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CockroachDB creator Cockroach Labs raises $160 million at a $2 billion valuation

Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More Cockroach Labs, the software company best known for the open source, cloud-native distributed SQL database CockroachDB, has raised $ …

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Dauntless studio Phoenix Labs adds new studios, ramps up work on new games

Get the most out of your game’s subscription plans Best practices for designing and managing your subscription strategy Access guide here Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs keeps growing, as it announced today the establishment of new studios in Montreal, Quebec and Los Angeles, California. Phoenix Labs added 50 employees during 2020, …

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Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs cancels Toronto smart city project over ‘unprecedented economic uncertainty’

(Reuters) — Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has pulled the plug on its Toronto “smart city” project, citing “unprecedented economic uncertainty” in a setback for the city’s long-planned waterfront revitalization. Sidewalk Labs had developed a proposal for a futuristic, data-driven city development along Toronto’s downtown lakeshore. It was working with a government-mandated …

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Cockroach Labs raises $86.6 million to store enterprise data in multiple locations

Cockroach Labs, the company behind the open source distributed SQL database CockroachDB, has raised $ 86.6 million in a series D round of funding co-led by Altimeter Capital and Bond. Alphabet’s venture capital arm, GV, also participated in the round, having co-led its $ 55 million series C round back …

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Labs Across U.S. Join Federal Initiative to Study Coronavirus Genome

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday announced a national initiative to speed research into how the coronavirus was spreading around the country, bringing together at least 75 public health, academic and commercial institutions studying its genome. As the virus replicates, tiny mutations accumulate in its genetic code. …

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As Coronavirus Testing Increases, Some Labs Fear a Shortage of Other Supplies

Laboratories around the country are now facing potential shortages of key materials and chemicals needed to run tests for the novel coronavirus, as cases spread to more than two-thirds of the states and the global pandemic strains testing resources even further. Some lab directors say they are already beginning to …

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