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VPN provider Nord Security raises $100M at $3B valuation
Nord Security Ltd., the virtual private network provider and parent company of NordVPN, announced today that it has raised $100 million in a strategic funding round that nearly doubled its valuation to $3 billion. The funding round was led by Warburg Pincus, a U.S. private equity group and accompanied by existing investors Novator Ventures and ...
Meta rolls out AI experiences across its apps and devices
Meta Platforms Inc. is bringing a whole new way to interact with artificial intelligence on its platform, the company announced today during its Meta Connect event, with the introduction of new AI experiences that include image generation and new AI assistants. Until now Meta has focused on conversational AI with its Llama 2 generative AI ...
Meta introduces mixed reality Quest 3 headset and next generation of Ray-Ban smart glasses
Meta Platforms Inc. finally announced the launch of its long-awaited mass-market mixed reality headset, the $499 Meta Quest 3, during the company’s virtual Meta Connect event today. The new device will allow users to enjoy both virtual reality experiences, with complete immersion in virtual worlds, and mixed reality, which blends the physical world with computer-generated ...
Campfire brings enterprise holographic collaboration to Meta Quest 3 with planned AI assistant
Campfire 3D Inc., the maker of a holographic enterprise collaboration system for enterprise users, is bringing its capabilities to the newly launched Meta Quest 3 with a virtual tutor named Spark that paves the way for a future artificial intelligence-driven assistant to train users and help build products. Meta Platforms Inc. today announced the launch ...
MoneyGram plans to launch digital wallet for crypto assets
Global payments and wire transfer services company MoneyGram International Inc. is doubling down on its cryptocurrency leanings with an announcement Tuesday that the company will soon offer a noncustodial wallet for customers to hold crypto assets such as bitcoin, Ethereum and USD Coin stablecoins. A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency that is “pegged” to match a ...
Cloudflare announces full-stack platform for deploying AI at scale
Connectivity cloud company Cloudflare Inc. today expanded its artificial intelligence platform offerings for developers with the addition of infrastructure that allows the deployment of AI inference at large scale, vector databases and observability. As a global company, Cloudflare has built a large network of locations around the globe to house storage and compute, and it’s putting that ...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot now allows users to use voice and pictures to get answers
People have been able to hold text conversations with OpenAI LP’s chatbot powered by artificial intelligence for a long time now, but the company said today it’s upgrading it so that they can chat with it out loud with their own voices. Users will also be able to snap photographs and hold back-and-forth conversations with ...
Mesh raises $22M for platform that helps businesses manage digital assets
Mesh Connect Inc., a startup that provides a system for enterprise businesses to manage digital assets, said Thursday that it completed a $22 million funding round to build out its platform, which helps customers maintain control over virtual assets such as cryptocurrencies. The Series A funding round was led by Money Forward Inc. with participation from ...
Microsoft announces Copilot in Windows 11 and new Surface laptops
Microsoft Corp. is expanding the presence of its artificial intelligence Copilot in a unified experience throughout Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 and in its web browser Edge and Bing. The early form of the update, announced today, will be coming to Windows 11 users through a free update starting on Sept. 26, and across Bing, ...
Amazon touts generative AI for Alexa, new Echo Show 8, Fire TV Stick and more
Amazon.com Inc. took to the stage during its Fall Devices Event today to reveal a number of new Echo devices and announced it will soon power its virtual assistant Alexa with a generative artificial intelligence model, giving it a whole new personality and the ability to hold conversations. New advancements in AI have given them ...