by Asmawisham | Jun 8, 2017 | Technology
Addepar, the provider of data collection and monitoring services for the financial industry (it’s Palantir’s somewhat less ethically compromised cousin), has raised a whopping $140 million in its latest round of funding.The company’s financing, which likely makes it a...
by Asmawisham | Jun 8, 2017 | Technology
Rand Corporation reported in 2016 that autonomous cars would need to be tested over 11 billion miles in order to prove that they’re better drivers than humans. With a fleet of a hundred cars running 24 hours a day, that would take 500 years, according to the report....
by Asmawisham | Jun 8, 2017 | Technology
WhatsApp gained a handful of new features this week, including photo filters, quick replies, and automatic albums in chat threads.The photo filters in WhatsApp 2.17.30 are similar to those found in Snapchat and Instagram: users can now add one of five filters to...
by Asmawisham | Jun 8, 2017 | Technology
London-based Trint, a startup co-founded by Emmy-winning journalist Jeff Kofman, is tackling a paint-point I know all too well: the time it takes to transcribe an interview (or any audio) accurately.To solve this particular problem the company is employing machine...
by Asmawisham | Jun 8, 2017 | Technology
Apple has taken steps to make its HomeKit smart home platform more accessible to third parties in order to encourage faster adoption, the company announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference on Wednesday (via Forbes).Apple told developers in session that they no...
by Asmawisham | Jun 8, 2017 | Technology
Tim Davey, co-founder Onefinestay Entrepreneur First, the company builder and early-stage investor, has recruited two new Ventures Partners, each of whom have exited a London startup in the last couple of years. They are Tim Davey, co-founder and former CTO of...