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Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 has become the AR industry’s dullest thud
If there’s any piece of technology that should be tantalizing audiences right now, it should be HoloLens 2. On paper, Microsoft’s augmented reality headset…
TikTok returns to app stores after India ban
Short video app TikTok became available again on Apple’s App Store and Google Play on April 30, marking its return to the Indian market after a two-week ban.…
WorldCover raises $6M round for emerging markets’ climate insurance
WorldCover, a New York and Africa-based climate insurance provider to smallholder farmers, has raised a $6 million Series A round led by MS&AD Ventures. Y…
Unshackled Ventures has $20M to speculate solely in immigrant founders
The firm invests in immigrant founders and helps them secure visas so they can ditch their corporate job and launch the startup of their dreams. Today,…
YouTube crosses 2 billion viewers a month
YouTube has crossed into 2 billion logged-in viewers every month, a milestone that’s been just out of reach for at least a year, CEO Susan Wojcicki said…
Microsoft debuts Azure SQL Database Edge and IoT Plug and Play
Like clockwork, Microsoft times a flood of service updates to coincide with (and precede) its Build developer conference in Seattle, Washington. This year is…
Google Will Soon Let You Automatically Scrub Your Location And Web History
It’s no secret that Google tracks a lot of data about you, from the websites you visit, to the videos you watch, to the things you’ve searched for, and the…
Retailers, Startups Work to Offer Efficient E-Commerce Delivery
Amazon announced it would switch to one-day shipping for Prime members, halving the time the 100 million-plus people who subscribe to the service must wait…
Your Google data is getting the auto-delete tool it always needed
While Google has spent years insisting that users are in control of their privacy, it’s never given users a way to wipe old data automatically. If you wanted…