Chatty gamers are apparently worth billions. Discord, the gaming chat startup with more than 200 million active users, announced Friday that it had secured $150 million in funding at a $2.05 billion valuation. The round was led by Greenoaks Capital with participation from Firstmark, Tencent, IVP, Index Ventures and Technology Opportunity Partners. The company announced […]
It’s that time of year again. Before you open up the presents under the tree, I’ve got some geekier gifts. In response to execs and luminaries from across the world of data and analytics sharing their predictions for the next year, I’ve dutifully compiled and stitched them together. Gather round, and soak up this year’s […]
Publicis Groupe announces that it is entering into exclusive negotiations with the founding shareholders of Soft Computing, a leading data marketing firm in France, with a view to the acquisition of a controlling block representing 82.99% of the share capital at a price of 25 euro per share (2018 coupon attached), i.e. at a premium […]
Remember the Galaxy Note Edge and Galaxy S6 Edge that followed it? Those were the first Samsung phones to ship with curved edge displays. The Note had just one edge, while the Galaxy S6 Edge introduced the Galaxy S design we’ve come to know ever since. But next year, Samsung will do things a bit […]
It has gone mostly under the radar, but the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by African tech startups is on the rise, with the sector becoming bigger by the week and attracting more funding. Back in April, Google announced it was opening an AI research centre in Ghana, bringing the potential of Africa as a […]
A new content marketing platform is tapping artificial intelligence to match brands with content creators—but it doesn’t consider itself to be in the influencer business. Built on technology from IBM Watson, the startup Props announced on Thursday that it’s raised $5 million for an official rollout with investors including tech development firm Axispoint and Jump […]
Qualcomm was granted a second injunction against Apple on Thursday, banning it from selling some iPhone models in Germany that use chips from Intel and parts from another supplier, Qorvo. There was no clear reaction to the news in Apple’s stock price, but it finished the day down 2.5 percent as tech stocks overall took […]
Microsoft’s revamped Office.com portal has apparently been a hit with the productivity crowd (over 40 percent of Office 365 users start there), and now it wants to turn that experience into a native app. It’s launching a simply-titled Office app for Windows 10 that serves as a hub for every modern version of Office, whether […]
Microsoft has issued an emergency update that fixes a critical Internet Explorer vulnerability that attackers are actively exploiting on the Internet. The memory-corruption flaw allows attackers to remotely execute malicious code when computers use IE to visit a booby-trapped website, Microsoft said Wednesday. Indexed as CVE-2018-8653, the flaw affects all supported versions of Windows. The […]
The Galaxy S10 won’t launch for another two months if recent reports are to be believed, and Samsung will not reveal any details about the flagship phone until the comapny’s next Unpacked press conference. But we already know plenty of things about the handset thanks to an increasing number of leaks, as well as Samsung’s […]
From rooftop configurations to utility-scale facilities, solar panels are springing up like popcorn across the United States. Putting an exact figure on the nation’s total solar power output, however, is proving to be notoriously difficult. Thankfully, it’s a problem well suited to artificial intelligence, as new research from Stanford University shows. In some states, solar […]
You can now ask your Amazon Echo to play tunes from Apple Music. It’s a significant step, because the Echo has long supported Apple Music’s rivals, like Spotify, allowing users to request songs and playlists from Alexa by voice. As Apple continues to focus more on services — it reported $9.98 billion in services revenue in the fourth quarter, up 27 percent […]
