Month: August 2021
Eight Sleep raises $86M as its smart mattress and ‘sleep fitness’ technology approaches $500M valuation
The venture world is — quite literally — waking up to the potential of applying artificial intelligence to a wider variety of real-world, consumer-driven problems, and today comes the latest development on that front: Eight Sleep, which makes “smart” mattresses and mattress covers for regular mattresses that use machine learning…
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TikTok’s parent company acquires VR headset maker Pico
TikTok parent company ByteDance is acquiring Chinese virtual reality headset maker Pico. CNBC confirmed the news today after it was rumored last week and verified by Chinese publication Nweon. ByteDance told CNBC in a statement that Pico’s “comprehensive suite of software and hardware technologies, as well as the talent and…
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The new PS5 model runs hotter than Xbox Series X – why you shouldn’t worry PS5
Over the weekend, videos began popping up claiming that the new model of the PS5 – the CFI-1100B that’s just hitting shelves now – is worse than the original PS5. That claim, while factually correct, probably isn’t worth losing sleep over. The reason content creators are making that claim is…
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Clay debuts a new tool to help people better manage their business and personal relationships
A new startup called Clay, backed by $8 million in seed funding, has built a system designed to help you be more thoughtful with the people in your life, which operates somewhat like a personal CRM. With Clay, you build a collection of the people you meet by connecting your…
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The N64 controller was a weird but essential introduction to joysticks
In the annals of gaming history, there’s no controller better known than the three-pronged piece of plastic that shipped with the Nintendo 64. That’s likely for a few reasons. There’s the unique design, which renders it instantly and unmistakably recognizable as the N64’s gamepad. There’s the popularity of the console,…
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Financing the hybrid workplace of tomorrow Person typing and working from home – hybrid working
This is the finale in our four-part series, in which we explore the complexity of hybrid working. In this piece, we’ll explore how you can finance your future workplace – whether it’s hybrid or not. In essence, the hybrid working model offers an unprecedented ability to connect, collaborate and work…
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