Tonkean, which is developing a no-code automation service for companies, raises $24M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing its total raised to $31.2M Techmeme · 6 hours ago
Intel, Mozilla, and Creative Commons join the Open COVID Pledge, an effort to temporarily make IP freely available to anyone developing tech to fight COVID-19 Techmeme · 17 hours ago
Tyto Care, a NYC-based telehealth startup that sells an in-home kit to help doctors remotely diagnose patients, raises $50M in round led by Insight Partners Techmeme · 1 day ago
Cato Networks, which offers a cloud-based security service that protects remote workforces, raises $77M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners Techmeme · 1 day ago
Facebook Gaming launches Tournaments for esports amateurs early due to the pandemic, letting anyone organize or join one Techmeme · 1 day ago
Firefox 75 arrives with revamped address bar, Mozilla sticks to 2020 schedule despite coronavirus Reddit · 1 day ago
Google launches its Local Home SDK out of preview, to enhance smart home integration with Google Assistant by routing commands through local networks Techmeme · 2 days ago
London-based Privitar, which aims to help companies utilize big data without compromising privacy, raises $80M Series C led by Warburg Pincus Techmeme · 2 days ago
Qcraft, which is developing simulation software to help train autonomous vehicle systems, raises a seed round in the "dozens of millions", led by IDG Capital Techmeme · 5 days ago
Phantom AI, which is developing advanced driver-assistance systems for cars and trucks, raises $22M Series A led by Celeres Investments Techmeme · 6 days ago
Researchers find AI and statistical models have difficulty predicting life outcomes for children, parents, and households, even with a rich data set Techmeme · 1 week ago
Strivr, which offers a VR platform that companies including Verizon and BMW use to train employees, raises $30M Series B led by Georgian Partners Techmeme · 1 week ago
Huawei open sources MindSpore, an AI computing framework akin to TensorFlow and PyTorch, which it claims offers a 50% efficiency boost over rivals on average Techmeme · 1 week ago
Microsoft debuts a Family Safety mobile app, AI-powered PowerPoint and Excel features as part of Microsoft 365 Family and Personal subscriptions coming April 21 Techmeme · 1 week ago
Microsoft says Chromium Edge is getting Vertical Tabs, Smart Copy to help you copy web content into docs, Password Monitor to alert users of stolen credentials Techmeme · 1 week ago
Microsoft announces Teams for consumers, to help plan trips, share grocery lists, and more, Skype DAUs up 70% month-over-month to 40M, calling minutes up 220% Techmeme · 1 week ago
Crowdsourced data from Candor shows 267 tech companies have frozen hiring, 44 had layoffs, 36 rescinded offers, while 111, like Zoom and Twitter, are hiring Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Apptopia: COVID-19 quarantines have seen global downloads of Houseparty, Discord, Zoom, and Marco Polo skyrocket; Houseparty has seen ~652K downloads/day Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Huawei rolls out Celia, its multilingual AI assistant for phones outside China, initially on P40 in UK, France, Spain, Chile, Mexico, and Colombia Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Dremio, which offers a virtualization toolkit to streamline and curate data, raises $70M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to ~$115M Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Apple releases iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, macOS 10.15.4, tvOS 13.4, and watchOS 6.2 to the public Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Arkose Labs, which is developing a service that detects and mitigates online fraud, raises $22M Series B led by Microsoft's venture fund M12 Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Nvidia announces Deep Learning Super Sampling 2.0, hoping to show that using machine learning to upscale a game's resolution boosts both performance and visuals Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Google unveils new tools for game developers including Android Performance Tuner, Android GPU Inspector, and a NoSQL cloud database called Cloud Firestore Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
IBM, Department of Energy, White House OSTP, others launch a consortium to give COVID-19 researchers access to supercomputers, 330+ petaflops of computing power Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Ada Support, which develops AI-driven customer support chatbots, raises $44M Series B led by Accel, bringing its total raised to $56M+ Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Microsoft says Teams passed 44M DAUs, up from 32M earlier this month, unveils new features like real-time noise suppression that are coming later this year Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Quantum Machines, whose hardware and software help users leverage quantum computing, raises $17.5M led by Harel and Israeli entrepreneur Avigdor Willenz Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
UserTesting, which helps companies like Facebook get on-demand user feedback on their software and apps, raises $100M Series C led by Insight Partners Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Google says Advanced Protection program users will no longer be able to sideload apps or turn off Google Play Protect, which scans apps for malicious behavior Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview 2 with hinge angle support for foldables, call screening improvements, and new Neural Networks API functionality Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Google Translate debuts Transcribe for Android, letting users transcribe conversations in real-time across eight languages, with future plans to ship on iOS Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Smart ring startup Oura raises $28M Series B from Google's Gradient Ventures, Square, and Forerunner Ventures, says it's sold 150K of its smart rings to date Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Lime is suspending its scooter service in Italy, France, and Spain, as well as in California and Washington state amid COVID-19 crisis Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
GitHub launches Android and iOS apps out of beta, letting developers stay in touch with their team, triage issues, and even merge code from their mobile device Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Microsoft, White House OSTP, and Allen Institute help in identifying and releasing 24,000+ articles on coronaviruses for free, for medical and NLP researchers Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
FCC says it netted $4.47B for 5G mmWave bands in its spectrum auction and $2.7B for 24GHz and 28GHz bands with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon as top bidders Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Digi-Capital: over $4.1B was invested in AR and VR startups in 2019, but Q4 lagged; 2019 was the third-highest year for AR and VR investment after 2017 and 2018 Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Beijing-based Neolix Technologies, which says it has sold 225 level 4 autonomous delivery vehicles to clients like Alibaba, adds ~$29M to its ~$14.8M Series A Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Microsoft Research creates an AI ethics checklist with nearly 50 engineers from a dozen tech companies and hopes to build it into ML production workflows Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Report: 83% of internet-connected medical imaging devices run on outdated operating systems, up 56% since 2018 due to the end of Windows 7 support in Jan. Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Google debuts TensorFlow Quantum, a machine learning framework for training quantum models in hopes of finding algorithms that yield a "quantum advantage" Techmeme · 1 month ago
Health Data Analytics Institute, which provides an AI-powered service to predict health care outcomes, announces $16M round, which it will use to launch an API Techmeme · 1 month ago
SiLC Technologies raises $12M seed round led by Dell Technologies Capital for its long range lidar sensor Techmeme · 1 month ago
Google announces it has hired Sony game development leader Shannon Studstill to run a new Stadia Games and Entertainment studio in LA Techmeme · 1 month ago
Google Assistant can now be asked to read webpages or Android app content aloud, launching with support for 42 different languages Techmeme · 1 month ago
A look at some ways people in China are using AI and machine learning algorithms to detect the spread of COVID-19, predict survival rates for patients, and more Techmeme · 1 month ago