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Amazon expands drone deliveries with FAA approval in US
Amazon.com Inc. said today it received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to fly its drones longer distances and will use the new license to expand its Prime Air service to more customers. The FAA approved Amazon with permission to fly Beyond Visual Line of Sight, known as BLVOS, a term used in aviation ...
Google and Magic Leap partner on augmented reality deal
Alphabet Inc.’s Google and augmented reality startup Magic Leap Inc. announced today that the two companies have joined forces in a strategic partnership to collaborate on AR and optics solutions. Although the announcement is scant on details, the two companies said that the partnership would combine Magic Leap’s optics and manufacturing expertise with Google’s technological ...
Switchboard raises $7.5M to help provide blockchain projects links to real-world data
On-chain “oracle” startup Switchboard Technology Labs Inc., which builds services that provide Web3 projects access to real-world third-party data, today announced it raised $7.5 million in early-stage funding co-led by Tribe Capital and RockawayX. Additional backing for the company’s Series A funding round included investments from the Solana Foundation, Aptos Labs, Mitzen Labs, Subzero Ventures, ...
PricewaterhouseCoopers becomes first reseller of ChatGPT Enterprise in US and UK
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and OpenAI today signed an agreement making the PwC the first reseller for ChatGPT Enterprise, bringing generative AI deeper into the enterprise for customers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Launched in August, ChatGPT Enterprise provides unlimited access to the latest and greatest models that OpenAI has to provide, including GPT-4 ...
GaiaNet raises $10M for its decentralized AI agent project
Decentralized artificial intelligence infrastructure project GaiaNet today announced it has raised $10 million in seed funding to provide access to edge nodes where developers can deploy artificial intelligence agents and other generative AI tools. The company’s funding round attracted key advisors bringing additional resources including Generative Ventures’ Lex Sokolin, Republic Capital’s Brian Johnson, 7RIDGE’s Shawn ...
Chromebook Plus receives built-in AI updates with Gemini for photos and writing
The ChromeOS-based Chromebook Plus laptops lineup from Google LLC today received built-in artificial intelligence updates with Gemini that will assist users with writing, editing and sparkling up their photos. The entire Chromebook is getting new features that will help users make better use of their phone, take control of their calendar and be more productive. Google rolled out Chromebook Plus as ...
Aerodome raises $21.5M to send drones to assist first responders on calls
Aerodome Inc., a company that supports first responders such as police, paramedics and firefighters with drones, today announced that it raised $21.5 million in early funding to expand its engineering and marketing teams. The company provides a fully automated and remote air support solution using drones that can arrive on scene before first responders to provide ...
Global outages hit Microsoft Bing, DuckDuckGo, ChatGPT Search and Copilot
Bing Search and sites powered by Microsoft Corp.’s Bing have been experiencing outages worldwide today that began at about 3 a.m. EDT. Searchers using Bing and other websites that rely on Bing Search, such as Copilot for the web, Copilot on Windows, OpenAI’s ChatGPT internet search, DuckDuckGo Inc’s private search will see errors. According to user ...
JetBrains officially releases Kotlin 2.0 in major update to programming language
Software development tools company JetBrains s.r.o. today announced the milestone release of Kotlin 2.0, a major update to the programming language used on Android and for multiplatform development. Announced during KotlinConf 2024, the new stable 2.0 version was rewritten from scratch and based on a new architecture that significantly improves performance and will help boost developer productivity, according to JetBrains. The ...
DeepL raises $300M at $2B valuation to help enterprise businesses with AI language solutions
DeepL SE, the developer of artificial intelligence translation and writing solutions for enterprise, said today that it has raised $300 million in new investments, bringing its post-money valuation to $2 billion. The funding round was led by Index Ventures, with support from additional late-stage investors that included Iconiq Growth, Teachers’ Venture Growth and existing investors IVP, Atomico and WiL. The ...