Month: February 2020
Music Fingers is the newest weird beat-making gadget
The trend of gadgets that rethink the physical ways we make music is continuing with a little wearable device called Music Fingers. It literally puts music at your fingertips, and lets you tap out beats on any surface. It’s a clip-like device that’s goes on your finger, and sort of…
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AI chatbot maker Babylon Health attacks clinician in PR stunt after he goes public with safety concerns
UK startup Babylon Health pulled app data on a critical user in order to create a press release in which it publicly attacks the UK doctor who has spent years raising patient safety concerns about the symptom triage chatbot service. In the press release released late Monday Babylon refers to…
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61MP Nikon Z8 full-frame mirrorless camera rumored to launch in 2020
Chatter arose last year about a high-end Nikon full-frame mirrorless camera that is slated to join the Z7 and the Z6. At the time, Nikon executives confirmed to Japanese news outlets that a mirrorless version of the company’s pro-level sports DSLR, the Nikon D5, was being developed. Just prior to…
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Investors bet millions on Microverse, a Lambda School for the developing world
The student loan crisis in the U.S. has left venture capitalists searching for novel approaches to financing higher education, but can the same systems designed for helping coders in Silicon Valley get jobs at Google help underserved students in developing countries become part of a global work force? Similar to…
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Salesforce grabs Vlocity for $1.33B, a startup with $1B valuation
It’s been a big news day for Salesforce . It announced that co-CEO Keith Block would be stepping down, and that it had acquired Vlocity for $1.33 billion in an all-cash deal. It’s no coincidence that Salesforce targeted this startup. It’s a firm that builds six industry-specific CRMs on top…
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Checkout.com acquires payment optimization startup ProcessOut
Checkout.com, the quiet London-based payment platform, has acquired its first startup, ProcessOut. Checkout.com surprised everyone last year when it announced a gigantic $230 million Series A round. It turns out the payment processing boom is not over yet. Checkout.com focuses on enterprise clients with customers all around the world. It…
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