Scaleworks acquires AI ecommerce search provider SearchSpring
Russia’s Yandex expands its Alice voice assistant to the smart home
Fyusion raises $3 million from Itochu for 3D imaging and machine learning
Animoca Brands raises $2.5 million for The Sandbox blockchain gaming platform
Amazon shareholders decline to halt sale of facial recognition systems to governments
Analysis
Huawei is just the latest in a long line of setbacks for Google’s Android
Bill.com launches AI platform for automated payments processing
Instawork raises $18 million to match hospitality workers with employers
Voom targets escooter boom with on-demand insurance for per-trip coverage
Mapillary launches marketplace to expand coverage of its crowdsourced map images and data
TransferWise valued at $3.5 billion after $292 million secondary funding
Comcast reportedly expanding into health care with ambient listening device
U.S. Senators propose legislation to fund national AI strategy
Huawei debuts Honor 20 series with quad camera and side-mounted fingerprint scanner
Modsy raises $37 million for shoppable 3D room remodeling
Meal delivery kit company Sun Basket raises $30 million to roll out new food products
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Introducing the Conversational AI Summit. Focus will be on ROI
Driverless truck startup TuSimple teams up with the USPS to haul trailers between Phoenix and Dallas
Google’s lung cancer detection AI outperforms 6 human radiologists
Nvidia robotics researchers blur line between simulation and the real world
Alphabet’s Wing will kick off Helsinki drone deliveries in summer 2019
Amazon leads $575 million investment in food delivery network Deliveroo
Some Sonic drive-ins are getting AI-powered menu kiosks
Ossia and T-Mobile pilot wireless-charging asset trackers in Walmart warehouses
Analysis
Amazon adopts multi-pronged approach to meet growing delivery demand
Revenue Analytics raises $11 million to predict product pricing with AI
KPMG: The top 4 skills to launch a career in blockchain
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Adobe’s path from $200 million to $5 billion in recurring revenue
Apple’s iOS 12.4 and watchOS 5.3 betas will add support for Apple Card
Tealium raises $55 million to track your behavior on the web
Storr lets you open an online retail store without any of the effort or overhead
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