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Lyft launches Jobs Access Program to provide free and subsidized rides to the unemployed and those seeking job training in 35+ markets in the US and Canada
Pensando Systems, founded by former Cisco executives, emerges from stealth with $145M Series C led by HPE and Lightspeed for its custom data processing hardware
Google claims that ~80% of the top "several hundred" Android apps are now optimized for ARC++, the compatibility layer that enables them to run atop Chrome OS
Google unveils Nest Wifi Router, which is mesh-capable but lacks Wi-Fi 6, coming in Nov. for $269 for a two pack, and Google Assistant-enabled Nest Wifi Point
Google says the Pixel 4 won't support its Daydream mobile VR platform, which is being phased out as it also stops selling the Daydream viewer
French startup Herow, which enables developers and marketers to serve contextual messages in mobile apps, adds $8M to its $10.6M Series B, closed in 2015
Sweden-based Einride, which is developing autonomous, electric pods for logistics companies and supermarkets, raises $25M Series A
Pinterest says its use of AI to identify and hide content that displays or encourages self-injury reduced reports of self-harm content by 88%
Facebook launches PyTorch 1.3, the latest version of its open-source deep learning library with quantization and support for use of Google Cloud TPUs
Nerd Street Gamers raises $12M Series A from Five Below and others, to build esports Localhost facilities that house leagues, training camps, and tournaments
Parsley Health raises $26M Series B to roll out its personalized telemedicine service to all 50 states in the next six months, starting with NY and CA
Arm announces consortium for autonomous vehicle tech, with General Motors, Nvidia, Denso, Toyota, Bosch, Arm, Continental, and NXP on board
Norwegian e-paper tablet startup Remarkable raises $15M Series A from Spark Capital
Forward Networks, which offers tools for network visibility and outage prevention, raises $35M Series C led by Goldman Sachs
RapidSOS, which provides 911 response centers with critical data and tools to manage it, extends Series B by $25M, to $55M total, led by Energy Impact Partners
Integration platform as a service provider and MuleSoft rival Celigo raises $20M Series B, says its Salesforce-NetSuite integration app is used by 1,000+ firms
Geospatial tech startup SenSat, which uses AI to create digital representations of real-world locations, raises $10M Series A led by Tencent
NS1, which provides DNS and application traffic management services, raises $33M Series C led by Dell Technologies Capital, bringing its total raised to $85M+
Deliveroo says its sales rose to $584M in 2018, up 72% from $340M in 2017, but losses jumped from $244M to $288M
Osaro, whose flagship product Pick automates stationary picking stations in distribution centers, raises $16M Series B, bringing its total raised to $29.3M
Everything Microsoft announced at its 2019 Surface event
Microsoft announces Windows 10X, a variant for dual-screen PCs with 9" screens or larger, coming late 2020 alongside PCs from Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft
Ohio-based commercial insurance platform Bold Penguin raises $32M Series B, bringing its total raised to over $50M
Gatsby, a California-based company developing an open source website and Progressive Web App generator, raises $15M Series A led by CRV
Amazon announces a new line of Alexa-enabled wearables equipped with mics and speakers, including the $180 Echo Frames eye glasses and $130 Echo Loop ring
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Oculus Quest will be updated in Nov. to be able to wire up directly to PCs, like the Rift, and in 2020 will get support for hand tracking, no controllers needed
Amazon announces updates to Alexa: a new multilingual mode, celebrity voices for $0.99 each, starting with Samuel L. Jackson, frustration detection, and more
Paris-based BlaBlaCar, which has raised $335M and has 80M members, 25M of which are in Russia, to acquire Busfor, Russia's largest bus platform
London-based Everledger, which develops and maintains an immutable blockchain ledger for asset ownership, raises $20M Series A led by Tencent
Sentry, an open source application performance management platform, raises $40M Series C led by Accel, bringing its total raised to ~$70M
Tulip, which is building a no-code app development platform for manufacturers, raises $39.5M Series B led by machine tools manufacturer DMG MORI
Fiddler raises $10.2M Series A, co-led by Lightspeed and Lux Capital, for AI that explains its reasoning, which it aims to launch next year
Amazon debuts a feature called Show and Tell, which helps blind and low vision customers with an Echo Show smart display identify common household pantry goods
Kheiron raises $22M for AI that helps radiologists detect cancer earlier
Amazon will begin rolling out Alexa Political Contributions, which lets users donate $5-$200 to participating US presidential candidates, starting next month
Trulioo, a Vancouver-based electronic identity and address verification startup, raises ~$53M Series C led by Goldman Sachs, bringing its total raised to $96.6M
Facebook says it has updated its definition of "terrorist organizations" and changed its counterterrorism team's structure to curb white supremacist violence
Autonomous truck startup TuSimple adds a $120M extension to its Series D round led by Sina, at a $1B valuation, bringing its total raised to $298M
Crisp, which helps food brands reduce food waste by analyzing data from sources such as inventory databases and POS systems, raises $14.2M Series A
Israel-based Trigo raises $22M Series A to enable supermarkets to launch Amazon Go-like cashierless stores by providing them with cameras, sensors, and software
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