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NFT marketplace Mintable raises $13M in early funding from Ripple and Animoca Brands
Mintable, a marketplace for nonfungible tokens that represent unique digital assets on blockchains, today announced that it has raised $13 million in early funding to scale up its operations and boost growth. Investors joining the Series A funding round included notable names such as Ripple Labs Inc., an enterprise blockchain solution provider; Animoca Brands, a ...
Android devices can now support virtual COVID-19 vaccine cards
Google LLC has added support for COVID-19 vaccine and test cards on Android devices through its Pay app’s Passes application programming interface. Using this new setup, announced Wednesday, healthcare organizations, government agencies and other authorized entities can now create COVID vaccine and test cards that can be stored on Android devices. The API uses the same system ...
Sentry expands error and performance monitoring for Next.js
Sentry, a developer of application monitoring tools, announced Tuesday it has expanded its code observability tools to include the Next.js framework for error and performance monitoring. That means web application developers can capture errors, measure performance, configure commits and keep up with their code better than before without needing to add extra software development kits ...
CircleCI introduces new DevOps capabilities with server 3.1
Circle Internet Services Inc., a continuous integration and delivery platform for DevOps teams, today announced the launch of a major server update with version 3.1, which includes enhancements to security, observability and integrations. The company also filled out its management team, announcing the appointment of Apurva “AJ” Joshi as chief product officer. CircleCI introduces server ...
With new website, Google provides support for Americans facing food insecurity
Google LLC today announced a new website and additional resources for Americans experiencing food insecurity. Starting today, people can find free food support across all 50 states on the Find Food Support site. Feeding America estimates that 45 million people, one in seven people in the U.S. experienced food insecurity in 2020, which was worsened by ...
4G Clinical raises $230M backed by Goldman Sachs to speed clinical drug trials
4G Clinical, a company that does drug supply ordering and randomization management for clinical trials, today announced that it has raised $230 million in a growth equity investment led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Founded in 2015, 4G Clinical helps accelerate clinical drug trials using natural language processing and cloud-based services to optimize clinical studies ...
Mozilla launches Rally, a Firefox plugin to let users provide browsing data for research
Mozilla Corp. today announced the launch of Rally, a new platform that allows users to submit their own browsing data to research projects, using a privacy-centric and opt-in approach. Data is a valuable thing — so valuable that so-called “free services” spend lots of time tracking and collecting vital information on their users to sell ...
Roll integrates Fireblocks to secure and grow ‘social money’ token ecosystem
Roll, a platform that allows creators to mint and distribute their own blockchain-based “social money,” announced today that it’s integrating asset security platform Fireblocks Inc. to secure the new token ecosystem launching on its system. Roll allows anyone to mint, earn and reward what it calls “social money” on the Ethereum distributed ledger blockchain. For example, ...
Varjo announces Reality Cloud platform for VR that feels like you’re really there
Varjo Technologies Oy, a Finnish maker of industrial-grade virtual and mixed-reality hardware and software, today announced its new VR “virtual teleportation” platform that will allow people to transport others visually into the same room. To make this work, the technology in the Varjo XR-3 headset scans the area around the user to create a true-to-life ...
XCures raises $12.7M funding round to help cancer patients using AI
XCures Inc., an artificial intelligence-assisted cancer patient treatment insights platform, today announced that it raised $12.69 million in an early-stage funding round. The Series A round was led by science-focused Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund and joined by Vanedge Capital, Harmonix Fund and Metaplanet. The xCures platform takes unstructured medical data from patient records and turns ...