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Argo closes $2.6 billion round from VW at a $7.25 billion valuation

Argo AI, the self-driving startup with close ties to automaker Ford, today announced the close of a $ 2.6 billion investment from Volkswagen (VW) first revealed in summer 2019. It values the company at $ 7.25 billion, up slightly from the roughly $ 7 billion at which Argo was valued …

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How to get more followers on Instagram

Presented by RankWisely Instagram is one of the most popular social media networks in the world, just behind Facebook and Twitter. If you’re a business person or individual who wants to grow their Instagram reputation, then you must attract more followers to it. Once you build up your followers list, …

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8 ways to bring your employees back to work

In the last few months, hundreds of millions of employees had to go home. It was a mass migration unlike any before it. While sheltering in place, companies have been wondering how to eventually bring all those people safely back into the office. However, there’s no road map for navigating …

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EA delays Madden NFL 21 announcement due to U.S. protests

Electronic Arts said it is postponing its announcement about Madden NFL 21 for Monday, due to the rioting happening in American cities. This coming week was the beginning of many game announcements that were previously scheduled for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), but the announcement from the Madden NFL 20 …

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Half-Life: Alyx update adds unassuming but impressive liquid effect to bottles

An amazing new detail arrives in the latest Half-Life: Alyx update: Bottles now have liquid in them. No, seriously, it’s pretty impressive. Update 1.4 adds incredibly convincing liquid effects to the many, many bottles strewn along the streets of City 17. Some Valve developers have been showing the effect in …

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NASA resumes human spaceflight from U.S. soil with SpaceX launch

(Reuters) — SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center …

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The coronavirus crisis could push the U.S. to adopt online voting by 2024

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden recently suggested that, as the public health emergency deepens, all-mail ballots are “worth looking at, quickly.” Mail-in ballots could be helpful as a stopgap right now, but it’s a slow and inefficient process in a digital age that demands a better answer. In addition, the …

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Pico Neo 2 and Tobii-powered eye-tracking variant now available worldwide

Pico Interactive is making its Neo 2 line of standalone headsets available worldwide. The base model is $ 700, while an eye-tracking variant powered by Tobii is $ 900. We tried both models at CES in January and while the eye-tracking wasn’t perfect in the early demo, it also worked without calibration …

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