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Meet Haris Khurshid: 29-Year-Old Entrepreneur Who Launched A Fund To Help Millennials Invest Better
Forbes - 3 Aug 2021 18:55WorkJam, a digital workplace for frontline workers, raises $35M
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 15:00
WorkJam, a platform used by companies such as Kroger and Shell to engage with frontline workers, has raised $35 million.
Resolve, Zeiss partner on spatial biology apps that let scientists see inside cells
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 20:05
Resolve and Zeiss partner on the spatial biology tools that help scientists and doctors peer inside the inner workings of cells.
Pinecone CEO on bringing vector similarity search to dev teams
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 01:40
Vector similarity search looks for matches by comparing the likeness of objects, as captured by machine learning models.
Activision Blizzard promises change while dodging employee demands
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 23:53
Many questions didn't concern the situation at all, instead asking about concerns like user acquisition for King and mobile advertising
Is DeepMind's new reinforcement learning system a step toward general AI?
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 23:20
The paper's findings show some impressive advances in applying reinforcement learning to complicated problems.
Cisco channels Snapchat for video app in bid to 'compress time'
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 23:20
Cisco launched an asynchronous video platform called Vidcast to combat Zoom burnout, putting it in competition with Loom, Asana, and more.
Activision Blizzard creates new mobile studio for Call of Duty
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 22:51
Activision Blizzard has created a mobile game studio for the Call of Duty franchise. The studio is working on a Call of Duty franchise game.
NEP Group acquires 3 companies as it moves into virtual film production
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 22:30
Broadcast service firm NEP Group has acquired three companies as it moves into virtual film and TV production.
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Forbes - 3 Aug 2021 21:22Juniper projects voice assistants will play a bigger role in shopping
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 21:15
A new Juniper Research report anticipates that ecommerce revenue via voice assistants will increase, driven partially by the pandemic.
Resolve, Zeiss partner on spatial biology apps that let doctors see inside cells
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 20:05
Resolve and Zeiss partner on the spatial biology tools that help scientists and doctors peer inside the inner workings of cells.
Eight Ways To Support Remote Employees Transitioning Back To The Office
Forbes - 3 Aug 2021 19:10Infrastructure bill pulls $31 billion from Covid disaster loan program
CNBC - 3 Aug 2021 18:45
The Senate's $1 trillion legislation would permanently claw back funds Congress offered to businesses hard-hit by the Covid pandemic.
Take-Two spells out its diversity efforts amid Activision Blizzard problems
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 18:30
Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive Software, spelled out the company's stance on diversity during an earnings call.
Generation Hustle: Young entrepreneurs got creative during the pandemic
CNBC - 3 Aug 2021 17:03
These young entrepreneurs got creative with problem solving and launched their ventures during the pandemic. This is part of CNBC's College Voices series.
Want to start your own business? Here are 8 tips from the pros
CNBC - 3 Aug 2021 17:02
More than half of Gen Zers say they hope to own their own business one day. Here's some advice from the pros. This is part of CNBC's College Voices series.
Ryff raises $11.7M for its real-time brand integration
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 17:00
Ryff has raised $11.7 million for its business of inserting brand advertisements into commercials, live broadcasts, and streams in real time.
Goodgame launches Big Farm Story on PC
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 17:00
Hamburg, Germany-based Goodgame Studios has launched Big Farm Story on the PC as its latest farm simulator and role-playing game.
J. Allen Brack's short, tumultuous run in charge of Blizzard is over
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 16:55
Activision Blizzard announced that J. Allen Brack is no longer president of Blizzard. Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra will be leading the studio.
Deepgram launches $10M speech recognition startup program
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 15:00
Speech recognition startup Deepgram is launching a $10 million accelerator program to help develop voice applications.
Unique Network will provide NFT platform for UN climate program
Venture Beat - 3 Aug 2021 14:30
The United Nations is getting into the hot category of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs thanks to a partnership with Unique Network.