Tech and Gadget Play Ventures will invest $30 million in game startups Dec 4, 2018 Play Ventures is raising a $30 million fund to invest in game startups. The company will be run by Harri Manninen of Helsinki and Henric Suuronen of…
Computing Ohio Accelerators to Pump Over $100 Million into Blockchain Startups Dec 4, 2018 Two startup accelerators in the U.S. state of Ohio are reportedly to invest more than $100 million into blockchain firms. According to a report…
Tech and Gadget Playtika acquires casual mobile game maker Wooga for over $100 million Dec 3, 2018 Social casino game giant Playtika announced it has completed its acquisition of Wooga, the Berlin-based maker of casual games. We heard the price was…
Tech and Gadget Marriott’s Starwood database hacked, 500 million may be affected Dec 1, 2018 Marriott International said on Friday hackers stole about 500 million records from its Starwood Hotels reservation system in an attack that began…
Artificial intelligence Qualcomm is setting aside $100 million for AI venture investments Nov 30, 2018 AI is going to be incredibly valuable. You know it, I know it, and Qualcomm is betting on it by setting aside $100 million to invest in promising…
Cyber Security Uber fined nearly $1.2 million by British and Dutch authorities for 2016 data breach Nov 30, 2018 Uber was fined a combined $1.17 million by British and Dutch authorities Tuesday for a 2016 data breach that exposed the personal details of…
Tech and Gadget Phiar raises $3 million for AR navigation to eliminate wrong turns Nov 29, 2018 Phiar has raised $3 million in seed funding to develop machine learning and augmented reality (AR) technology that makes driving with smartphone…
Robotics Zume reportedly snags $375 million from SoftBank for its robotic food operations Nov 26, 2018 Zume, the robotics and logistics company that got its start slinging pizza, just raised $375 million from SoftBank, the WSJ first reported. Another…
Social Media LinkedIn used 18 million non-user e-mails to target Facebook ads Nov 26, 2018 Ireland’s Data Protection Commission issued a report last week (via TechCrunch) that covered its activities during the first six months of 2018,…
Artificial intelligence Wisconsin’s Understory raises $7.5 million for on-the-ground weather stations Nov 26, 2018 Understory, a Madison, Wisconsin-based weather analytics company, announced today that it has raised $7.5 million in new funding. The round is led by…