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Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the preview of AWS Private 5G, a new managed service that allows enterprises to set up their own private mobile networks and scale them up. Private 5G is a full-service feature, announced at the Amazon.com Inc. …
Mainframe raises $23M led by a16z for a cloud-native multiplayer game
Mainframe Industries, the startup behind the first cloud-native massively multiplayer online game, today announced it has raised $23 million in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. All previous investors including Riot Games invested in the Series B round and new investors included …
Amazon updates CodeGuru to detect and secure secrets in code
Amazon is updating its automated code review and profiler platform, CodeGuru, to detect confidential secrets in source code with a feature called Secrets Detector. CodeGuru operates by scanning source code for defects and bugs using machine learning and suggests improvements to help …
Report: Apple’s AR headset to launch in 2022 with M1-level computing power
Famed Apple Inc. analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the company’s anticipated augmented and virtual reality headset will debut in late 2022, featuring the computing power of its laptops with M1 chips. The news today came by way of MacRumors and 9to5Mac, in which Kuo shared …
DeFi privacy protocol Panther raises $22M in a public token sale
Panther Protocol, an interoperable end-to-end privacy protocol for decentralized finance, today announced that it has raised $22 million during its recent public token sale. The sale, which closed in only 90 minutes, brings the total amount raised by the company to $32 …
Bitrise raises $60M help devs keep up with mobile DevOps
Bitrise Ltd., a mobile DevOps company that helps developers get apps out faster, announced Thursday that it has secured $60 million in new funding led by Insight Partners. The Series C round was also joined by existing investors Partech, Open Ocean, Zobito, …
Vercel raises $150M to expand its front-end web dev platform
Vercel Inc., the creator of the Next.js JavaScript framework for front-end web development, today announced that it has raised $150 million in new funding. GGV Capital led the Series D round, with participation from existing investors Accel, Bedrock Capital, CRV, Geodesic Capital, …
Crypto payments startup MoonPay raises $555M at a $3.4B valuation
MoonPay, a cryptocurrency payment infrastructure startup, today announced that it has raised $555 million in its first-ever funding round led by Tiger Global Management and Coatue. Existing investor Blossom Capital and new investors NEA, Paradigm and Thrive also participated in the Series …
The NFT Bay allows people to ‘pirate’ 20TB of blockchain-based digital art
Australian software engineer Geoffrey Huntley has launched a website called The NFT Bay to host 19.5 terabytes of nonfungible token artwork and providing a useful lesson on blockchain technology as well. The NFT Bay’s name and website design both mimic that of The …
Grammarly raises $200M at a $13B valuation to improve written communication
Grammarly Inc., the developer of a writing assistant powered by artificial intelligence that helps people communicate effectively, today announced that it raised $200 million in new funding that puts the company’s valuation at a stunning $13 billion. This third funding round was …