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IonQ’s quantum computer is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace
IonQ Inc., provider of trapped-ion quantum computing hardware, today announced that Google Cloud customers can tap into its quantum computers through the Google Cloud Marketplace. IonQ’s 11-qubit quantum hardware is now available to all Google Cloud customers, and the company expects to incorporate its 32-qubit system later this year. That will make IonQ’s system the ...
Bitrise releases new mobile DevOps platform to accelerate app updates
Bitrise Ltd., a mobile DevOps company, today announced the release of its new enterprise-grade mobile DevOps platform to help businesses get app updates to market up to 50% faster. The company says it spent the past six months collaborating with 12 companies, including real estate search platform Compass Inc. in a private beta to increase ...
Salesforce boosts employee wellbeing with Work.com expansion
Salesforce.com Inc. today announced updates to its Work.com employee engagement platform, that include enhancements affecting worker well-being, fulfillment and career growth, and productivity support. The new products being added include Work.com Wellbeing, which will assist employees with their physical, mental and financial wellness; Work.com Talent, which will help with learning and career growth; and Employee Service solutions ...
BrowserStack raises $200M in funding to scale cross-browser DevOps testing platform
BrowserStack, a startup that does website testing for DevOps teams, said today that it raised $200 million in new funding at a $4 billion valuation. The Series B round was led by Bond Capital, Mary Meeker’s investment capital firm, and was joined by Insight Partners and existing investor Accel. BrowserStack’s platform is a software-as-a-service platform for ...
Meister launches collaborative note-taking platform MeisterNote public beta
Meister, a provider of online collaboration and creativity tools, is expanding its suite of tools with the public beta launch of its note-taking and documentation management software MeisterNote today. MeisterNote is an intuitive note-taking platform designed to allow teams to create, organize and publish documents within a single hub, both from the office or remotely. ...
Android adding six new features focused on safety this summer
With summer heating up, the Android development team at Google LLC is adding six new features to its mobile operating system that focus on usability and safety. Today the team announced an expansion to earthquake announcements, the Messages app, Emoji Kitchen, voice access, password input and greater customization for Android Auto – a hands-free mobile ...
Amazon Luna cloud game streaming opens to Prime members on Prime Day
Amazon Prime Day is coming and Amazon Inc. is offering numerous benefits to Prime members, including no-invite priority access to Luna, the company’s cloud game streaming service. Before now, to get into the early access program, members had to request an invite, but on June 21 and 22, the two-day Amazon Prime Day, Prime members ...
Niantic partners with Hasbro to make Transformers AR mobile game
Niantic Inc., best known for “Pokemon GO,” announced today it has teamed up with Tomy Co. Ltd. and Hasbro Inc. to launch a new augmented reality title set in the Transformers universe. The game, titled “Transformers: Heavy Metal,” will bring the transforming robots to life in the real world through mobile devices the same way ...
Sustainable mineral blockchain company Circulor closes $14M funding round
Sustainable supply chain traceability technology company Circulor announced Thursday it closed $14 million in new funding led by the Westly Group. The Series A funding round was joined by Salesforce Ventures, BHP Ventures, Future Positive Capital, 24Haymarket, Sky Ocean Ventures and other existing investors. Circulor uses blockchain distributed ledger technology to deliver end-to-end traceability in supply chains in ...
Mythical Games raises $75M to launch ‘playable NFTs’ and blockchain gaming tech
Los Angeles-based gaming company Mythical Games today announced that it raised $75 million in a new funding round to launch its Blankos Block Party open-world multiplayer game as well as a blockchain platform with nonfungible tokens. The studio seeks to use the NFT technology as a platform for players to earn playable characters through what ...