[ad_1] Capital Float, the fintech startup that says it is India’s largest online lender, announced today that it has raised $22 million in new funding from Amazon. At the end of last year, reports surfaced that Amazon was considering an investment in Capital Float as...
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[ad_1] An Alexa robot might be in the works.Image: Toby Sessions/T3 Magazine via Getty ImagesBy Pete Pachal2018-04-23 15:39:29 UTC Alexa may be getting some legs. A domestic robot powered by Amazon's digital assistant looks to be in the cards now that Bloomberg is reporting the e-commerce...
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[ad_1] For Amazon’s latest hardware trick, the company has apparently been working on a home robot under the codename, “Vesta.” That nugget comes via Bloomberg sources, who report that the online retail giant expects to start trialing the device in employee homes this year, with...
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[ad_1] Amazon Web Services announced Blockchain Templates late last week, a “blockchain -as-a-service” offering that competes with similar products from Oracle and IBM. The launch shows how eager the biggest enterprise players are to get ahead in the blockchain game even if their customers...
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[ad_1] Responding to the talent shortage and increasing demand facing the cybersecurity industry, Udacity said that it is now developing a new nanodegree focused on security. Launched at the security industry’s RSA Conference, details about the new program (including potential partners) are still sketchy (there’s...
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[ad_1] Jennifer Carolan Contributor In The Better Angels of Our Nature, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker makes the case for reading as a “technology for perspective-taking” that has the capacity to not only evoke people’s empathy but also expand it. “The power of literacy,” as he argues “get[s]...
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[ad_1] Image: cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBy Adam Rosenberg2018-04-22 19:04:49 UTC Amazon isn't letting Donald Trump trolls mire former FBI director James Comey's new book in negative one-star reviews. The online retailer has placed limits on customer reviews of Comey's tell-all, Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and...
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[ad_1] Sunny Dhillon Contributor More posts by this contributor The rise of experiential commerce Approaching e-commerce investments in the age of Amazon Late last year, after Amazon announced it had acquired the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic “Lord of the Rings” saga for $250 million, I wrote how the move...
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[ad_1] Friday Night Lights, the football show that was never just about football (and one of the best shows on television), is now streaming on Hulu. Say goodbye to the weekend is all I’m saying. Hailed as one of the most honest depictions of a functioning adult...
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[ad_1] Teach us, Bezos. Teach us.Image: Yves Forestier/Sygma via Getty ImagesBy Rachel Kraus2018-04-19 19:42:15 UTC Jeff Bezos is rich. Jeff Bezos is wise. Jeff Bezos is bald. Therefore, when Bezos drops pearls of wisdom, we shall string them together to form a necklace of nuance, the...
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