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is unveiling a laptop today that senses your presence and wakes itself up automatically. The is a 2-in-1 laptop-tablet combo that includes Express Sign-In. The laptop is an example of how hardware companies can combine sensors and processing power to create the impression of intelligence. Coupled with the infrared camera and Windows Hello, it instantly […]

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In more bad news for Apple, the company’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models are not currently on sale in its own retail stores in Germany. This follows an injunction issued by a Munich court last month related to patent litigation brought by chipmaker Qualcomm that’s being enforced from today. The patent dispute concerns smartphone power management […]

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Health startup  today announced that it has raised $77 million in a funding round to expand development of its artificial intelligence platform that uses genomic data to improve diagnostics. The round was led by Generation Investment Management and includes money from Idinvest Partners, Balderton Capital, and Alychlo. Sophia, founded in Switzerland back in 2011, has raised […]

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You don’t need to be a professional social media manager in order to understand the importance of social media exposure and engagement when it comes to growing your brand or business. Whether you’re someone like Kim Kardashian who can generate millions of dollars in advertising revenue with a single post, or the founder of a […]

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Fifteen years ago, San Francisco’s Ooma launched its first product: a voice-over-IP phone that allowed users to place calls over other Ooma users’ landlines. Telecommunications remains Ooma’s bread and butter, but its acquisition of Butterfleye in December 2017 marked its foray into home security. It launched — a system that allows users to place 911 […]

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Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank with more than a million customers and a unicorn valuation to boot, has quietly began working on a U.S. launch, TechCrunch has learned. According to multiple sources, the fintech startup has set up a small team to begin laying the ground work to bring a version of Monzo to North […]

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Another sizeable cash injection for big data biotech: Sophia Genetics has announced a $77M Series E funding round, bringing its total raised to $140M since the business was founded back in 2011. The company, which applies AI to DNA sequencing to enable what it dubs “data-driven medicine”, last closed a $30M Series D in fall 2017. […]

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India’s tech startups closed 2018 on a record high note, securing several major deals to further cement the nation’s position on the world map. But despite an influx of money from international investors, the local ecosystem’s overall health has some concerned. The year saw , the emergence of new unicorns, and more startups than ever expanding […]

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An ongoing case in Singapore is testing the legal boundaries of virtual conferences. A court in the Southeast Asian city-state this week convicted human rights activist Jolovan Wham of organizing a public assembly via Skype without a permit and refusing to sign his statement when ordered by the police. Wham will be sentenced on January 23 […]

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Microsoft today a new Windows 10 preview with improvements to security, the Narrator app, and accessibility. The update bumps Windows 10 from (made available to testers on December 19) to build 18309. These builds are from the 19H1 branch, which will arrive in the first half of this year. Windows 10 is being developed , […]

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