Zipwhip raises $51.5 million to bridge text messaging and phone calls
Improbable promises long-term support for Unity
This AI learns from past matches to predict tennis shot placement
Finally, Amazon Echo developers can build robotic bears that twerk to music
Microsoft opens AI and VR incubator in China
Facebook and Stanford researchers design a chatbot that learns from its mistakes
What3words entices investment from Sony’s Innovation Fund
Alation raises $50 million to index enterprise data
Facebook open-sources Spectrum to make uploading photos more efficient
Amazon’s AWS launches fully managed data backup service
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with search, Cortana, Start, font, Settings, and Console improvements
Researchers improve AI emotion classification by combining speech and facial expression data
Inside Sirin Labs’ first blockchain smartphone retail store
Project Alias feeds smart speakers white noise to preserve privacy
Veeam raises $500 million to grow its data management platform globally
Bold Commerce raises $16.5 million to bring AI to ecommerce stores on Shopify and elsewhere
Mozilla kills its experimental Firefox Test Pilot program 3 years after launch
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Clusterone raises $2 million for its DevOps for AI platform
Google’s Android Enterprise Recommended program now spotlights EMMs such as Microsoft and BlackBerry
With $261 million raise, cloud data management company Rubrik hits $3.3 billion valuation
Bringg raises $25 million to facilitate last-mile deliveries
Google launches Android Studio 3.3 with focus on ‘refinement and quality’
Badger will deploy robots to nearly 500 Giant, Martin’s, and Stop and Shop stores in the U.S.
StreetLight Data can now help cities measure bicycle and foot traffic
Apple’s HomePod arrives in China for $414 on January 18
Top 10 products at CES 2019 that work with Alexa or Google Assistant
Pensa Systems uses autonomous drones to track store inventory
AiFi markets NanoStore, a tiny white-label cashierless store
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How automated supermarkets are shaping up for 2019 and beyond
Mobileye plans to deploy fully autonomous cars in 4 years
CrowdAnalytix raises $40 million for crowdsourced AI algorithms
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