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Amazon says Alexa will start asking users questions to improve its conversation, change intonation depending on context, detect babies crying, and more
Intel launches 11th-gen CPUs aimed at edge computing, like kiosks, medical devices, and robots, with improved security and performance
Google expands Google Cloud's Chronicle cybersecurity analysis tools with threat detection and alerts
Microsoft debuts new Teams features, including virtual commute, Headspace integration, breakout rooms, and virtual coffee shops for meetings
Microsoft says it will exclusively license OpenAI's GPT-3 language model, which will continue to be offered via the Azure-hosted API launched in June
Report: France's centralized StopCovid tracing app only has ~2.4M downloads, with ~700,000 users having uninstalled it and under 200 notifications sent so far
Helsinki-based mobile game company Metacore, formerly called Everywear Games, raises $17.7M from Tencent's Supercell
JupiterOne, which helps companies manage cybersecurity assets in a single hub, has raised $19M Series A led by Brain Capital Ventures
PS5 will launch Nov. 12 in N. America, Japan, AU, and NZ for $500 for Blu-ray drive version and $400 for Digital Edition, will launch in more regions on Nov. 19
Cloud-based data catalog startup Data.World raises $26M led by Tech Pioneers Fund, bringing its total raised to $71.3M
Waze is rolling out new features including trip suggestions for frequent destinations, traffic notifications, lane guidance support, and tweaks to Carpool
Facebook says automatic captions will now be available for IGTV in 16 languages globally, after adding the same feature to Facebook Live and Workplace in March
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Paris-based insurance tech startup Descartes Underwriting, specializing in climate risk modeling and transfer, raises $18.5M Series A to expand in US and Asia
Amazon's Voice Interoperability Initiative, which lets multiple assistants work on a single device, adds 38 new members including Facebook, Dolby, and Xiaomi
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Orchard, which enables virtual home buying and selling, raises $69M Series C led by Revolution Growth, bringing its total raised to $138M
Iron Ox, which uses AI-powered farming robots for its semi-autonomous greenhouse operations, has raised $20M Series B, bringing its total raise to $45M
Portland, Oregon unanimously adopted ordinances banning the use of facial recognition tech by city agencies, including the police, and by private businesses
Z-Wave Long Range protocol supports up to 2,000 smart devices on a mesh network
Truepill, which offers telehealth and prescription delivery services, raises $75M Series C led by Oak HC/FT, bringing its total raised to $114M
Lidar sensor manufacturer Ouster raises $42M Series B from investors including Cox Automotive, Tao Capital, and Fontinalis, bringing its total raised to $140M
Google announces the launch of Android 11, which begins rolling out today on select Pixel, OnePlus, Xiaomi, OPPO, and realme phones
Nvidia’s DLSS AI-upscaling SDK now supports VR
Intel researchers design smartphone-powered robot that costs $50 to assemble
Xanadu launches its quantum cloud platform with photonic quantum processors with 8 to 12-qubit chips, expects to "roughly double" cloud qubits every 6 months
NHTSA launches an autonomous vehicle test tracking tool with data on 17 US cities in partnership with Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, Uber, Waymo, and others
Facebook open sources Opacus, a library for training PyTorch models with differential privacy that it says is far faster than existing libraries
Qualcomm doubles 5G mmWave range to 2.36 miles for broadband modems
Neuralink, Musk's brain-computer interface company, revealed a prototype showing readings from a pig's brain using a coin-shaped device implanted under skull
ProteanTecs, which provides an AI-based service to monitor chip reliability, raises $45M led by Koch Disruptive, bringing the total amount raised to $100M
Synthego, which is developing a ML-based approach to engineering genomes, raises $100M Series D led by Wellington Management, bringing total raised to $250M+
Socure, a cloud-based identity verification and fraud prevention startup, raises $35M led by Sorenson Ventures, bringing its total raised to $96M
Microsoft makes Azure's Immersive Reader generally available, letting developers embed a reading accessibility view with features like Read Aloud into apps
Natural language benchmarks don’t measure AI models’ general knowledge well
Facebook says its new tools can help AI learn how to plan routes, look around physical environments, listen to what's happening, and build memories of 3D spaces
Medical imaging startup Exo, which is developing AI-powered workflow software and a portable ultrasound device, raises $40M, bringing total raised to ~$88M
Apple becomes the first US company to reach a $2T market cap during intraday trading, two years after reaching $1T
Uber expands its Uber Pass subscription to 200 cities across the US, excluding California, after initially testing in 10
Chili Piper raises $18M Series A led by Base10 Partners to grow its service that automatically schedules sales lead meetings
Attabotics raises $50 million to help retailers and grocers automate warehouses
Epic says that Apple's move to revoke its permission to develop tools for iOS and Mac would prevent its popular Unreal Engine from working on Apple platforms
IBM announces Power10 CPUs, its first commercial 7-nanometer processors with up to 3x efficiency, aimed at big data analytics and AI workloads
Agiloft raises $45M, led by FTV Capital, to automate contract procurement and management with its no-code service, its first external funding round since 1991
São Paulo-based mobile game maker Wildlife Studios raises $120M at a valuation of $3B, bringing its total raised to $250M
Amazon announces the general availability of Amazon Braket on AWS, which provides a development environment for designing quantum and hybrid algorithms
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