Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Coralogix, which analyzes software logs with AI, today announced $ 25 million in new funding and launched a real-time analytics solution that allows customers to pay according to data priority instead of volume. This allows them to get queries, alerts, …
Read More »Baidu’s smart home group seeks to raise capital at a $2.9 billion valuation
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Baidu today announced that it will seek to raise financing for its Smart Living Business (SLG), the internal group that maintains Baidu’s DuerOS voice platform and DuerOS-powered smart devices. Baidu expects a series A funding round valuing SLG at approximately …
Read More »Apple’s ‘privacy’ changes undermine international advertising best practices
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Apple’s decision to require users to opt-in to its IDFA tracking has understandably disrupted the ad tech ecosystem. Its new measures, albeit now delayed until “early” 2021, ignore current initiatives from the IAB around transparency and privacy-first best practices. The IAB-led …
Read More »Verizon debuts 5G Internet Gateway with augmented reality self-setup
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Though 5G is now largely associated with smartphones, Verizon originally launched the next-generation cellular technology as a high-speed broadband solution, promising cable modem-like 300Mbps average and 1Gbps peak data rates using millimeter wave 5G modems. Unfortunately, network buildout and local …
Read More »Exotec raises $90 million to bring robotics and automation to more warehouses
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now French robotics startup Exotec has raised $ 90 million in a round of funding led by London-based VC firm 83North. Founded out of Lille in 2015, Exotec develops autonomous industrial robots called Skypods that can move horizontally and vertically, and …
Read More »I tested Apple Watch sleep tracking to save you time and battery life
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now If you’re an executive seeking peak performance from the moment you wake up, or a parent hoping to create a better nightly routine for your family, you’ve probably heard about sleep tracking wearables — devices that promise to improve your …
Read More »Xbox Series X impressions: No going back to Xbox One and PlayStation 4
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now I’ve had an Xbox Series X for almost a week now. This is a preview version of the console with a lot of unfinished elements, but Microsoft gave me permission to talk about some aspects of the …
Read More »The Last of Us Part II voice actor breaks new ground with Twitch’s Artificial
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Millions of people who played The Last of Us Part II saw strong Asian-American male character in Jesse, with voice-acting from Stephen Chang. Jesse is a badass scout and zombie slayer who accompanies the main character, Ellie, …
Read More »The D20 Beat: The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk’s humor doesn’t hit my funny bone
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now I’ve long embraced humor in my role-playing games. The Bard Tale’s IV is among my favorite RPGs of the past few years, and I’m always up for Dragon Quest’s puns. And right now, Wasteland 3 is still …
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