Amazon’s AWS Ground Station for satellite data hits general availability
PlayStation’s Dominic Mallinson on next-gen VR, wireless, gaze tracking, foveated rendering, and AR
Volocopter to open its first air taxi landing facility ahead of trials in Singapore
Cardinal Analytx raises $22 million to predict high-cost health plan members
Scaleworks acquires AI ecommerce search provider SearchSpring
Fyusion raises $3 million from Itochu for 3D imaging and machine learning
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Huawei is just the latest in a long line of setbacks for Google’s Android
Copper, which develops CRM tools for G Suite, raises $15 million
VoiceSell raises $4 million for instant voice control for mobile ecommerce
KaiOS raises $50 million to launch its smart feature phone OS in new markets
Entropia Universe company raises $500,000 in a virtual stock market offering
Percepto raises $15 million for facility-monitoring autonomous drones
Instawork raises $18 million to match hospitality workers with employers
Zendesk acquires conversational platform Smooch, launches new WhatsApp and Slack integrations
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
Microsoft announces SharePoint Home Sites, Q&As in Yammer, and more
Microsoft launches Service Mesh Interface, Visual Studio Code Kubernetes extension 1.0, and Virtual Kubelet 1.0
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Modsy raises $37 million for shoppable 3D room remodeling
Wolfram gives developers free access to the engine that powers its technology stack
Meal delivery kit company Sun Basket raises $30 million to roll out new food products
Spend management software provider Ivalua raises $60 million at a $1 billion valuation
Guardicore raises $60 million to protect cloud workloads from attackers
Biofourmis raises $35 million to create digital health ‘biomarkers’ with AI
CloudBees raises $10 million in follow-on funding for Jenkins-based DevOps solutions
GV joins $50 million investment in ‘wearable therapy’ startup Cala Health
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