OpenFin, the company looking to provide the operating system for the financial services industry, has raised $17 million in funding through a Series C round led by Wells Fargo, with participation from Barclays and existing investors including Bain Capital Ventures, J.P. Morgan and Pivot Investment Partners. Previous investors in OpenFin also include DRW Venture Capital,…
As we swing into the summer tourist season, a company poised to capitalise on that has raised a huge round of funding. GetYourGuide — a Berlin startup that has built a popular marketplace for people to discover and book sightseeing tours, tickets for attractions and other experiences around the world — is today announcing that…
While it may feel like chatbots are still an emerging technology, they’ve actually already emerged further than you might think. In fact, by next year, about 80 percent of businesses will be utilizing them. Why are so many companies jumping on board? Simple dollars and cents, mostly. Chatbots are expected to save companies about $8 billion…
In a joint effort by several law enforcement agencies from 6 different countries, officials have dismantled a major global organized cybercrime behind GozNym banking malware. GozNym banking malware is responsible for stealing nearly $100 million from over 41,000 victims across the globe for years. GozNym was created by combining two known powerful Trojans—Gozi ISFB malware,…
Schell Games The video game industry finds itself at a crossroads. Sales are soaring through the roof both for traditional games like Red Dead Redemption 2, which has sold more than 23 million copies. Microtransaction-based free games like Fortnite are also massively popular, with Epic’s game sitting at about 250 million players. Despite this, major…
Last updated on May 16, 2019 at 05:09 pm Website optimization is made up of different facets that need to be optimized individually in order for your site to slowly reach the top spot in the first page of the search results. Onsite optimization – consisting of different factors that are inside your website need…
Chinese phone maker Oppo has announced that it will unveil the Oppo K3 on May 23 at an event in China which will start at 2PM local time. It also confirmed the smartphone will be powered by the Snapdragon 710 SoC. Oppo hasn’t divulged much about the K3 yet, but from a previous leak we…
XPRIZE, the non-profit organization developing and managing competitions to find solutions to social challenges, has named two grand prize winners in the Elon Musk-backed Global Learning XPRIZE . The companies, KitKit School out of South Korea and the U.S., and onebillion, operating in Kenya and the U.K., were announced at an awards ceremony hosted at…
Microsoft has selected seven lucky startups to receive grants from its AI for Accessibility program. The growing companies aim to empower people with disabilities to take part in tech and the internet economy, from improving job searches to predicting seizures. Each of the seven companies receives professional-level Azure AI resources and support, cash to cover…
Lilium, the Munich-based startup developing an on-demand “air taxi” service, has unveiled a new five-seater prototype and is announcing to the world that a maiden flight for the new device was successfully completed earlier this month. It’s not the first time a Lilium Jet — the company’s all-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) device —…
