Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Google acquires India’s Halli Labs, which was building AI tools to fix ‘old problems’

 Some more M&A news in the world of artificial intelligence. Today it was announced that Google has acquired Halli Labs, a very young (its first public appearance was on May 22 of this year) startup based out of Bengaluru, India, that was focused on building deep learning and machine learning systems to address what it describes as “old problems.” The company says it will be… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

ZeroFox secures $40m Series C to help manage social media risk

 ZeroFox, a startup that helps companies manage social media risk including scams, malicious links and account hijacking, announced a $40 million Series C investment today.
The round was led by Redline Capital Management and Silver Lake Waterman (which is Silver Lake’s late stage growth capital fund). Existing investors NEA, Highland Capital Partners and Core Capital also participated. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Overwatch is getting a city-based esports league with Robert Kraft as an owner

 Esports is growing up. Activision Blizzard just announced the Overwatch League, a new esports league built around Overwatch, which will be the first major esports league with a traditional city-based team structure, just like professional sports leagues. Seven teams are being announced today, based in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Miami-Orlando, San Francisco, Shanghai and Seul. The first… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Real estate venture firm Fifth Wall launches an early stage accelerator

 The venture capital firm Fifth Wall, an investor in construction and real-estate focused startups that is backed by some of the country’s largest real estate companies, is expanding into early stage investing with the launch of a new accelerator program. For the firm’s co-founder and co-managing partner Brendan Wallace, the accelerator is an opportunity to reach out to companies… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

The DIY Aviation Buffs Who Build Gyrocopters From Gaming Joysticks and Spare Parts

Xiaoxiao Xu dreams of flying. So do the DIY aviators who fill her delightful new photo book.
Source: Wired

Scientists Inject Ferrets' Brains With Rabies to Study … Vision?

A modified rabies virus lets scientists control how ferrets respond to simple visual patterns. There’s a point, promise.
Source: Wired

You’ll need to sell a kidney for Intel’s new 28-core Xeon CPU

Intel’s new Platinum series Xeon processors in its Skylake-SP range sport massive price tags, with one topping $13,000 in a near doubling of the costs over the previous generation of enterprise-focused CPUs.

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Source: Digital trends

Fairclaims raises $1.8 million to be a virtual “Judge Judy�

 Two years ago, Stephen Kane was looking for his next big idea. A lawyer who previously worked for the mega-firm O’Melveny & Myers and then spent time at Lex Machina, a software company that analyzed caselaw for lawyers, Kane was looking for the next new thing. That was when he hit on his latest idea, FaircCaims — an online service to resolve small claims cases. Kane calls it… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Would you like fries with your KFC phone? – CNET

Huawei has produced a finger-lickin’ special edition phone for KFC in China.
Source: CNET

AI trained on 1990s blockbuster movies learns to identify handguns on video

An AI system trained to spot handguns may be used in home security systems, police body cameras, and in video surveillance at places like school, airports, and malls, or to monitor violent content in online videos.

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Source: Digital trends