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Watch this Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer made entirely on a 1984 Apple IIc

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Sometimes I see something that makes me wish we’d never evolved our technological graphics capabilities beyond where they were at in the 1980s. This shot-by-shot trailer remake of the Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer is such a [...]

Yahoo Mail rolls out a rebuilt, redesigned service, including a new ad-free option

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Following its Verizon acquisition, Yahoo today is rolling out a revamped and rebuilt Mail application for its 225 million monthly active users. The update includes a new design, feature set, and technology stack, as well as a new [...]

App economy to grow to $6.3 trillion in 2021, user base to nearly double to 6.3 billion

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The global app economy will be worth $6.3 trillion by 2021, up from $1.3 billion last year, according to a new report this morning from app analytics firm App Annie. During that same time frame, the user base [...]

Facebook improves its AI Messenger assistant ‘M’ with new wits

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Facebook M, the company’s AI-powered assistant that lives inside Messenger, was launched widely back in April giving suggestions to users based on the context of their conversations. Today, M is getting a bit smarter and more socially capable. [...]

JASK emerges from stealth with $12 million and an automated threat detection service

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

JASK is emerging from stealth today with $12 million in the bank and a machine learning technology that automates network monitoring and management for overtaxed security teams. The thesis behind JASK’s service is the somewhat depressing (and frightening) [...]

View raises $200M for their electrochromic smart glass

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

When you hear about companies raising tons of money for “smart glass,” the first thing that hits your mind might be something augmented reality-related like the HoloLens. But View, which just closed a $200 million funding round after [...]

Drive.ai raises $50M for retrofit kits to bring self-driving to existing fleets

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Self-driving technology startup Drive.ai has raised a $50 million Series B funding round, led by NEA and with participation from GGV and previous investors, including Series A lead Northern Light. The new funding will help the company pursue [...]

Microsoft looks to the cloud to make Windows 10 safer for enterprise users

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

We already knew that the next version of Windows 10, the Fall Creators Update, will feature a large number of new tools for consumers. While it was always clear that business users would also get their fair share [...]

Uber now lets you request a ride for someone else

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Uber is adding a new feature that lets you specify someone else in your phone’s contact book as the rider for the trip. It was always possible to hail a ride and specify another pickup point if you [...]