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Caavo’s over-the-top TV box for over-the-top TV boxes ships February 14

December 19th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The streaming box that aims to bring sanity to your streaming world by combining all your streaming hardware sources into one will ship on Valentine’s Day next year, according to The Verge. Caavo offers a solution to a [...]

Waymo teams with Trov on passenger insurance for self-driving service

December 19th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Waymo is working with insurance startup Trov on protections for riders using its forthcoming self-driving ride hailing service. Trvo will provide Waymo’s passengers with insurance for lost and managed property, and for any medical expenses resulting from rides, [...]

Pinterest beat hiring goals for women in engineering, missed for underrepresented minorities

December 19th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Pinterest has unveiled its latest diversity report, showing progress in some areas while missing goals in others. Pinterest hit its goals for women in engineering roles but failed to reach its goal for underrepresented minorities (black, Latinx, Native [...]

DigitalGenius raises $14.75 million Series A for AI-based customer service solution

December 19th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

When DigitalGenius participated in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield competition in New York City in 2015, there weren’t a lot of companies working on AI and machine learning. Today, it’s become much more commonplace, and the company announced a [...]

Blink introduces a $99 video doorbell

December 19th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The best way to stand out from the CES deluge? Announce your product three weeks before everyone else. Last year’s show was big one for the connected home, and all signs are pointing to 2018 being even bigger, [...]

Uber rival Ola buys Foodpanda India to get into food deliveries

December 19th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Ola, the Uber rival in India, is entering the food delivery space after it announced a deal to acquire Foodpanda’s India business from its parent company DeliveryHero. The deal will see Ola scoop up the Foodpanda India business [...]

Nordic VC firm Inventure outs new €110M fund to invest in early-stage tech startups in the region

December 19th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

There’s been a slew of new European VC fund raises over the last few months, including mostly recently Seedcamp, Balderton, and Brighteye Ventures, but now we can add Inventure to the list. The Nordic VC firm is announcing [...]

Aurora Flight Sciences demonstrates a fully autonomous helicopter in action

December 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Aurora Flight Sciences is a company working on making full-scale autonomous combat craft a reality, and now some of its work is ready for prime time. The company showed off an autonomous helicopter created to demonstrate its Autonomous [...]

Germany’s Penta is a new digital bank account for startups and SMEs

December 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Germany’s Penta is the latest European startup to throw its banking wares into the ring. The burgeoning company is launching a new digital bank account targeting SMEs. Read More on Tech Crunch