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Google Family Link gives parents remote control over their kids’ Android devices
Google LLC’s Family Link app is now available to the public, giving parents a way to remotely monitor and control their children’s Android devices. Google announced Family Link in March as an invitation-only app targeting parents who wanted more control over their kids’ phones and tablets. The app lets parents manage what apps their kids can access ...
Facebook partners with ZipRecruiter to add better job searches to the social network
Online job recruitment company ZipRecruiter Inc. announced a new partnership with Facebook Inc. today that will integrate ZipRecruiter’s job posting platform with Facebook’s social network. The new integration allows employers to upload job postings directly to Facebook through the ZipRecruiter Dashboard. Users can fill out the job applications through Facebook, which are funneled back through the ZipRecruiter Dashboard, allowing employers to ...
Tripp raises $4M to create psychedelic VR experiences that mess with your mind
Virtual reality startup Tripp Inc. announced today that it has raised $4 million in a Series A financing to expand development on its mind-altering VR experiences. The funding round was led by Tim Chang, a partner at venture capital firm Mayfield Fund LLC., which is also serving as an adviser for the startup. Tripp’s goal is ...
Amazon’s Echo Show loses YouTube support in spat with Google
Google LLC and Amazon.com Inc. are in the middle of a minor spat that is unfortunately hitting users of Amazon’s Echo Show. As of Tuesday, Echo Show users who attempted to access YouTube were instead greeted with a message saying “Currently, Google is not supporting Youtube on Echo Show.” Echo Show is Amazon’s small, Alexa-enabled smart ...
Plume Labs launches an air quality tracker powered by AI
Paris-based Internet of Things company Plume Labs announced today that pre-orders are now available for Flow, an air quality tracker that uses artificial intelligence to monitor air pollution levels in real time. Announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Flow is a palm-sized bluetooth-enabled device that measures the levels of different pollutants in the air ...
Drift raises $32M for sales powered by conversational AI bots
Marketing and sales startup Drift.com Inc. announced today that it has raised $32 million in Series B financing to further develop its sales bot platform. The funding round was led by existing investor General Catalyst, and it included participation from other previous investors CRV and HubSpot, as well as new investor Sequoia Capital. This brings the company’s total ...
Google’s AI-powered job discovery tool enters beta testing
Google LLC announced today that its new Cloud Job Discovery tool has entered beta testing, allowing talent companies to use Google’s extensive artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to connect employers with the best candidates for their open jobs. Originally known as the Cloud Jobs API when it was announced in May, Cloud Job Discovery is part of ...
Waymo says it wants Uber to pay ‘only’ $1.86B for alleged trade theft
Just a few days after Uber Technologies Inc.’s legal team told a judge that Waymo LLC was asking for “astronomical figures” in its trade theft suit against Uber, Waymo today clarified that it “only seeks $1.859 billion.” Waymo, which is Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car division, said in a new filing that it believes that $1.859 billion is a ...
Intel’s new Loihi chip aims to be a humanlike brain for AI
Artificial intelligence may be developing faster than ever, but in many ways even the most advanced AI still cannot compete with the human brain. AI scientists have been working to change that, and today Intel Corp. revealed a prototype self-learning chip that the company saids will make AI faster, smarter and more naturally intuitive like a ...
Uber kicked out of London for not being a ‘fit and proper’ service
In the latest of its many recent setbacks, Uber Technologies Inc. has lost its license to operate within London after the city’s transit authority ruled that it’s not a “fit and proper” car hiring service. Transport for London had already been considering a massive increase in Uber’s licensing fees, but now the ride-hailing company has ...
