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Blockchain data indexing startup Nxyz raises $40M led by Paradigm
Nxyz, a Web3 data indexing startup, announced today that it has raised $40 million in funding led by Paradigm to provide developers with scalable, flexible services for reading data from blockchains in real time. Other investors joining the Series A funding round included Coinbase Ventures, Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital and a number of Web3 angel ...
Microsoft rolls out cloud tool updates for DevOps teams and developers
As part of a push to assist development and operations teams with getting work done, Microsoft Corp. today announced a number of new cloud-native developer tools and features that will make developers’ lives easier. The new tools announced during the Microsoft Ignite 2022 conference, centered primarily around the company’s Azure cloud computing platform. The tools ...
Microsoft Power Platform lines up new AI capabilities for business users
Microsoft Corp. today announced a number of updates for Power Platform, the company’s low-code/no-code tools for app development and business intelligence automation, that add new artificial intelligence capabilities to the platform to make it easier for users to describe processes. The updates were announced during the Microsoft Ignite 2022 conference for developers and information technology ...
Valory raises $4M to unlock software-driven autonomy for blockchain apps
Valory AG, the developer of autonomous software systems, said today that it has closed $4 million in seed funding to fill the gap in crypto infrastructure between decentralized Web3 apps and centralized services with the help of open-source tools. True Ventures led the funding round with participation from Signature Ventures, Semantic Ventures, Prime Block Ventures, ...
Meta Quest Pro arrives at $1,499 to bring more people into the metaverse
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg today introduced the company’s much-hyped professional mixed reality headset: the Meta Quest Pro. The new headset, unveiled during Meta’s annual Connect conference, is available for pre-order today for $1,499 and will ship on Oct. 25. It’s aimed at the higher-end consumer crowd and represents a new branch of ...
Endor Labs launches with $25M to secure open-source code dependencies
Endor Labs, a software management platform that helps developers deal with software code dependencies, launched out of stealth mode today with $25 million in seed funding to help enterprise developers secure open-source software supply chains. Code is fundamental to security. Often when a headline comes out about an exploit or a vulnerability, it’s a problem ...
Google unveils Pixel 7 phones, Pixel Watch and Tensor G2 smartphone processor
Google LLC unveiled its newest lineup of Pixel phones today with the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro along with the Pixel Watch, the company’s first smartwatch, and a new smartphone processor that will power the new phones. The announcement was made during the “Made By Google” launch event, revealing the new processor as the ...
Facebook adds ‘show more’ and ‘show less’ controls to personalize users’ Feeds
Facebook, Meta Platform Inc.’s social media platform, is getting updates on how users personalize their Feed, allowing them to get a better handle on the complex tangle of information that flows through their lives and see what’s most relevant to them. The primary way that users get information on Facebook is called the Feed, a ...
Mastercard introduces Crypto Secure to combat fraud for banks and credit cards
Credit card and finance company Mastercard Inc. today introduced a new system that will enable banks and card issuers to identify and stop crypto asset transactions that may put their customers at risk for fraud. According to a report exclusively shared with CNBC, the new service is called Crypto Secure and will use artificial intelligence ...
Report from US Treasury risk watchdog calls for increased regulation of crypto assets
The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a group of senior U.S. regulators chaired by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, released a report late Monday calling for Congress to pass multiple laws strengthening regulations on cryptocurrency assets and stablecoins. The 124-page report on digital assets was released in response to President Biden’s March 9 executive order, “Ensuring Responsible ...