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Google Pixel 2 will have a touch-sensitive edge, according to FCC filing
We have already learned an awful lot about Google Inc.’s upcoming Pixel 2 phone considering the company has not even announced it yet, and thanks to a filing with the Federal Communications Commision, we now know another feature likely coming to Google’s latest flagship phone. According to the filing, the Pixel 2 will sport an “Active ...
Google could pay Apple $3B this year to remain the default search on iPhones
Alphabet Inc. pays Apple Inc. billions of dollars a year to keep Google as the default search engine on iPhones, according to a note that asset management firm AllianceBernstein L.P. sent to investors last week. According to Bernstein analyst A.M. Sacconaghi Jr., Google’s payments to Apple could total more than $3 billion this year, which he estimates ...
Renamed Puls, CellSavers raises $25M to repair smart home devices
CellSavers, an on-demand repair service for smartphones, has changed its name to Puls Technologies Inc. and closed a $25 million funding round as it expands its platform to include setup and repairs for smart home devices. The funding round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners, and it also included participation by new investors Samsung NEXT, Maverick Ventures and Kreos ...
Amazon launches Instant Pickup to fill orders in just two minutes
Amazon.com Inc. has been working hard over the last few years to put products into the hands of customers as fast as possible, but apparently same-day delivery still isn’t fast enough for some people. Today, Amazon announced the launch of a new order option called Instant Pickup, which allows Prime and Prime Student members to ...
Facebook expands its e-commerce marketplace to 17 European countries
Facebook Inc. announced today that it is expanding its person-to-person e-commerce platform, Marketplace, to 17 new countries across Europe. Launched last October, Marketplace was Facebook’s official answer to the millions of unofficial sales being made from specialized Facebook groups. Mary Ku, director of product management at Facebook, said at the time that Marketplace was a place ...
MIT’s new AI might solve slow video streaming
A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed an artificial intelligence called Pensieve that could make slow or blurry web videos a thing of the past. Streaming video content has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, but unfortunately so has its bandwidth requirements. To overcome this challenge, ...
With 10M users, AI-powered women’s health app Flo raises $5M
The makers of Flo, a women’s health app that is powered by artificial intelligence, announced today that they have closed a $5 million early funding round that will allow them to continue expanding their platform. The Series A round was led by Flint Capital and Natalia Vodianova, a Russian supermodel and activist who will be joining Flo’s ...
Scientists code malware into DNA that takes over computers scanning it
A team of researchers from the University of Washington has given a new meaning to the term computer virus by coding malware directly into a DNA strand. The research team presented a paper outlining their project at the recent USENIX Security Symposium in Vancouver, where they explained how they managed to make a malicious, DNA-based program. Using their ...
Starcraft II becomes a testing ground for new AI research
DeepMind Technologies Inc. made an unexpected appearance at last year’s Blizzcon, an annual convention held by legendary game studio Blizzard Entertainment Inc. for its fans. In between presentations for hit games such as Overwatch and Hearthstone, DeepMind took the stage to announce that it was launching a joint project with Blizzard that would turn Starcraft ...
AI startup Kyndi raises $8.5M to help companies predict the future
New artificial intelligence startups seem to be popping up every week, but investors still cannot seem to get enough of them as the AI industry continues to soar. Kyndi, a Palo Alto-based AI startup, is one of the latest companies to get a piece of the AI funding pie, as it announced today that it has closed an ...