Khatabook, a startup that is helping small businesses in India record financial transactions digitally and accept payments online with an app, has raised $60 million in a new financing round as it looks to gain more ground in the world’s second most populous nation. The […]
Month: May 2020
Amazon extends telemedicine pilot to warehouse employees in Seattle area
Amazon Care is now expanding its service beyond its initial focus on office workers in Seattle to encompass fulfillment center workers in the area. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Microsoft, Sony to partner on intelligent surveillance kit for businesses
Sony and Microsoft have announced a new partnership to create AI-powered smart camera solutions aimed at making it easier for enterprise customers to perform video analytics. The partnership will see the two companies embed Microsoft Azure AI capabilities onto Sony’s recently announced IMX500 intelligent vision […]
Louisiana sports betting referendum one step closer to voters
Gambling opponents say any expansion of gaming leads to more problem gambling, ultimately creating costs for state taxpayers that far outweigh the …
Microsoft Build Looks Very Different in 2020
This morning, Microsoft kicks off the first-ever virtual iteration of Build, its annual conference for the developers who make software for the company’s platforms. As in years past, Microsoft will detail updates to its sprawling suite of software: improvements to Windows; expansions of the Azure […]
NASA’s Chief of Human Spaceflight Doug Loverro resigns days before historic crewed mission
Doug Loverro, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has abruptly and unexpectedly resigned from his post, just days before a historic launch. Commercial Crew Demo-2 will take astronauts to the ISS aboard an American spacecraft for the first time since the Space Shuttle […]
America’s response to the coronavirus is the most American thing ever
America's response to the coronavirus is the most American thing ever. By Scottie Andrew, CNN. Updated 9:34 AM ET, Tue May 19, 2020.
Bitcoin halvings are becoming more symbolic than earth-shattering
Every four years, the U.S. has a presidential election, but in that same timeframe another event captivates the world of cryptocurrency, bitcoin's halving. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Facebook’s new AI tool will automatically identify items you put up for saleAI & Surroundings
Facebook is launching what it’s calling a “universal product recognition model” that uses artificial intelligence to identify consumer goods, from furniture to fast fashion to fast cars. It’s the first step toward a future where the products in every image on its site can be […]
Microsoft Fluid took Office collaboration to the next level at Build 2020
Microsoft Fluid is a new Office framework ready to take document collaboration in the cloud to the next level, from what we saw at the Microsoft Build 2020 event. Fluid, introduced at the company’s streaming event, isn’t just an Office document, but a document built […]