Curiscope, a U.K. augmented and virtual reality content startup, has raised a $1 million seed round led by LocalGlobe, the seed VC firm founded by Saul and Robin Klein. Ascension Ventures, Force over Mass, ustwo Adventure, and Richard Fearn also participated. The backing follows crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter and Indiegogo last year for the company’s The Virtuali-Tee product,… Read More
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A new study from Ascend Leadership, a nonprofit group for Asian professionals, finds there may be an overrepresentation of Asians in tech—but not in leadership.
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It still has some catching up to do to beat Huawei, but Xiaomi is regaining some of its lost momentum.
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Last year, a new VC emerged in Silicon Valley, designed to deal with the world’s biggest problems. 50 Years said it wanted to solve real-world problems, while at the same time as making money. What if you took that ethos and created a sort of Ycombinator-for-good? Today London, seems to be poised to catch up with that idea, with the launch of Zinc, a new ‘company builder’… Read More
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A potentially pivotal document in the legal fight between Uber and Waymo, the self-driving car company that was originally part of Google, has been released. It is a report (embedded at the bottom of this post) commissioned by Uber from cybersecurity firm Stroz Friedberg last year as part of its due diligence before acquiring Otto, a self-driving truck startup founded by former Google employees. Read More
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The singer-songwriter began the ’80s as an industry outsider, and ended the decade as a big-dreaming video star.
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GM is hoping to have 20 new electric vehicles by 2023, Uber is partnering with Westfield Malls to offer pick-up spots and lounges and Facebook is hiring 1,000 more people to help combat election ad interference. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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MegaUpload founder contested US government’s seizure of $40 million from overseas accounts.
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CNET and GameSpot are giving away two SNES Classic consoles. This sweepstakes ends October 15, 2017.
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Ajit Pai has been confirmed by the Senate as the Chairman of the FCC. He has been acting Chairman this whole time, as the process of confirmation generally lags well behind the succession process at the agency; the former Chairman, Tom Wheeler, stepped down shortly before the new Presidential term began, marking Pai’s de facto promotion. The vote today is his de jure assumption of the role. Read More
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