Facebook Facebook is mapping demographics, human movement, and network coverage to combat diseasesVentureBeat - Paul SawersFacebook is partnering with a handful of organizations to combat diseases using real-time maps powered by satellite imagery, computer vision, census data, and Facebook’s own proprietary data. The social
Ajit Pai FCC chair backs merger after T-Mobile and Sprint pledge 97% U.S. 5G coverage in 3 yearsVentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzThird- and fourth-place U.S. cellular carriers T-Mobile and Sprint have been struggling to get regulatory approval for their merger since it was announced last year, as multiple FCC review delays and protests
Play button Identity platform provider Auth0 raises $103 million at a valuation of $1 billionVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersOnline data breaches are on the rise, and it’s no great mystery why. In a recent survey conducted by LastPass, 59% of respondents said they reused passwords across multiple accounts and more than half
Internet of Things Arm launches Space Analytics so property managers can use buildings betterVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiArm normally designs chips for a wide range of low-power devices. But today it is launching Space Analytics to empower property managers to better use available space in order to maximize revenue and costs.
Samsung Samsung’s One UI comes to Galaxy Watch, Gear S3, and SportVentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzSamsung’s Galaxy Watch Active smartwatch generated plenty of attention thanks to a sleeker design and UI enhancements over its predecessors — now Samsung is bringing Active’s software improvements to older
Workstations Robin raises $20 million to manage conference rooms and workstationsVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersRobin Powered, a Boston, Massachusetts-based provider of cloud-based workplace scheduling and management software, today announced that it’s secured $20 million in series B funding led by Tola Capital,
Clinc raises over $50 million to bring conversational AI to cars, banks, and kiosksVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersClinc, a four-year-old AI startup based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, today announced that it’s secured $52 million in series B financing led by Insight Partners, with participation from DFJ Growth and existing
Huawei Google’s Huawei restrictions are a wake-up call for all Android phone makersVentureBeat - Paul SawersHuawei’s fortunes have gone from bad to worse, as news emerged last night that Google will stop providing the company with support for Android and Google services. The move was made in response to a U.S.
Marvel Entertainment Marvel and NetEase will collaborate on new original entertainmentVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiMarvel and NetEase are collaborating to create new original entertainment, including games, TV shows, and comic books based on Marvel’s universe of superhero characters. Guangzhou, China-based NetEase
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones: How to get your post-show gaming fixVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiIf you’re sad like me that the Game of Thrones show has come to an end on HBO, you can still get a fix of the show’s universe in the form of games. Look no further than Warner Bros.’ Game of Thrones: That
Play buttonDungeons and Dragons Dungeons & Dragons returns to Baldur’s Gate with Descent into AvernusVentureBeat - Jason WilsonDungeons & Dragons‘ next storyline is taking us to places we’ve seen before — in modules, sourcebooks, and video games. And one of these has a prominent role in one of the best PC role-playing game series
Minecraft At 10, Minecraft hits 176 million sales and announces AR game for iOS and AndroidVentureBeat - Giancarlo Valdes2019 is the 10th anniversary of Minecraft, one of the biggest games in the world. As part of its ongoing celebration, publisher Microsoft revealed today that lifetime sales of Minecraft have surpassed
China Telecom China sets 40-city national 5G rollout for October 1VentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzLess than a month after China Unicom moved up its seven-city initial launch of 5G services to May, the Chinese government has decided to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the country’s founding by officially
Apple Watch Apple’s self-built 5G modem will cut device power and size, not pricesVentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzDeveloping cellular modems isn’t easy. At the dawn of the 5G era, only a handful of companies are capable of designing 5G modems, and even players as large as Intel have struggled with the engineering
JavaScript Cloudflare-supported BinaryAST promises dramatically faster JavaScript appsVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersYou’re not imagining things: Some JavaScript web apps are quite slow, owing to egregiously high startup, parsing, and data transfer overhead. According to HTTPArchive, which periodically crawls popular
Deliveroo Amazon leads $575 million investment in food delivery network DeliverooVentureBeat - Paul SawersLondon-headquartered food delivery company Deliveroo has raised $575 million in a series G round of funding led by Amazon, with participation from T Rowe Price, Fidelity Management and Research Company,
Mobile Sensor Tower: Mobile battle royale games have brought in over $2 billion in less than 2 yearsVentureBeat - Jason WilsonHere’s two billion reasons why mobile game publishers have been so aggressive about getting into the battle royale market, according to mobile market research firm Sensor Tower. It’s found that battle
Verizon Verizon CEO touts 1.5Gbps peak 5G speed as S10 reviewers hit approved sitesVentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzBack in February, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg told the audience at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event that he was “super excited” to bring the Galaxy S10 5G to market, even though he wasn’t making specific
Tencent PUBG Mobile passes 100 million monthly active players, launches season 7 battle passVentureBeat - Giancarlo ValdesThe mobile version of PC and console hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds continues to break records. According to market researcher App Annie, the free-to-play PUBG Mobile now has over 100 million monthly
eSports Gameloft’s Asphalt mobile racer gets its first esports tournamentVentureBeat - Giancarlo ValdesMobile developer Gameloft is ready to take its long-running racing franchise to esports. Today, the company announced that it’s hosting the first edition of its Asphalt esports series, which will run summer
Google Google’s Live Transcribe is getting sound events and transcription savingVentureBeat - Emil ProtalinskiGoogle today announced new features for its speech recognition transcription tool Live Transcribe: sound events and transcription saving. The news is being shared today to line up with Global Accessibility
Sonic Drive-In Some Sonic drive-ins are getting AI-powered menu kiosksVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersThe next time you swing by a Sonic Drive-In, you might be greeted with by an AI assistant. Mastercard today announced a partnership with Zivelo, a provider of self-service kiosks, to deploy what it describes
Android News ProtonMail brings anti-phishing ‘link confirmation’ to emails, fingerprint unlocking to AndroidVentureBeat - Paul SawersEncrypted email service ProtonMail is introducing a couple of new security-focused features to its apps this week. While ProtonMail users on iOS have been able to use TouchID or Face ID unlocking for years,
HTC Sprint will launch 5G on May 31 in 4 cities with LG V50 and HTC 5G HubVentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzHaving previously set general targets for its initial launch of 5G services and devices in the United States, Sprint says today that it will begin offering 5G in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Kansas City
Verizon Verizon releases Galaxy S10 5G with 20 cities of hype for only 2 citiesVentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzMy hat’s off to Verizon this morning for the bold marketing campaign behind Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G, and more generally, its nascent 5G network. Take a moment to visit the company’s 5G mini-site today,
Alexa Alexa speech normalization AI reduces errors by up to 81%VentureBeat - Kyle WiggersText normalization is a fundamental processing step in most natural language systems. In the case of Amazon’s Alexa, “Book me a table at 5:00 p.m.” might be transcribed by the assistant’s automatic speech
Walmart Ossia and T-Mobile pilot wireless-charging asset trackers in Walmart warehousesVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersTrue wireless charging at a distance has arrived — you just can’t buy it yet. But companies like Ossia are making progress, buoyed by industrial and enterprise players. In September 2018, the Bellevue,
Amazon Amazon adopts multi-pronged approach to meet growing delivery demandVentureBeat - Paul SawersU.S. retail giant Walmart grabbed headlines this week when it revealed that it’s introducing free next-day delivery in a handful of cities, with plans to extend the service to around three-quarters of
Revenue Analytics raises $11 million to predict product pricing with AIVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersImagine you’re a retailer with a diverse clientele. To whom should you extend a promotion when a product isn’t flying off the shelves, and how steep should the discount be? Atlanta, Georgia-based Revenue
