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Ubiquiti announces new AmpliFi Alien router with Wi-Fi 6
Ubiquiti, the company behind popular UniFi Wi-Fi access points and networking equipment, is releasing a new router for consumers —…
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More layoffs at pivoting London ed tech startup pi-top
London ed tech startup pi-top has gone through another round of layoffs, TechCrunch has learned. Pi-top confirmed that eight jobs…
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Creators of modern rechargeable batteries share Nobel prize
If you had to slip a couple AAs into your smartphone every morning to check your email, browse Instagram, and…
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DARPA aims to make networks 100 times speedier with FastNIC
Having a slow connection is always frustrating, but just imagine how supercomputers feel. All those cores doing all kinds of…
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Alexa developers can now personalize their skills by recognizing the user’s voice
Amazon Alexa is already capable of identifying different voices to give personalized responses to different users in the household, thanks…
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Amazon launches multilingual mode for using Alexa in multiple languages at once
Amazon is launching multilingual mode for its Alexa-supporting devices, the company announced today at its Devices event in Seattle. The…
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Facebook buys startup building neural monitoring armband
Facebook is buying CTRL-labs, a NY-based startup building an armband that translates movement and the wearer’s neural impulses into digital…
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Finance
India bans e-cigarettes citing youth health concerns
India’s government has announced an immediate ban on e-cigarettes — citing youth-focused public health concerns. In a news statement following…
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STARTUPS
FarmWise and its weed-pulling agribot harvest $14.5M in funding
Automating agriculture is a complex proposition given the number and variety of tasks involved, but a number of robotics and…
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Apple awards another $250 million to precision glass maker Corning
As part of Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund, Apple is investing $250 million in Corning, a supplier that has been working…
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