As we race toward Disrupt 2020, we’re keeping the Extra Crunch Live train rolling with a big entry next week as Twilio CEO and co-founder Jeff Lawson joins us for a chat. Lawson is well-known in the tech industry for helping institutionalize API -delivered digital services, a business model...
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dYdX and Antonio Juliano Zhuoxun Yin Brendan Chou Everett Hu just sent me this handy mail announcing a partnership with StarkWare and their scalability engine, StarkEx.Read the full...
In a preprint paper, Facebook researchers propose a gamified approach to collecting data to train conversational AI models.Read...
Facebook has created an option for Black-owned businesses to designate themselves as such on their Facebook and Instagram pages, the company announced today. Facebook will also amplify the reach of these Black-owned businesses and help drive...
Ahead of the 2020 election, Pew Research found that a majority of American adults believe social media platforms censor political speech.Read...
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said it has integrated Cerebras Systems' wafer-scale computer chip into its Lassen supercomputer.Read...
Two years after becoming the first U.S. company to hit a $1 trillion market cap. Apple doubled its value to $2 trillion, and its future looks rosy.Read...
Amazon, Facebook, and Google Nest today announced Zoom video calls are coming to their smart displays in a shift that could shake up how people receive video calls or interact with AI assistants. This is the first non-native video offering for Facebook Portal and Google Nest products. Before today,...
Google's Wear OS hasn't kept pace with new Apple watchOS features, so a key watchmaker is taking improvements into its own hands with a new software update.Read...
Editor in chief Nicholas Thompson sits down with WIRED reporters to talk about how another round of remote learning could deepen education inequality in the...
The latest beta version of Adobe Character Animator adds AI-powered lip-sync and motion capture tools, as well as revamped timeline features.Read...
Intel today detailed a collaborative research project to develop a robotic arm that assists those in wheelchairs with basic tasks.Read...
Making use of nonfungible tokens and blockchain technology, startup Blockparty is launching digital collectibles for art, sports, and music.Read...
Once hailed as a pioneer of digital investigative journalism, Julian Assange and his WikiLeaks site are painted in a Senate report as Russian propagandists.Read...
Thousands protest in the UK after a formula replaced a test that influences college placement. It's led to broader scrutiny of automation and...
Despite efforts by Facebook to combat fake news about the coronavirus, the social networking platform enabled 3.8 billion views of health misinformation.Read...
The UrBox team at an event in 2019 Big corporations may have all the resources they need to build customer loyalty, but even then they continue to face challenges doing it. This is what captured Bui Hoai Nam’s attention when he was working at Grab, along with other big corporations in...
Duolingo uses AI and machine learning in various features of the app: Stories, Smart Tips, podcasts, reports, and even notifications.Read...
At the recent Against All Odds Startup Summit 2020 online conference by Freshworks for Startups, Saleswhale Co-Founder & CEO Gabriel Lim explained how he and his team built a global SaaS platform from Southeast Asia (SEA) with a US$1 million annual recurring revenue (ARR). But he began his...
Lumikai has unveiled its early-stage venture capital fund focused on India’s fast-growing gaming market. The fund has a first: a female general partner.Read...
The COVID-era SaaS benchmarks that will prepare you for your board and investors (VB Live)
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Join this VB Live event for a discussion of the Key Banc Capital Markets survey, and the benchmarks SaaS companies need for success in a post-COVID worldRead...
Nintendo livestreamed one of its Indie World Showcase presentations to Twitch and YouTube this morning. This comes as fans continue to harbor anxiety about the future of the Nintendo Switch’s lineup. So far, the publisher has only revealed Pikmin 3 Deluxe for the fall, and that game is due out...
Amazon today made available new third-party AI and machine learning solutions addressing common challenges in call center setups.Read...
Nexon has five major online game franchises, and by the end of 2020, all five of those are going to be playable on mobile devices.Read...
Researchers at the University of Michigan find flaws in previous studies investigating the role personality plays in human-health care robot interactions.Read...
Isaac Roth Contributor Share on Twitter Issac Roth is a seasoned entrepreneur who advises founders on open source technology and keeping communities engaged. Over this career, he’s created and sold multiple enterprise software companies and stays...
New Oculus device users will need Facebook accounts, while existing device users can keep their Oculus accounts for two years before they stop working.Read...
Google is adding more detailed street-level data to Maps, including accurate road sizes and shapes, and features that help people traverse cities on foot. Read...
Exhibit B in the lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple could easily become Exhibit A in a U.S. antitrust case, clouding the maker of iPhones and AR software.Read...
In a new study, researchers claim they've developed a way to detect whether someone's wearing a mask from the sound of their speech.Read...