability
Venture Beat - 8 Dec 2020 16:00
Microsoft's Azure Digital Twins service, which launched in preivew in November 2018, is now generally available.