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Led by LA-based March Capital, Astound raises $15.5 million for employee help desk automation services

Astound, a company selling automated employee help desk services, has raised a new round of $15.5 million from investors led by the Los Angeles investment firm March Capital Partners. Previous investors Vertex Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Moment Ventures and the Slack Fund also participated in ...

3 hours ago

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Led by LA-based March Capital, Astound raises $15.5 million for employee help desk automation services

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India's Mfine raises $17.2M for its digital healthcare service

Mfine, an India-based startup aiming to broaden access to doctors and healthcare by using the internet, has pulled in a $17.2 million Series B funding round for growth. The company is led by four co-founders from Myntra, the fashion commerce startup acquired by Flipkart in 2014. They include CEO Prasad ...

3 hours ago

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India's Mfine raises $17.2M for its digital healthcare service

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Voiceflow, which allows anyone to make voice apps without coding, raises $3.5 million

The market for voice apps has opened up — Amazon Alexa’s platform alone has more than 80,000 skills as of earlier this year — and there’s little sign of that growth slowing now that smart speakers have hit critical mass in the U.S. To capitalize on this trend, Voiceflow, a startup ...

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Voiceflow, which allows anyone to make voice apps without coding, raises $3.5 million

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Chive Media's out-of-home TV spinoff Atmosphere raises $10M

When Chive Media Group spun out its out-of-home TV business last year, co-founder and CEO Leo Resig said the structure should help the new company, called Atmosphere, raise venture capital. Looks like those fundraising efforts were successful, with Atmosphere announcing that it has raised $10 million ...

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Chive Media's out-of-home TV spinoff Atmosphere raises $10M

Venturebeat

GoMeta raises $6 million and launches Koji web app development platform

GoMeta is announcing it has raised $6 million and is launching Koji, a new development platform that makes it faster for devs to build web apps.

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Venturebeat

GoMeta raises $6 million and launches Koji web app development platform

Venturebeat

India's Mfine raises $17.2 million to expand telemedical doctor network

Mfine, an India-based telemedical company, has rasied $17.2 million in additional venture capital, bringing its total raised to $24 million.

4 hours ago

Venturebeat

India's Mfine raises $17.2 million to expand telemedical doctor network

Venturebeat

Blueshift raises $15 million from Softbank for its AI customer engagement tools

AI marketing startup Blueshift has raised $15 million from Japanese conglomerate Softbank, bringing its total raised to $30 million.

5 hours ago

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Blueshift raises $15 million from Softbank for its AI customer engagement tools

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Wired

Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation

Two employees who helped organize a walkout of thousands of workers say they've either been demoted or been told to drop concerns about ethics.

1 day ago

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Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation

Wired

John Legend Is Your New Google Assistant?Listen for Yourself

If you instruct Google Assistant to 'talk like a Legend,? it will speak in a simulacrum of the smooth sound of Grammy-winning crooner John Legend.

1 day ago

Wired

John Legend Is Your New Google Assistant?Listen for Yourself

Techcrunch

Verizon and Google ink deal to offer YouTube TV to Verizon wireless and Fios subscribers

Just days after Google and Amazon buried the hatchet over their longstanding streaming feud, Google has made another interesting inroad in its bid to bring yet more ubiquity to its YouTube-based premium video efforts. Today, Verizon (which owns TechCrunch) and the search giant announced a new partnership ...

3 hours ago

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Verizon and Google ink deal to offer YouTube TV to Verizon wireless and Fios subscribers

Fast Company

Google spinoff Wing earns first FAA approval for drone delivery

An offshoot of Alphabet Inc, aka Google’s parent company, is officially the first drone operator to receive FAA approval to start flying as an airline. While that doesn’t mean humans will be flying in drones anytime soon, it is an important step to giving the company the legal authority ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

Google spinoff Wing earns first FAA approval for drone delivery

Fast Company

The whole Trump-Russia saga, summed up in a single Google search mistake

The various subplots of the Donald Trump-Russia saga often feel like they belong less in a Special Counsel investigation and more in the you-won’t-believe-this tabloid pages that made our president famous to begin with. Never a dull moment, at least. One early and fateful encounter between Team ...

6 hours ago

Fast Company

The whole Trump-Russia saga, summed up in a single Google search mistake

Engadget

Google Maps helps you find open EV charging stations in real time

From now on, you just have to fire up Google Maps if you need to hunt for an open EV charging station. The latest versions of Google Maps for Android, iOS and the web now show real-time availability for charging ports in the US and UK, giving you a b...

4 hours ago

Engadget

Google Maps helps you find open EV charging stations in real time

Ars Technica

Google cuts the Pixel 3 price in half for Project Fi's birthday

Google's running the best deal ever for the Pixel 3, for US residents only.

24 hours ago

Ars Technica

Google cuts the Pixel 3 price in half for Project Fi's birthday

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Engadget

Acer updates select laptops with the latest from Intel and NVIDIA

This morning, Intel debuted its 9th-generation mobile core processor, the i9-9980HK, and revealed a slew of other 9th-gen chips. In the hours following, a wave of gaming laptop makers announced that they're adding the new chips and the latest NVIDIA...

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Acer updates select laptops with the latest from Intel and NVIDIA

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MSI is also upgrading its gaming laptops with Intel's new CPUs

MSI is joining a slew of other hardware makers in refreshing its gaming laptops with 9th-gen Core CPUs. It says these processors will allow its machines to deliver up to 45 percent better performance than previous versions.

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Engadget

MSI is also upgrading its gaming laptops with Intel's new CPUs

Engadget

Dell unveils G-Series and Alienware laptops with NVIDIA's latest GPUs

Dell is taking advantage of the launch of new Intel 9th-generation CPUs and NVIDIA's latest GTX 16-series GPUs to refresh some of its gaming laptops. First up, it's introducing new G5 and G7 laptops today with GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and 1650 Max-Q GPUs,...

4 hours ago

Engadget

Dell unveils G-Series and Alienware laptops with NVIDIA's latest GPUs

Engadget

ASUS' Strix III gaming laptops take cues from BMW's design gurus

With last year's ROG Strix II notebooks, ASUS finally gave us thin screen bezels. Now, they're taking style tips from BMW Designworks. The new Strix Scar III and Hero III are inspired by the "Face Off" concept, a joint project between ASUS and BM...

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Engadget

ASUS' Strix III gaming laptops take cues from BMW's design gurus

Engadget

ASUS' thin Zephyrus gaming laptops get new CPUs, GPUs and sturdy cases

For 2019, ASUS' Zephyrus gaming laptops are getting some useful improvements: Intel's 9th generation CPUs (which debuted this morning); NVIDIA's latest RTX graphics; and incredibly fast 240Hz displays. Oh yes, and they're still some of the thinne...

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Engadget

ASUS' thin Zephyrus gaming laptops get new CPUs, GPUs and sturdy cases

Engadget

Lenovo's latest gaming laptops pack 9th-gen Intel Core CPUs

Lenovo has announced two new gaming laptops, while it has refreshed some models in its Legion lineup -- all of which work with 9th-gen Intel Core i7 processors. The IdeaPad L340 Gaming laptop is a little more budget-friendly than other portable Lenov...

5 hours ago

Engadget

Lenovo's latest gaming laptops pack 9th-gen Intel Core CPUs

Venturebeat

Nvidia reveals affordable GeForce GTX 1650 GPU, shows off some spiffy laptops

The new line of laptops is aimed at people looking for more affordable gaming options and who still want to run games like Fortnite at a high framerate.

5 hours ago

Venturebeat

Nvidia reveals affordable GeForce GTX 1650 GPU, shows off some spiffy laptops

Venturebeat

Razer upgrades its 15-inch and 17-inch Blade laptops for gamers

Razer is refreshing its Razer Blade gaming laptops with new 15-inch and 17-inch models with the latest Intel processors and Nvidia RTX graphics.

5 hours ago

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Razer upgrades its 15-inch and 17-inch Blade laptops for gamers

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Techcrunch

You can now take your Amazon returns to all Kohl's stores

It’s one thing to be able to get everything delivered to your doorstep, it’s another to then have to actually have to leave your home, brace the elements and return those things that just didn’t work out (or work at all). Typically, that means a run to your local FedEx or UPS store. ...

1 hour ago

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You can now take your Amazon returns to all Kohl's stores

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Amazon expands partnership with retail company Casino Group in France

Casino Group and Amazon announced that they’re expanding their partnership in France. In particular, there will be Amazon lockers in 1,000 supermarkets and smaller grocery stores across France.

1 hour ago

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Amazon expands partnership with retail company Casino Group in France

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Amazon opens Key delivery to garages

Starting today, Amazon can drop off packages to your garage. Assuming, of course, you're cool with that. The massively multiplayer online retailer just expanded its Key delivery options to include garages, a feature it announced at the beginning of the year at CES. Customers will have to opt-in, of course. ...

4 hours ago

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Amazon opens Key delivery to garages

Engadget

Return your Amazon orders to any Kohl's store starting in July

You no longer have to be lucky if you want to return your Amazon order to a Kohl's store instead of heading to your local courier. As of July, you'll have the option of returning your goods at any of Kohl's 1,150 stores in the US. You won't need a...

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Engadget

Return your Amazon orders to any Kohl's store starting in July

Ars Technica

Dealmaster: Save on a bunch of PC accessories in Amazon's Gold Box sale

Plus deals on the latest Dell XPS 13, USB-C to Lightning cables, and more.

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Ars Technica

Dealmaster: Save on a bunch of PC accessories in Amazon's Gold Box sale

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Wired

Googlers Claim Retaliation, Samsung Delays Fold, and More News

Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less.

19 hours ago

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Googlers Claim Retaliation, Samsung Delays Fold, and More News

Wired

Samsung Delays the Release of Its Galaxy Fold Smartphone

The smartphone giant has delayed the release of the Samsung Galaxy Fold after early review units of the folding smartphone began malfunctioning.

22 hours ago

Wired

Samsung Delays the Release of Its Galaxy Fold Smartphone

Techcrunch

A week with the Samsung Galaxy Fold

I know, I know. I will say this about the Galaxy Fold, however: it has been a hell of a conversation piece. I've had a LOT of dialogues with strangers since I started using it as my day-to-day. And let's be honest, that's a big part of being an early adopter. The Galaxy Fold is […]

2 hours ago

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A week with the Samsung Galaxy Fold

Engadget

Our readers review the Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Our review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 was largely positive; reviewer Cherlynn Low found the handset impressive, calling it "one of the best phones of the year." With a "brilliant display," hearty battery life and speedy performance, the Note 9 did...

2 hours ago

Engadget

Our readers review the Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Ars Technica

After the Galaxy Fold breaks in the hands of reviewers, Samsung delays launch [Updated]

Samsung hits "pause" on the Galaxy Fold to figure out the display issues.

1 day ago

Ars Technica

After the Galaxy Fold breaks in the hands of reviewers, Samsung delays launch [Updated]

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Techcrunch

Waymo picks Detroit factory to build self-driving cars

Waymo, the self-driving vehicle technology startup under Alphabet, is setting up shop in a Detroit factory on American Axle & Manufacturing’s campus. Waymo said Tuesday it will partner with American Axle & Manufacturing to repurpose the existing facility, which was most recently used as a sequencing ...

1 hour ago

Techcrunch

Waymo picks Detroit factory to build self-driving cars

Fast Company

Elon Musk thinks Tesla can build 1M “robotaxis” in the next year

The latest Tesla moonshot is a doozy. On Monday, Elon Musk told an audience that Tesla plans to launch a large fleet of “autonomous robotaxis” in 2020. And not just a few: The Tesla CEO said the company planned to have a million of the self-driving vehicles on the road next year. Musk, ...

7 hours ago

Fast Company

Elon Musk thinks Tesla can build 1M “robotaxis” in the next year

Engadget

Waymo will build its self-driving vehicle fleet in Detroit

Waymo will build its autonomous vehicles in Detroit. CEO John Krafcik wrote Tuesday in a Medium post that the company will repurpose an existing facility in Motor City with the goal of being operational by mid-2019. Back in January, the company annou...

1 hour ago

Engadget

Waymo will build its self-driving vehicle fleet in Detroit

Venturebeat

Waymo will build its driverless cars in Detroit

Alphabet subsidiary Waymo today announced that it has selected a manufacturing facility in Detroit for level 4 autonomous car production.

3 hours ago

Venturebeat

Waymo will build its driverless cars in Detroit