Singapore’s retail tech startup Crown Technologies announced today (Jan 11) that it inked its first major, cross-border deal with JR East Business Development SEA Pte. Ltd, a subsidiary of East Japan Railway Company. This brings the company to an initial valuation of S$ 33 million. The Crown brand is one …
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GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Unity Technologies has raised more than $ 1.3 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) at a $ 13.6 billion valuation. Unity makes tools for developers to create games and other computer-generated entertainment. San Francisco-based Unity filed …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now This article is part of the Technology Insight series, made possible with funding from Intel. We tend to focus on the latest and greatest technology nodes because they’re used to manufacture the densest, fastest, most power-efficient processors. But as we …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now The Portland, Oregon City Council today unanimously voted to adopt two of the strongest bans of facial recognition technologies in the U.S. One prohibits the public use of facial recognition by city bureaus including the Portland Police Department, while the …
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Data set analytics startup SQream Technologies today announced it has raised $ 39.4 million. The bulk of the new funds will go toward talent recruitment, product R&D, and enhancing the company’s customer delivery platforms, according to a spokesperson. SQream aims to lower the barrier to big data optimization with better …
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The New York City Council today voted in favor of the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act, a bill that requires the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to disclose their use of surveillance technologies. The POST Act also mandates that the NYPD develop policies on how it deploys …
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SiLC Technologies, a silicon photonics startup specializing in photonic sensor and 3D imaging applications, today announced that it has closed a $ 12 million seed financing round. Founder and CEO Mehdi Asghari says that it’ll allow the company to refine its 4D+ Vision Chip lidar sensor, which it claims exceeds …
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