2020 – Page 9

Foresight raises $15M for its construction workers compensation platform

When an accident on a building site resulted in the death of their friend, the founders of Safesight were inspired to launch the platform to digitize safety programs for construction.…

lecrab 18 December 2020

Technology News

V7 Labs raises $3M to help AI teams ‘automate’ training data workflows

V7 Labs, the makers of a computer vision platform that helps AI teams “automate” and future-proof their training data workflows as advances in AI continue, has picked up $3 million…

lecrab 18 December 2020

Technology News

Alibaba ‘dismayed’ by its cloud unit’s ethnicity detection algorithm

Chinese tech giants have drawn international criticism after research showed they have technologies that enable the authorities to profile Muslim Uyghurs. The cloud computing unit of Alibaba, Alibaba Cloud, developed…

lecrab 18 December 2020

eSports

OpTic Chicago names Mavix as exclusive chair partner

American professional Call of Duty League franchise OpTic Chicago has announced gaming chair company Mavix as its exclusive chair partner. Through the exclusive partnership, Mavix will outfit every OpTic Chicago player and…

lecrab 17 December 2020

eSports

WePlay Esports launches WUFL with boxing champ Oleksandr Usyk

Media holding company WePlay Esports has partnered with undisputed world cruiserweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk to create a ‘top-tier’ fighting game tournament brand, the WePlay Ultimate Fighting League (WUFL). Esports Insider contacted We Play Esports for…

lecrab 17 December 2020

Technology News

GoCardless raises another $95M as it bets on open banking alongside its recurring payments network

GoCardless, the London fintech that aims to become the one-stop shop globally for businesses that want to let customers pay via recurring bank payments, has raised $95 million in Series…

lecrab 17 December 2020

Technology News

Google expands languages push in India to serve non-English speakers

There are over 600 million internet users in India, but only a fraction of this population is fluent in English. Most online services and much of the content on the…

lecrab 17 December 2020

Technology News

Waresix acquires Trukita to connect more of Indonesia’s fragmented logistics chain

Andree Susanto, CEO and co-founder of Waresix, left, with Ady Bangun, CEO and co-founder of Trukita Waresix, one of Indonesia’s largest logistics startups, has acquired Trukita, a company that focuses…

lecrab 17 December 2020

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AutoLeap says it will repair your lousy relationship with car shops

No one likes having to go to the automotive repair shop. There’s little transparency into what happens after a car is dropped off, invoices are often little more than a…

lecrab 17 December 2020

Technology News

China’s Luckin Coffee will pay $180 million to settle accounting fraud charges

China’s embattled coffee delivery startup Luckin has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, agreeing to pay a $180 million penalty to settle charges that it overstated…

lecrab 17 December 2020