Fintech Global Research: 70% Total Capital 2017 1Q Raised by Private European...
70% of the total capital raised by all private European Fintech companies in 2017 1Q went to companies based in … have you written your list? — London, Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Barcelona and...
View ArticleCloud Nine: Mambu Celebrates Three Years on UK Fintech50 List & Asian Banker...
The Asian Banker Technology Innovation Awards acknowledge leadership in innovation … launch new products and expand into new markets and also provided (and continues to provide) financial institutions...
View ArticleThe US is considering restricting Chinese investment in artificial intelligence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States appears poised to heighten scrutiny of Chinese investment in Silicon Valley to better shield sensitive technologies seen as vital to U.S. national security,...
View ArticleA top Apple executive is denying an unflattering story from an upcoming book
A top Apple executive said on Tuesday that parts of a recent story in The Verge about the invention of the iPhone were “not true.” On Tuesday, The Verge published an excerpt from Brian Merchant’s “The...
View ArticleUber: 14 Bosses, One Corporate ‘Game of Thrones?’
The decision by Uber Technologies Inc.’s chief executive to take an indefinite leave of absence will put management of the world’s most valuable startup in the collective hands of more than a dozen...
View ArticleGoogle Will Buy Modular Homes to Address Housing Crunch
VALLEJO, Calif.—Soaring home prices and apartment rents in Silicon Valley have become a growing headache for technology titans. Google owner Alphabet Inc. is taking a step toward addressing the issue....
View ArticleAustralia Books Week Long Fintech Festival “Intersekt” in Melbourne
Fintech leaders in Australia have announced a week long Fintech festival scheduled to take place at the end of November. The goal is to boost Asia-Pacific Fintech growth Australian festival to drive...
View ArticleZvelo Debuts IoT Security Platform to Profile Device Risk
Content categorization vendor zvelo is getting into the internet of things (IoT) space with the debut of the company’s new IoT Security platform. Zvelo’s business model is to sell technology and...
View ArticleWhat is Sedation Dentistry
You might be one of the many people who gets anxious right before a dental appointment, to the point of utterly canceling it completely. Do you ever think that going to the dentist is a bit scary, or...
View ArticleFacebook AI Research open-sources code for basic negotiation bots
Facebook AI researchers are developing techniques to teach bots how to carry out negotiations with humans and others bots. Results of initial work in this area will be open-sourced today, and initial...
View ArticleKonami reportedly blacklisting ex-employees across Japanese video game industry
According to a Wednesday report in the Nikkei Asian Review newspaper, Konami is apparently blacklisting former employees in the Japanese video game industry. The company is particularly targeting those...
View ArticleSony continues to lock PS4 players out of cross-console play
This E3 has been a good one for many who are fans of playing online games with friends and strangers across different console and PC platforms. Psyonix announced that a newly announced Switch version...
View ArticleGolf tops NFL and NBA, PGA Tour Commissioner says
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan says golf, a sport that was once in a drought has become a multi-billion dollar business with levels of participation far surpassing other competitive sports. Continue...
View Article‘Fintech’ start-up SoFi is moving into traditional banking
Online lender and financial start-up SoFi has taken the first step toward competing with the nation’s biggest banks on their home turf: the checking account. Last week, the San Francisco provider of...
View ArticleJeff Bezos Wants Ideas for Philanthropy, So He Asked Twitter
You’re an astronomically wealthy tech mogul who has mastered the art of getting people to spend money with your company over the internet. How do you come up with fresh ideas for giving some of your...
View ArticleUber may be proof that ‘brilliant jerks’ are finally less welcome in Silicon...
20 Uber employees are being fired as the result of a 4 month investigation into the company’s toxic corporate culture. CEO Travis Kalanick is taking a leave of absence to “grow into the leader Uber...
View ArticleMessage Startup Slack Draws Interest From Amazon.com
Corporate chatroom startup Slack Technologies Inc. has received recent inquiries about a potential takeover from technology companies including Amazon.com Inc., people with knowledge of the situation...
View ArticleUber is blowing the door wide open for its toughest competition
As Uber flounders amid a spate of branding disasters, rival Lyft is surging. After a trying few months, it’s been a particularly brutal week for the ride-hailing app. Tuesday saw the release of the...
View ArticleKenya’s FarmDrive among 10 nominees shortlisted for Innovation Prize for...
Kenya’s FarmDrive, a financial technology company that collects data and provides an alternative risk assessment model for small holder farmers to improve access to finance is among the top 10 nominees...
View ArticleNetflix changes course and says it’ll ‘never outgrow the fight for net...
After a few months of wishy-washy statements on net neutrality indicating that the company had largely given up on it, Netflix is changing course. In a tweet today, the company wrote: “Netflix will...
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