WeWork’s Adam Neumann steps down as CEO – TechCrunch

WeWork’s co-founder and chief executive officer Adam Neumann has stepped down as CEO and will serve as non-executive chairman of the board, the company confirmed in a press release Tuesday following a report from The Wall Street Journal. WeWork’s vice chairman Sebastian Gunningham and the company’s president and chief operating officer Artie Minson will serve…

Stealth startup Manticore Games raises $30M to launch a game-making platform for novices – TechCrunch

Investors are betting on gaming platforms as an area of consumer tech with plenty of room left to grow. Today, Manticore Games, a stealth gaming startup announced that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding from Benchmark Capital, Correlation Ventures, BITKRAFT Esports Ventures, M Ventures, Arrive, Sapphire Sport, Tuesday Capital, and SV Angel. The…

Deloitte launches cloud-based IoT apps suite for smart factories

Deloitte has launched a pre-configured suite of cloud-based IoT applications designed to accelerate smart factory transformations for companies with manufacturing operations. Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT, the Smart Factory Fabric suite of services is aimed at helping industrial companies improve their operational performance and reduce costs. Deloitte said that its Smart Factory Fabric…