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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts – TechCrunch
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is looking for pitches on how to enhance and augment traditional creative arts through immersive technologies. Through a partnership with Microsoft the foundation is offering a share of a $750,00 pool of cash and the option of technical support from Microsoft, including mentoring in mixed-reality technologies and …
Healthcare startups struggle to navigate a business world that’s set up for them to fail – TechCrunch
Justin Barad, MD is the co-founder and CEO of Osso VR, a clinically validated and award-winning surgical training platform. Dr. Barad is also an orthopaedic surgeon with a bioengineering degree from UC Berkeley, and an MD from UCLA. Digital health startups seem to be struggling to the point of failure. Many insights into why have …
Pitch to the world’s top investors at Hardware Battlefield 2019 – TechCrunch
Early-stage hardware startup founders, it’s your turn to step into the spotlight and launch your innovative inventions to the world’s top investors. We’re inviting you to apply to compete in our hardware-focused pitch competition, Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhen on November 11-12. You might even walk away with $25,000 and a whole new business trajectory. This is our …
Volkswagen’s ID R electric race car keeps breaking records, this time twice at Goodwood – TechCrunch
It took 20 years to break the Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb record. And it happened twice in the same weekend. The new record holder is Volkswagen’s ID R electric race car. The vehicle, driven by driver Romain Dumas, broke the record by completing the 1.86-kilometer track (1.15 miles) at Goodwood in the south …
Tesla shows off next-gen automated emergency breaking stopping for pedestrians and cyclists – TechCrunch
Back in 2017, Tesla introduced an automated emergency breaking (AEB) system for all its vehicles that’s powered by its Autopilot technology, which is available even for vehicles with haven’t purchased the actual Autopilot cruise-assist upgrade. Now, the automaker is showing off some of the more advanced features coming in its next-generation AEB update. These include …
Unregulated facial recognition technology presents unique risks for the LGBTQ+ community – TechCrunch
Carlos Gutierrez Contributor Carlos Gutierrez is deputy director and general counsel at LGBT Tech. It seems consumers today are granted ever-dwindling opportunities to consider the safety and civil liberties implications of a new technology before it becomes widely adopted. Facial recognition technology is no exception. The well-documented potential for abuse and misuse of these tools built by giant …
Technology training and placement firm lands $9.5 million in funding round (TechCrunch)
June 28, 2019 SV Academy, whose business model is training people and placing them in tech jobs, landed $9.5 million in a series A funding round, TechCrunch reported. SV Academy takes people without technology backgrounds, provides a 12-week training program and places them at technology firms. The workers pay nothing, but employers pay SV Academy …
Assistive technologies will be a $26 billion dollar market, and investors are only now addressing it – TechCrunch
Rohan Silva is obsessed with social mobility and why certain groups are so under-represented in the technology industry. He co-founded Second Home, a coworking space looking to bring together disparate civic-minded, cultural, creative and commercial entrepreneurs at sites in Lisbon, London and (now) Los Angeles, and he has spent years examining how gender, race and class …
Wizards Unite goes live in Canada, Germany, and 23 other countries – TechCrunch
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (think Pokémon GO, but with wands and giant spiders instead of pokéballs and Pikachus) officially launched earlier this week, but with a catch: it was only available in the US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Why? Amongst other reasons, a country-by-country rollout helps Niantic ensure that their servers stay stable. By …
Slack prices IPO at $26 per share – TechCrunch
Slack’s public debut is happening Thursday on the NYSE and the company has set a reference price of $26 per share for its direct listing, according to WSJ, which would value the company at around $15.7 billion. The company’s stock is expected to pop at open, according to the WSJ’s sources. Slack is pursuing a direct …
