co Deep Render raises £1.6M for image compression tech that mimics ‘neural processes of the human eye’ By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 08:00:47 +0000 Deep Render, a London startup and spin-out of Imperial College that is applying machine learning to image compression, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Pentech, with participation from Speedinvest. Founded in mid-2017 by Arsalan Zafar and Chri Besenbruch, who met while studying Computer Science at Imperial College London, Deep Render […] Full Article Europe Fundings & Exits Startups TC Amazon articles Co-founder compression deep learning image compression Imperial College London Internet traffic London machine learning shanghai technology Twitter
co Microsoft and AWS exchange poisoned pen blog posts in latest Pentagon JEDI contract spat By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:18:47 +0000 Microsoft and Amazon are at it again as the fight for the Defense Department JEDI contract continues. In a recent series of increasingly acerbic pronouncements, the two companies continue their ongoing spat over the $10 billion, decade-long JEDI contract spoils. As you may recall (or not), last fall in a surprise move, the DoD selected […] Full Article Cloud Drama Enterprise Government TC Amazon jeff bezos Microsoft Pentagon JEDI contract
co Apple opens access to mobility data, offering insight into how COVID-19 is changing cities By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:59:49 +0000 Apple is providing a data set derived from aggregated, anonymized information taken from users of its Maps navigational app, the company announced today. The data is collected as a set of “Mobility Trends Reports,” which are updated daily and provide a look at the change in the number of routing requests made within the Maps […] Full Article Health TC Apple apple inc computing coronavirus COVID-19 Google Google-Maps iPhone iTunes mobile app operating systems smartphones Software
co The next iPhone could be delayed a month, as pandemic wears on By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:02:08 +0000 The latest budget iPhone arrived this month to largely positive reviews. The next flagship, on the other hand, may have to wait. The COVID-19 pandemic is having all manner of knock-on effects on the global economy, and the supply chain is certainly not immune. The Wall Street Journal this morning is reporting that the iPhone […] Full Article Hardware Apple coronavirus COVID-19 iPhone
co An already struggling smartphone market takes a big hit from COVID-19 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 19:56:46 +0000 Quarter after quarter, familiar stories have appeared. The smartphone market, once seemingly bulletproof, has suffered. The list of factors is long, and I’ve written about them ad nauseam here, but the CliffsNotes version is: costs are too high, innovation is too incremental and most people already own a device that will be plenty good for […] Full Article Extra Crunch Hardware Market Analysis Mobile Apple coronavirus COVID-19 iPhone LG Samsung smartphone
co NHS COVID-19: The UK’s coronavirus contacts-tracing app explained By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 18:08:37 +0000 The UK has this week started testing a coronavirus contacts-tracing app which NHSX, a digital arm of the country’s National Health Service, has been planning and developing since early March. The test is taking place in the Isle of Wight, a 380km2 island off the south coast of England, with a population of around 140,000. […] Full Article Apps Europe Health Privacy Security TC Android api app-store Apple Australia Bluetooth contacts tracing apps coronavirus COVID-19 data protection law estonia european union Germany Google iOS iPhone ireland mobile app National Health Service NHS COVID-19 northern ireland operating systems Singapore smartphone smartphones switzerland United Kingdom
co Your iPhone will soon be able to tell 911 about your medical conditions and allergies By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 20:18:17 +0000 Got something in your medical history that first responders should know about if you call 911? Things like known drug allergies, or the medications you’re on? The iPhone and Apple Watch will soon be able to share this information with first responders automatically (if you opt to let it do so). When a user with […] Full Article Health Mobile TC Apple Apple Watch iPhone
co UK eyeing switch to Apple-Google API for coronavirus contacts tracing — report By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:33:32 +0000 The UK may be rethinking its decision to shun Apple and Google’s API for its national coronavirus contacts tracing app, according to the Financial Times, which reported yesterday that the government is paying an IT supplier to investigate whether it can integrate the tech giants’ approach after all. As we’ve reported before coronavirus contacts tracing […] Full Article Apps Europe Health Mobile Privacy alpha Android api Apple apple inc Australia BBC Bluetooth ceo Colombia computing estonia Google Instagram ios 11 iPhone ireland mobile app National Health Service NHS NHSX operating systems Singapore smartphone smartphones spokesperson switzerland The Financial Times United Kingdom wi-fi
co Apple awards $10 million to rapidly scale COVID-19 sample collection kit production By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:40:19 +0000 Apple has awarded $10 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics, a company focused on producing sample collection kits for testing COVID-19 to hospitals in the U.S. The money comes from the fund that Apple established to support the development and growth of U.S.-based manufacturing, but is particularly notable because to date, the […] Full Article Biotech Health TC Advanced Manufacturing Fund Apple Apple I apple inc apple store Berkshire Hathaway Companies computers coronavirus COVID-19 Google iPhone manufacturing Steve Jobs United States
co This Week in Apps: Zoom gets busted, TikTok’s new record, contact tracing API launches By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 14:25:42 +0000 This week we continue to look at how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the world of apps, plus the use of live-streaming apps as fundraising tools and more. Full Article Apps Extra Crunch TC Android Apple bytedance contact tracing coronavirus COVID-19 Facebook Google Instagram iOS Mobile this week in apps tiktok WhatsApp
co NEAR Protocol raises $21.6M from A16Z and launches its MainNet, beating Ethereum 2.0 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 15:06:55 +0000 It was only the other week that Andreesen Horowitz announced their second blockchain-focused fund of $515 million. In the announcement, they said: “We are still early in this Web 3 build-out. High-performance programmable blockchains will make decentralized network development much more accessible. After years of R&D, we are excited that a number of next-gen programmable […] Full Article Europe TC blockchains cofounder computing cryptocurrencies decentralization decentralized network distributed computing engineer ethereum Google joseph lubin Microsoft United States vitalik buterin
co Apple and Google release sample code, UI and detailed policies for COVID-19 exposure-notification apps By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 16:15:01 +0000 Apple and Google are providing additional resources for developers working with the first version of their Exposure Notification API, the development tools the companies have created and are working on in order to provide a cross-platform way for public health agencies to notify individuals of a potential exposure to a person with a confirmed case […] Full Article Apps Health TC Android Apple computing contact tracing coronavirus COVID-19 Eddystone Google iOS operating systems smartphones
co UK’s coronavirus tracing app strategy faces fresh questions over transparency and interoperability By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 18:39:46 +0000 The UK’s data protection watchdog confirmed today the government still hasn’t given it sight of a key legal document attached to the coronavirus contacts tracing app which is being developed by the NHSX, the digital transformation branch of the country’s National Health Service . Under UK and EU law, a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) […] Full Article Apps Europe Health Privacy api Apple contacts tracing apps coronavirus COVID-19 data management data protection data security Elizabeth Denham european commission European Data Protection Board european union France gchq General Data Protection Regulation Germany Google ireland National Health Service NHSX privacy switzerland UK government United Kingdom
co NHS COVID-19: The UK’s coronavirus contacts-tracing app explained By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 18:08:37 +0000 The UK has this week started testing a coronavirus contacts-tracing app which NHSX, a digital arm of the country’s National Health Service, has been planning and developing since early March. The test is taking place in the Isle of Wight, a 380km2 island off the south coast of England, with a population of around 140,000. […] Full Article Apps Europe Health Privacy Security TC Android api app-store Apple Australia Bluetooth contacts tracing apps coronavirus COVID-19 data protection law estonia european union Germany Google iOS iPhone ireland mobile app National Health Service NHS COVID-19 northern ireland operating systems Singapore smartphone smartphones switzerland United Kingdom
co A security expert says India’s contact-tracing app has flaws; New Delhi says they are ‘by design’ By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 21:50:16 +0000 The Indian government has said that its contact-tracing app Aarogya Setu “by design” fetches the location data of its 90 million users and allows them to view the concentration of people who have tested positive for the coronavirus in their vicinity. New Delhi issued the statement after France-based security researcher Baptiste Robert found what he […] Full Article Apps Privacy Social Apple coronavirus COVID-19 Google india New Delhi
co Discover is Facebook’s new effort to help people access websites for free — but with limits By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 11:53:13 +0000 Facebook has a new connectivity app called Discover to help those who can’t afford to get online access information on the web. The service, available through mobile web and Android app, allows users to visit any website in text format (no video, images, audio and other elements that eat up large amounts of data) and […] Full Article Apps Social Android Facebook Google Internet Internet.org
co UK eyeing switch to Apple-Google API for coronavirus contacts tracing — report By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:33:32 +0000 The UK may be rethinking its decision to shun Apple and Google’s API for its national coronavirus contacts tracing app, according to the Financial Times, which reported yesterday that the government is paying an IT supplier to investigate whether it can integrate the tech giants’ approach after all. As we’ve reported before coronavirus contacts tracing […] Full Article Apps Europe Health Mobile Privacy alpha Android api Apple apple inc Australia BBC Bluetooth ceo Colombia computing estonia Google Instagram ios 11 iPhone ireland mobile app National Health Service NHS NHSX operating systems Singapore smartphone smartphones spokesperson switzerland The Financial Times United Kingdom wi-fi
co YouTube TV to gain 14 more ViacomCBS channels in expanded distribution deal By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:00:39 +0000 YouTube TV is expanding its lineup of channels thanks to a new, multi-year distribution agreement with ViacomCBS, announced this morning. The Google-owned streaming TV service is gaining 14 new ViacomCBS channels as a result of the deal, including news, sports, and entertainment offerings. It will also continue to carry CBS broadcast stations, CBS Sports Network, […] Full Article Media Google streaming service streaming TV television tv ViacomCBS YouTube YouTube TV
co Apple awards $10 million to rapidly scale COVID-19 sample collection kit production By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:40:19 +0000 Apple has awarded $10 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics, a company focused on producing sample collection kits for testing COVID-19 to hospitals in the U.S. The money comes from the fund that Apple established to support the development and growth of U.S.-based manufacturing, but is particularly notable because to date, the […] Full Article Biotech Health TC Advanced Manufacturing Fund Apple Apple I apple inc apple store Berkshire Hathaway Companies computers coronavirus COVID-19 Google iPhone manufacturing Steve Jobs United States
co Adtech scores a pandemic pause from UK privacy oversight By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:41:50 +0000 The coronavirus is proving to have an unexpected upside for the adtech industry. The U.K.’s data protection agency has paused an investigation into the industry’s processing of internet users’ personal data, saying targeted suspension of privacy oversight is merited because of disruption to businesses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigation into adtech […] Full Article Advertising Tech Europe Privacy brave Brexit coronavirus COVID-19 data protection data security european commission european union General Data Protection Regulation Google ICO information commissioner's office Johnny Ryan personal data privacy United Kingdom United States
co How will coronavirus change the world? — Parlia launches to help you find out By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:53:26 +0000 “Is Greta Thunberg a hypocrite?” Google that phrase and you will get thousands of results. It just goes to show that, to a large extent, the “Q&A” model is broken on the internet. Where once Yahoo Answers and Quora were considered the bright young things of Web 2.0’s “Read/Write Web,” today there is only the […] Full Article Europe Recent Funding Startups TC biology bloomberg beta coronavirus COVID-19 Demotix designer Google iraq journalist Lebanon linguistics messi quora unilever United Kingdom Yahoo
co Australian companies head to stock market in biggest rush since ’09 By www.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 23:01:51 GMT Companies lean heavily on equity in effort to dent blow from coronavirus Full Article
co Nintendo collects lockdown power-up as sales shift online By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:50:45 GMT Jump in downloads helps Japanese video game group score 41% rise in profit Full Article
co HSBC accuses collapsed oil trader ZenRock of ‘suspicious’ dealings By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:22:00 GMT Bank alleges collapsed Singaporean company raised money through duplicate invoices Full Article
co China’s Covid-19 QR code surveillance state By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:57:25 GMT Phone-based system controls entry and exit to neighbourhoods and taxi cabs Full Article
co Tencent surveils foreign accounts to aid domestic censorship By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:08:27 GMT Research finds WeChat analyses messages from users registered outside China to train its algorithms Full Article
co Saudi Arabia shows Asia focus with renewed oil price discounts By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:34:43 GMT Kingdom offers crude to US at a premium but shows reluctance to lose Asian market share Full Article
co Brazil approves QE to fight coronavirus woes By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 22:55:20 GMT Central bank of Latin America’s largest economy can now engage in monetary financing Full Article
co US and China say trade talks on track despite coronavirus tensions By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:46:51 GMT Two sides hold call on ‘phase one’ deal in rare easing of war of words over pandemic Full Article
co Fear factor threatens stocks’ Covid-19 fightback By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:00:46 GMT China’s example suggests that life will not snap back to normal, strategists say Full Article
co US and China: edging towards a new type of cold war? By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:33:24 GMT Trust between the countries has deteriorated during the pandemic and is close to its lowest point since 1979 Full Article
co Saudi sitcom breaks taboos on homosexuality and Israel By www.ft.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 04:00:22 GMT Popular programme is sparking debate about social change during holy month of Ramadan Full Article
co Belarus holds military parade despite coronavirus risk By www.ft.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:43:19 GMT President Lukashenko under fire from neighbouring countries for lax approach to pandemic Full Article
co Cockroach Labs scores $86.6M Series D as scalable database resonates By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 13:00:50 +0000 Cockroach Labs, the NYC enterprise database company, announced an $86.6 million Series D funding round today. The company was in no mood to talk valuations, but was happy to have a big chunk of money to help build on its recent success and ride out the current economic malaise. Altimeter Capital and Bond co-led the […] Full Article Cloud Enterprise Funding Startups TC altimeter capital Bond cockroach labs databases open source
co Sinch acquires SAP’s Digital Interconnect messaging business for $250M By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 13:36:56 +0000 M&A activity has generally slowed down in the weeks since the novel coronavirus took a grip on the world, but there have been some pockets of activity in the tech industry when the price is right or when the divestment/acquisition just makes sense. The world of messaging brings us the latest development in that theme: SAP, […] Full Article Enterprise Europe Exit M&A Startups TC TCUK messaging sap sinch
co Sleuth raises $3M Seed to bring order to continuous deployment By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 16:00:51 +0000 Sleuth, an early stage startup from three former Atlassian employees, wants to bring some much-needed order to the continuous delivery process. Today, the company announced it has raised a $3 million seed round. CRV led the round with participation from angel investors from New Relic, Atlassian and LaunchDarkly. “Sleuth is a deployment tracker built to […] Full Article Cloud Developer Enterprise Funding Startups TC continuous delivery CRV devops
co GitHub gets a built-in IDE with Codespaces, discussion forums and more By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:30:44 +0000 Under different circumstances, GitHub would be hosting its Satellite conference in Paris this week. Like so many other events, GitHub decided to switch Satellite to a virtual event, but that isn’t stopping the Microsoft-owned company from announcing quite a bit of news this week. The highlight of GitHub’s announcement is surely the launch of GitHub […] Full Article Developer Enterprise TC computing encryption Git GitHub Microsoft software engineering version control virtual machine
co Confluent introduces scale on demand for Apache Kafka cloud customers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:00:34 +0000 We find ourselves in a time when certain businesses are being asked to scale to levels they never imagined. Sometimes that increased usage comes in bursts, which means you don’t want to pay for permanent extra capacity you might not always need. Today, Confluent introduced a new scale-on-demand feature for its Apache Kafka cloud service […] Full Article Cloud Developer Enterprise Apache Kafka Confluent Jay Kreps open source
co Equinix just recorded its 69th straight positive quarter By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 21:22:33 +0000 There’s something to be said for consistency through good times and bad, and one company that has had a staggeringly consistent track record is international data center vendor, Equinix. It just recorded its 69th straight positive quarter, according to the company. That’s an astonishing record, and covers over 17 years of positive returns. That means […] Full Article Cloud Earnings Enterprise TC co-location facilities data centers Equinix infrastructure
co Enterprise companies find MLOps critical for reliability and performance By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 21:28:28 +0000 Machine learning ops focuses on the ML model and datasets, as opposed to code. Data engineers run MLOps, but it’s likely that the specialized role of MLOps engineer will come about soon. Full Article Artificial Intelligence Column Developer Enterprise Extra Crunch Market Analysis Security artificial intelligence automated machine learning business process management data scientist Databricks DataRobot devops finance machine learning ML MLops software development workflow
co Box makes quick decision to add new collaboration capabilities in face of pandemic By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:00:50 +0000 When the shutdown began six weeks ago, the powers that be at Box sat down for a meeting to discuss the situation. They weren’t in the same room of course. They were like everyone else, separated by the virus, but they saw this as a key moment for Box as a company. They had been […] Full Article Cloud Enterprise SaaS Aaron Levie Box collaboration content management COVID-19
co As private investment cools, enterprise startups may try tapping corporate dollars By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:07:11 +0000 Founders hunting down capital in the middle of this pandemic may feel like they’re on a fool’s errand, but some investors are still offering financing, even if the terms might not be as good as they once were. One avenue that appears to remain open: corporate venture capital. The corporate route offers its own set […] Full Article Enterprise Extra Crunch Fundings & Exits Market Analysis Startups TC Venture Capital corporate venture capital Datometry Dell Technologies Capital DocuSign enterprise software mirantis Nutanix Salesforce Ventures salesforce.com
co Zoom consultant Alex Stamos weighs in on Keybase acquisition By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:39:01 +0000 When Zoom started having security issues in March, they turned to former Facebook and Yahoo! Security executive Alex Stamos, who signed on as a consultant to work directly with CEO Eric Yuan. The goal was to build a more cohesive security strategy for the fast-growing company. One of the recommendations that came out of those […] Full Article Cloud Enterprise M&A SaaS Security TC Alex Stamos encryption Eric Yuan Keybase zoom
co Microsoft and AWS exchange poisoned pen blog posts in latest Pentagon JEDI contract spat By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:18:47 +0000 Microsoft and Amazon are at it again as the fight for the Defense Department JEDI contract continues. In a recent series of increasingly acerbic pronouncements, the two companies continue their ongoing spat over the $10 billion, decade-long JEDI contract spoils. As you may recall (or not), last fall in a surprise move, the DoD selected […] Full Article Cloud Drama Enterprise Government TC Amazon jeff bezos Microsoft Pentagon JEDI contract
co Robots To Eat All The Jobs? Hackers, Policy Wonks Collaborate On A Basic Income Createathon This Weekend By techcrunch.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 21:20:07 +0000 In the face of rising U.S. income inequality and concerns about job loss to automation, some of Silicon Valley’s best-known names including Y Combinator’s Sam Altman have spoken up in favor of a universal basic income that would give people a baseline standard of living in an economy that may not be able to produce […] Full Article TC
co Airbnb Pledges Transparency, Education To Fight Commercial Hosting, But Provides Little Detail By techcrunch.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:07:43 +0000 In response to calls for stronger action on hosts that aren’t casual users, Airbnb said it would start sharing some data with governments and getting hosts to agree to a policy of listing only their permanent homes. Here’s what Brian Chesky said in a post today: Today, we’re taking the next step to turn these principles into […] Full Article TC Airbnb
co Regalii, A Startup In NYC’s Washington Heights, Uncovers Where Immigrants’ Remittances Really Go By techcrunch.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:49:12 +0000 It’s not a converted industrial warehouse in Brooklyn. Or a stately, century-old building in the Flatiron. But YC-backed Regalii’s atypical office location up in the Dominican-heavy Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan has given it plenty of insights into its working-class immigrant customer base. The startup, co-founded by several Latino founders who personally knew the hassles of sending money home, […] Full Article TC development remittance
co Bucket, A Travel Planner That Automatically Creates Recommendation Lists, Expands Nationwide By techcrunch.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:37:11 +0000 Early Facebook employee and longtime travel aficionado Julia Lam began studying consumer travel habits over a year ago to see how people planned their vacations and business trips. What she found was that people were often using a mess of Chrome tabs and text files. So she started Bucket with former Facebook engineer John Sichi […] Full Article TC Bucket slow ventures
co Elder Care Startup Honor Makes Contractors Full-Time Workers With Equity By techcrunch.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 01:36:11 +0000 Honor, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed company focused on caring for seniors as Baby Boomers tip over into retirement, is making its contractor workforce into a full-time one. The care workers, called CarePros within the company, will have the potential for stock options. “I really don’t want two classes of people in our company. Everyone is in it […] Full Article TC
co A global experiment in Roam co-living By techcrunch.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:55:03 +0000 Kim-Mai Cutler Contributor Kim-Mai Cutler is an operating partner for Initialized Capital, an early-stage venture firm and was previously a journalist covering technology, finance and policy issues at TechCrunch -- best-known for her long-form work on the Bay Area. More posts by this contributor The outlook for Bay Area startup space in 2017 OpenVote launches […] Full Article Column TC co-housing co-living Digital Nomad Roam roam co-living