The Democratic National Committee has prevented an attempt to hack into its database of tens of millions of voters. CNN and the Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed party official, that the political organization was warned Tuesday of the attempt. DNC officials reportedly contacted the FBI. When contacted, a spokesperson for the FBI declined…
After finally settling on a new apartment, packing your last box and rushing out to pick up your moving van for the measly three hours you could book it for — have you ever taken a moment to think, “Wow, this is so easy?” Nope, and neither has anybody else. But Shyft, a logistics platform…
Root Insurance, an Ohio-based car insurance startup with a tech twist, said Wednesday it has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round led of Tiger Global Management, pushing the company’s valuation to $1 billion. Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and Scale Venture Partners all participated as follow-on investors in this latest round. The car…
A producer at CD Projekt Red has explained the studio’s choice to developer Cyberpunk 2077 in a first-person perspective rather than the third-person view seen in its Witcher series. The post ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ developer explains why the game is in first-person appeared first on Digital Trends. Source link Shiv EswarShiv has over 8 years experience…
Facebook and the NYU School of Medicine’s Department of Radiology have collaborated to launch fastMRI, a new research project that will investigate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans up to 10 times faster. If the project is successful, it will make MRI technology available to more people, expanding…
AT&T-owned digital media company Ellation is moving into the original content business with the launch of Ellation Studios, which will produce series for the company’s anime streaming service Crunchyroll. The meaning of the “originals” label is a bit fuzzy, with streaming services applying it to everything from shows where they’ve acquired the exclusive rights (sometimes…
Nylas, a startup that helps developers integrate email content into applications via an API, announced a $16 million Series B today led by Spark Capital. Other investors joining in included Slack Fund, Industry Ventures, and ScaleUp along with existing investors 8VC, Great Oaks Capital, Rubicon Venture Capital and John Chambers’ personal fund. Today’s investment brings…
Amazon announced this morning a further investment in voice technology with an expansion of its Alexa Fund Fellowship to 14 new universities, up from only 4 in 2017, the Fellowship’s first year. The program, which is designed to support conversational A.I. and speech science research, is now coming to 18 total universities, including new additions,…
A “legacy system” was to blame for exposing the contact information of attendees of this year’s Black Hat security conference. Colorado-based pen tester and security researcher who goes by the handle NinjaStyle said it would have taken about six hours to collect all the registered attendees’ names, email and home addresses, company names, and phone…
Asset managers who deploy asset-monitoring and management solutions can benefit from realtime data without having to physically monitor their assets, and this remains one of the most common uses of IoT (Internet of Things) technology. The ability to gain visibility into an asset’s status, location, health, and/or performance without actually being in front of it…
