As early as 2016, HTC set up a $ 100 million fund for VR startups called Vive X in the hope of expanding both applications and use cases for its then new Vive VR headset. HTC was not afraid to invest and introduced 20 startups in December, increasing the number …
Read More »Roblox works with Warner Bros. and DC on Wonder Woman: The Themyscira Experience
Roblox, the blocky virtual world with more than 120 million players, announced that it has partnered with Warner Bros. and DC Wonder Woman: The Themyscira experience. This is a mini-world where players can explore Wonder Woman's home island of Themyscira and experience their stories on the Roblox platform through mini-games …
Read More »Hundreds of Microsoft employees are asking the company to cut ties with Seattle PD and demand the resignation of the mayor
Black Lives Matter is shown throughout the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle, the center of nightly protests. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) In an email, more than 250 Microsoft employees have asked management to take action in response to nationwide racial protests in the past two weeks. The letter, received …
Read More »Facebook's latest diversity report shows that it is approaching its goals
Facebook has released it is last annual diversity reportThis indicates that the company is slowly increasing its representation in its workforce. According to Facebook, the representation of women as well as blacks and Hispanic Americans among employees has increased in all categories covered. However, the social network has not yet …
Read More »Researchers measure the impact of protests and reopening on the resuscitation of the pandemic
Activists Malcolm Frankson (in discussion) and Jack Eppard Barajas (right) discuss police reforms with a crowd of demonstrators in Capitol Hill, Seattle. Social distancing, masks and gloves are among the measures taken to prevent the spread of the corona virus. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Epidemiologists say the crowding conditions …
Read More »Seattle startup Persona turns and leverages the popularity of video chats by using AI to curate highlight roles
(Persona pictures) personaThe platform, which was originally developed to make social media a more intimate way to share family memories, turned during the pandemic to focus on video chat and capture meaningful experiences from these interactions. Persona co-founder Chad Wittman The idea of changing things came to mind when the …
Read More »Amazon warns Echo Buds owners to update the firmware to avoid the risk of overheating
Amazon has started sending emails to owners of its genuine Echo Buds wireless earphones to warn these customers to update the device firmware as soon as possible to avoid a "potential security risk". "We recently found that Echo Buds can rarely overheat when charged," the email said. According to Amazon, …
Read More »5 trillion bytes a day: SpaceX engineers reveal some facts about Starlink satellites
The conception of an artist shows the use of the SpaceX Starlink satellites. (SpaceX figure) The Starlink satellite constellation from SpaceX is still in test mode, but already generates 5 trillion data bytes per day and receives software updates every week. These are a few of the nuggets from a …
Read More »Amazon is suing former AWS Marketing Vice President Brian Hall after taking a job on Google Cloud
Follow up: Amazon is asking the court to prevent the former AWS Marketing Vice President from working on Google Cloud Next speeches Brian Hall was AWS Vice President of Product Marketing from June 2018 to early this year. A lawsuit filed by Amazon against Brian Hall, former vice president of …
Read More »AsclepiX Therapeutics Announces $ 35 Million Series A Funding
Proceeds to fund the development of AXT107 for the treatment of retinal diseases through phase 1 / 2a clinical studies Series A funding led by the Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund BALTIMORE – (BUSINESS WIRE) – June 24, 2020 – AsclepiX Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that uses computer biology to …
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