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Decentralized identity verification blockchain project Humanity Protocol said today it has raised $20 million in new funding. The round was co-led by major crypto investment firms Pantera Capital and Jump Crypto at a $1.1 billion bully diluted valuation. It follows a previous $30 million …
Passbolt raises $8M to modernize password and credential access management
Passbolt SA, the developer of credential and password access management software for organizations, said Thursday it has raised $8 million in early-stage funding to help companies meet complex securities needs when handling passwords. The Series A round was led by new investor …
Google joins forces with HTC Vive to boost Android XR Development
Google LLC announced today that it’s acquiring parts of HTC Corp. Vive’s engineering team to accelerate the development of its new Android XR operating system for virtual reality and extended reality headsets. The new OS, which Google developed in partnership with Samsung …
Google announces new Chrome Web Store for enterprise browser extension control
Chrome extension management can burden many security teams when employees install them on their computers. To lighten that burden, Google LLC today announced a new curated Chrome Web Store for enterprise businesses that will give them greater control and visibility over browser …
Qdrant launches hardware-independent, GPU-accelerated vector indexing capability
Qdrant, the developer of a high-performance open-source vector database, today introduced its graphics processing unit accelerated vector indexing capability that will make scaling up artificial intelligence applications easier. A vector index is a data structure used in information retrieval to store and …
Google announces new educational features for Chromebooks and Workspace
In a bid to bring more personalized learning experiences to educators and students, Google LLC said today it’s bringing more tools and features to Workspace for Education and its Chromebook laptops. Workspace for Education is a collection of tools for schools and …
Stablecoin issuer Circle buys Hashnote crypto money-market fund manager
Circle Internet Group Inc., the issuer of the $48 billion USD Coin stablecoin, today announced the acquisition of Hashnote Management LLC, a company that provides a tokenized money market fund with nearly $1.3 billion in assets. Circle said as part of the …
Delivery management platform Package.ai raises $14M for ‘Uber-like’ customer experience
Package.ai, a platform that provides artificial intelligence-based delivery for retail operations and customer service, said today it has raised $14 million in a early-stage funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity. Founded in 2017 in Tel Aviv, Package.ai delivers what it calls …
AI-powered robotics startup Sereact raises €25 million
German artificial intelligence robotics startup Sereact GmBH today announced it raised €25 million, about $26 million, to accelerate the development of its AI models for robots and its robotics platform. The funding came from a Series A funding round led by Creandum, …
In challenge to TikTok, Bluesky and X roll out dedicated vertical video feeds
Social media sites X Corp. and Bluesky have announced new dedicated vertical video feeds, similar to Instagram Reels, YouTube’s Shorts and TikTok videos. Both announcements came Sunday evening after TikTok went dark briefly late Saturday. The Chinese-owned social media service parent company …