Month: February 2021
Fitness bike Tread One announced – now you can pre-book it Tread One
There’s a new future-ready spin bike (cycle) all set for launch called Tread One from Bengaluru-based fitness-tech start-up Tread. The company has billed it as a first-of-its-kind which integrates hardware, software for home-based workouts. With the introduction of Tread One, the start-up is entering into the fitness and home-workout products’…
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Planning on buying a laptop? Stock issues could make that trickier in the near future laptop
The PC market has been booming in recent times, driven by the pandemic and scores of people working from home (or learning from home) as a result, but laptop shipments are about to take a turn for the worse, according to a new report. DigiTimes reckons that shortages of components…
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Instagram bans prominent anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy, but Facebook page remains active
Facebook-owned Instagram has permanently banned Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a prominent anti-vaccine activist who had over 800,000 followers on the platform, The Wall Street Journal reports. A spokesperson for the service said his account was removed “for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines.” His account on Facebook,…
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Goldman Sachs and Sesame Workshop pour money into this edtech firm’s newest fund
Shauntel Garvey and Jennifer Carolan liked edtech before the sector was cool, so the duo co-founded Reach Capital in 2015 with a $53 million debut fund. The San Francisco-based venture firm has since put checks into education startups including Newsela, Sketchy, ClassDojo and Outschool, landing six exits so far. Now,…
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Volkswagen partners with Microsoft on automated cars
Volkswagen Group is enlisting Microsoft’s help to speed up the development of autonomous driving systems, the company announced. It has already worked for several years with Microsoft on cloud computing for connected cars, but now it will expand that… Source
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Box Shuttle makes it easier than ever to move your business data to the cloud Box
Cloud storage firm Box has announced a new solution that will make it easier, faster, and cheaper for businesses to migrate large amounts of data. Box Shuttle contains aspects of a typical cloud storage management service, enabling organizations to gain a clearer overview of where their content is stored. For…
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