Kasisto raises $9.2 million to go beyond personal finance bots

Bots and artificial intelligence company Kasisto today announced that it has raised $9.2 million. The money will be used to bolster the company’s personal finance bot KAI and expand its AI virtual assistant offerings to markets beyond finance. When asked by VentureBeat, the compa … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Self-tracking headsets are 2017’s big VR trend — but they might leave your head spinning

I’ve gotten used to VR headsets becoming constantly lighter, more powerful, and easier to use, as companies tried to turn a piece of sci-fi tech into a viable product. Several of these shifts have happened at Las Vegas’ annual CES trade show, offering hints of what we’ll see in t … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Google upgrades its free kids’ animation app to 3D

Google is releasing a new version of its free animation app for kids, giving the software the new ability to work in 3D. The upgrade is a big visual step-up for the app, which is moving from a 2D paper-cut-out style, to a low-poly but high-resolution look. Of course, the new Toon … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Why every Civilization has a new lead designer

Civilization celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, marking it as one of the most successful strategy game franchises we've ever seen. Its popularity hasn't waned either. If you look at the list of top played games on Steam right now, you'll likely find both Civ 6 and 5 holdi … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Disabling the click delay in UIWebView

Historically, one of the differences that made hybrid mobile apps feel a bit “off” was that there would be lag when handling taps on UI elements with a straightforward click event handler. Libraries such as Fastclick were created to mitigate this by using raw touch events to imme … | Continue reading


@blog.persistent.info | 7 years ago

Airtel launches India's first payments bank

India’s ongoing, audacious project to bring banking and financial services to much of its population hit a major milestone today; the country’s first payments bank is now live. Airtel, India’s largest telecom network, with over 260 million subscribers, today announced the launch … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

East Ventures raises $27.5M seed fund for Southeast Asia, its fifth to date

One of Southeast Asia’s longest-serving seed-stage investors has reloaded its coffers for more deals after East Ventures closed its fifth fund, worth $27.5 million. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Un avant-projet de loi portant code pénal criminalisant la fraude aux examens et concours | actu33: Information et Actualité

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@staraffaires.com | 7 years ago

HTC launches new all-glass phone with two screens and no audio jack

In a less-than-expected turn of events, HTC has decided to unveil its new series of phones unusually early, starting with two new devices: The flagship U Ultra and the more affordable U Play. Moving away from its signature aluminium unibody design, both handsets sport a glossy, a … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

NBA All-Star Celebrity Game 2017

- Final Score: East 88, West 59 - Most Valuable Player: Brandon Armstrong - NBA All-Star 2017 complete coverage NEW ORLEANS - The Celebrity Game was and is never too serious, for the | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

2017 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest

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@nba.com | 7 years ago

Shootaround (Jan. 12) -- Cavs say they need more practice time

Love: 'Practice time would be great for us' | Crowder-Wall scuffle marks end of game | Anthony calls Knicks' latest loss 'unacceptable' | Rondo treading carefully in Chicago | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

A Deep Guide on Advertising Through Pinterest with Promoted Pins

Internet is one of the excellent ways to promote a brand to drive massive traffic to a website. Guide on Advertising Through Pinterest with Promoted Pins. | Continue reading


@bforblogging.com | 7 years ago

66th NBA All-Star Game

FINAL SCORE: West 192, East 182 Most Valuable Player: Anthony Davis Participants: Roster Game Info:  Box Score, Video Highlights & Matchup Info More:  NBA All-Star | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

2017 BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge

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@nba.com | 7 years ago

Rührend: Affen betrauern Affen-Bot als totes Affen-Baby

Tier-Roboter-Interaktion ist auch kein Zuckerschlecken: Die BBC-Serie Spy in the Wild versucht Wildtieren ihre Verhaltensgeheimnisse zu entlocken, indem sie ihnen als Artgenossen getarnte Kamera-Bots unterschiebt. Die Fake-Affen, -Krokodile und Präriehunde... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

2017 Taco Bell Skills Challenge

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@nba.com | 7 years ago

L’ENTV ne diffusera aucun match de la Coupe d’Afrique des Nations 2017 | actu33: Information et Actualité @actu33 https://s.staraffaires.com/hT/

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@staraffaires.com | 7 years ago

2017 All-Star Three-Point Contest

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@nba.com | 7 years ago

Game encourages customers to swap games for cash

Video games retailer Game is staging a trade-in event, encouraging consumers to clear out their game cupboards and unlock considerable sums tied up in old games and consoles. | Continue reading


@eventmagazine.co.uk | 7 years ago

Best cars of CES 2017 — almost the Car Electronics Show

The Detroit auto show follows CES by a week, but the two live separate lives. Detroit is about generating buyer interest in new cars, after the press packs up and leaves. CES is about the sizzle of new car technology on the immediate horizon.The post Best cars of CES 2017 — almos … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Curve adds instant cashback to mobile wallet and all-your-cards-in-one app

London fintech startup Curve has always talked a good game when it comes to the bigger picture. That is, helping to converge disparate financial services into a single platform to help you manage your money better. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

China CERT Blockchain Report Blasts Ripple For High-risk Security Flaws

Blockchain projects are very common in this day and age. Individual companies and projects feel their own ledger-based solution is better than all others. A recent report by China CERT shows there is still a lot of work to be done where open–source block chain projects are concer … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

What Central Bank? China's Big Bitcoin Traders Are Still All-In On Bitcoin

Despite recent reports suggesting China's central bank is casting a critical eye on domestic bitcoin exchanges, local traders remain largely unfazed.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

Blockchain Tech to be Researched by US Food and Drug Administration

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@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Gadget Earth

Wandering the halls of CES 2017 recently with video director William Joel, we were not only struck by how many different “breeds” of gadgets there are in the world, but also by just how many of those gadgets — particularly the robots and drones — seem to have unique personalities … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Sony closes Rigs studio Guerrilla Cambridge

UPDATE 18TH JANUARY: Sony has told me the online service for Rigs will be unaffected by Guerrilla Cambridge's closure. There will, however, be no further do… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Opera showcases ‘future of the web’ with Neon, a new concept browser for Windows and Mac

European technology company Opera Software is today debuting a brand new concept browser for Mac and Windows, built from the same engine as the company’s flagship Opera browser, but designed to showcase new ways to interact with web content. The Opera Neon browser start page disp … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Three Weeks Pass and Still No Clean Water in Damascus Suburbs

Residents in a suburb in Damascus haven’t had access to clean water for three weeks as a result of a damaged spring. The Syrian government initially accused rebels in Wadi Barada of contaminating the water, while opposition forces said the regime had damaged the water system with … | Continue reading


@live.wsj.com | 7 years ago

Talend looks to ease big data prep with latest release

Talend, the big data integration vendor that went public last July, announced its winter release today with new tools to help automate data preparation, a sticky problem for enterprise customers. Surely, there are ever-increasing amounts of data and companies struggle to keep up. … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Smize! Tyra Banks emojis are here

She’s a supermodel, TV producer, entrepreneur, educator…and now you can add emoji character to the list. The tireless Tyra Banks is announcing her latest project, TyTyMoji, which just launched in the iTunes store. The new app means your favorite Tyra moments from “America’s Next … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Opera Neon is a brave re-imagining of what a browser can be

For years now, Opera has very quietly kicked ass in the browser world. Its current offering packs features not seen in other browsers, and boasts an integrated ad-blocker, and a truly-free VPN. And now, it’s about to shake things up again, with Opera Neon. Let’s be clear. Opera N … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Opera launches Neon, a new experimental desktop browser

Browsers have gotten boring. After a flurry of innovation, especially around the time Google launched Chrome, things slowed down over the last few years. We’ve seen a few interesting experiments, mostly from smaller players like Yandex, Brave and Vivaldi, but the largest players … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Do funny recruiting hacks work? Let’s ask a guy who tried

Do recruiting “hacks” work? Can you get a big company’s attention through wacky (or not so wacky) antics? One man, John Washam, tried and his story is, at the very least, interesting. Washam wrote about his quest to work for Google on his blog, Googley As Heck. He posted his educ … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Dutch journalists hack local politicians’ Twitter accounts to expose weak security

If 2016 showed anything, it’s that almost everyone is vulnerable to hacking. The past year saw a couple of the largest database leaks in history, leaks that spilled out sensitive info from hundreds of millions of accounts – and since most internet users use  one password for mult … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Las Vegas testet selbstfahrenden Pendelbus

Öffentliche Tests von selbstfahrenden Vehikeln werden immer alltäglicher. Die neuesten finden derzeit auf den Straßen der Casino-Stadt Las Vegas statt: Das französische Unternehmen Navya hat bekannt gegeben, dass sein autonomer... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Edit images with just your voice? Adobe will have an app for that

In a recent video posted online, Adobe demos a feature that allows you to edit photos on your mobile device with voice commands. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Heat team plane slides on snowy taxiway in Milwaukee

Inclement weather and cold temperatures have caused travel delays across the United States for the last few days, and NBA teams have felt the snarl of that. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

PwC Startup Collider Fosters European Fintech Ecosystem

In the wake of emerging FinTech startups based out of London, Europe is now marking a solid footmark in the global finance industry. Now, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a renowned professional services firm, is going to further boost the sector with its Startup Collider accelerato … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 7 years ago

Anger on Twitter over plans to build a tunnel under Stonehenge

A road tunnel is going to be built under Stonehenge, one of the best-known prehistoric monuments in Europe, under a controversial project just finalised by the government.  SEE ALSO: Obama names 2 new national monuments before Trump takes officeTransport Secretary Chris Grayling … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Madrona appoints Microsoft’s former developer division chief as managing partner

Madrona Venture Group, the Seattle-based early-stage venture capital firm, today announced that it has appointed S. “Soma” Somasegar to the role of Managing Director. Somasegar joined Madrona as a Venture Partner in 2015. Before that, he was the Corporate Vice President in charge … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

The PC market just fell for the fifth straight year as unit shipments continue to decline

The PC market declined again in 2016, for the fifth straight year in a row. Sales in 2016 were less than 75% of what we saw in 2011, and depending on which analysts you listen to, 2017 won't be much better. The post The PC market just fell for the fifth straight year as unit ship … | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 7 years ago

Amazon is confusing Londoners by changing the name of Westminster Tube

Last December, Amazon launched a new data center in London to support its extremely profitable cloud service business. You probably don’t care and almost certainly didn’t notice, and so to remedy this situation, Amazon has decided to confuse London’s commuters. The company has te … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 years ago

Frankfurt Sets Sights on Becoming Germany’s FinTech Hub

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@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

ElliQ is a robotic companion that helps the elderly remain active and engaged

Robots for dispatching medical goods. Robots for delivering food. Robots for transporting people. Robots for managing warehouse logistics. Robots are no longer confined to science fiction — they’re infiltrating every facet of our lives. One area, in particular, that is increasing … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Xiaomi admits growing too fast, no longer sharing yearly sales figures

Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi will not reveal last year's smartphone sales figures, a company tradition, as its CEO admits the company grew “too fast”. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Galaxy X: Samsungs FaltPhone soll im Herbst kommen

Laut einem Bericht des Korea Herald bringt Samsung im Herbst diesen Jahres endlich ein Smartphone mit Klapp-Display auf den Markt, genauer gesagt soll es sich um 7-Zoll-Gerät handeln, von dem dieses Jahr rund 100.000 Exemplare produziert werden... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Android Wear 2.0 is arriving next month with a Play Store for your wrist

According to a letter sent to developers and published by Android Police, Google is set to release version 2.0 of its Android Wear OS for smartwatches in early February. The biggest draw in the update is the on-watch Google Play store that will allow you to search and install app … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago