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Uber Eats launches its new platform for corporate accounts
8:00 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Uber Eats is expanding to enterprise customers with the launch of Uber Eats for Business. The new service allows companies to manage their employees’ food orders and positions Uber Eats…
Security
A pair of new Bluetooth security flaws expose wireless access points to attack
8:00 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Security researchers have found two severe vulnerabilities affecting several popular wireless access points, which — if exploited — could allow an attacker to compromise enterprise networks. The two bugs are…
As elections loom, companies weigh the benefits of civic time off
7:30 am PDT • November 1, 2018
With the mid-term elections looming, the pressure across all parties and organizations to get people to the polls is more prevalent than ever before. Yet, as the number of eligible…
Hardware
Sonos delays Google Assistant integration until 2019, private beta to launch in 2018
7:27 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Sonos today announced that Google Assistant will not be available on its products until at least 2019. The service was supposed to launch in 2018 but the company said in…
I dunno, man. Maybe it’s 2018 getting me down. Maybe I’ve just been at this for too long. Maybe it’s the flu shot I just got. Whatever the case, count…
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7:14 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Media & Entertainment
Microsoft’s game streaming service Mixer adds more ways for streamers to make money
7:12 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Microsoft today is rolling out a new version of its game streaming service, Mixer, which it’s calling “Season 2” to reflect the fact that the changes are ongoing, not a…
Last year, Defakto released the limited edition Stille Nacht (Silent Night) in collaboration with artist Friederike Bellman. The watch featured a hand-painted star field throughout the dial. Now, the independent…
Startups
Spoke enhances AI engine to power help desk ticketing system
6:41 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Spoke, a startup that wants to simplify the way companies add and process help desk tickets using artificial intelligence underpinnings, announced it has enhanced its AI engine to allow for…
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Well, you have to admire a staggered PR plan. Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank that just announced £85 million in Series E funding and its entrance into the fintech unicorn…
Startups
Anti-fraud startup Shape Security raises $26M in Series E round to drive global expansion
6:00 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Shape Security, a fraud-fighting cybersecurity company, has closed a $26 million round of Series E funding. This will be the fifth round of funding — more than $130 million —…
Biotech & Health
Men’s wellness startup Hims has launched a line of women’s health products called Hers
6:00 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Hims has a new women’s brand offering birth control, the ‘female viagra,’ shampoo, skin care and more.
Startups
VICIS completes $28.5M Series B and launches its first youth helmet
6:00 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Aaron Rodgers has invested in VICIS, a developer of high-tech helmets for professional and youth football players.
Lyft is partnering with carpooling service Scoop to supplement Scoop’s offering to its customers from companies like LinkedIn, Workday, Samsung T-Mobile and Symantec. With Scoop, trips are pre-scheduled, so you can…
Space
HPE and NASA make supercomputer on ISS available for experiments
5:25 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Last year, HPE successfully built and installed a supercomputer on the International Space Station that could withstand the rigors of being in space. Today, the company announced that it is…
Eyewear can be a statement-making, attention-grabbing fashion accessory — if done right. King Children, a custom eyewear startup emerging from stealth today, aims to give everyone unique, custom designs made…
Transportation
Baidu hits the gas on autonomous vehicles with Volvo and Ford deals
4:53 am PDT • November 1, 2018
China’s search engine giant Baidu is continuing its partnership spree for Apollo, its open development platform for autonomous driving, after it inked a deal with Swedish automaker Volvo to develop…
Media & Entertainment
Spotify stock slumps on $1.35B in Q3 sales; MAUs up 28% to 191M with 87M paying users
4:25 am PDT • November 1, 2018
Spotify, the streaming music company that went public earlier this year, posted its quarterly results today, and while it’s continuing to grow at a modest pace, it appears to be…
Neo4j has helped popularize the graph database. Today it was rewarded with an $80 million Series E to bring their products to a wider market in what could be the…
