Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing...
Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing...
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Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing...
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Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions, but likely won’t have a fix until the next Patch Tuesday on Feb 11 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions, but...
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Sources: Amazon is working with Visa to test checkout terminals that let consumers pay for purchases with their palms (AnnaMaria Andriotis/Wall Street Journal)
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon is working with Visa to test checkout terminals that let consumers...
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A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
Kashmir Hill / New York Times: A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+...
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SoundCloud’s filing in the UK shows its 2018 revenue grew 19% YoY to ~$127M, with operating losses dropping to $38.7M (Tim Ingham/Music Business Worldwide)
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: SoundCloud’s filing in the UK shows its 2018 revenue grew 19% YoY to...
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Airbnb to tie metrics like guest safety to employee bonuses, says it has created dedicated teams to serve all “stakeholders”, which include hosts and guests (Sarah E. Needleman/Wall Street Journal)
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Airbnb to tie metrics like guest safety to employee bonuses, says it...
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The latest panic that the EU may force Apple to abandon Lightning is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of both the EC’s intent and how charging works (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)
Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: The latest panic that the EU may force Apple to abandon Lightning is based...
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FBI seizes the domain of WeLeakInfo, a site offering usernames and passwords from data breaches for sale; WeLeakInfo claims to have 12B+ usernames and passwords (Sean Gallagher/Ars Technica)
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: FBI seizes the domain of WeLeakInfo, a site offering usernames and passwords from data...
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Sources: Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, S20+ 5G, and S20 Ultra 5G will have 6.2″, 6.7″ and 6.9″ displays respectively; S20 Ultra to get 108MP + 48MP wide angle cameras (Asif Iqbal Shaik/MySmartPrice)
Asif Iqbal Shaik / MySmartPrice: Sources: Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, S20+ 5G, and S20 Ultra 5G will have 6.2″,...
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Massachusetts Superior Court orders Facebook to turn over data about tens of thousands of apps from ~400 developers company said it suspended last September (Tony Romm/Washington Post)
Tony Romm / Washington Post: Massachusetts Superior Court orders Facebook to turn over data about tens of thousands of...
Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M — Comtravo, a Berlin-based B2B traveltech startup, has announced a second close of its Series B round, adding...
Trump just blew up the GOP impeachment strategy. That will help him win.
This isn’t what Mitch McConnell wanted. The Republican Senate majority leader from Kentucky has, since the House impeached President Donald Trump on Dec. 18, made clear his preference that a Senate trial over removing the president be of the shortest possible duration and the narrowest scope. After the trial...
Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M — Comtravo, a Berlin-based B2B traveltech startup, has announced a second close of its Series B round, adding...
Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions, but likely won’t have a fix until the next Patch Tuesday on Feb 11 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions, but likely won’t have a fix until the next Patch Tuesday on Feb 11 — Microsoft has confirmed a security flaw affecting Internet Explorer is currently being used by hackers, but...
Watch as SpaceX’s newest spacecraft attempts to escape a fake rocket emergency
On Sunday, SpaceX is launching one of its last big flight tests for NASA, one that could ultimately pave the way for the company to fly people to space later this year. For this flight, SpaceX will test out the emergency escape system on its new passenger spacecraft —...
Sources: Amazon is working with Visa to test checkout terminals that let consumers pay for purchases with their palms (AnnaMaria Andriotis/Wall Street Journal)
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon is working with Visa to test checkout terminals that let consumers pay for purchases with their palms — Tech giant plans terminals to let consumers link credit card information to their hands — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -0.70% wants to make your...
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
Kashmir Hill / New York Times: A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it — A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images...
SoundCloud’s filing in the UK shows its 2018 revenue grew 19% YoY to ~$127M, with operating losses dropping to $38.7M (Tim Ingham/Music Business Worldwide)
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: SoundCloud’s filing in the UK shows its 2018 revenue grew 19% YoY to ~$127M, with operating losses dropping to $38.7M — If there’s one stat that says everything about the recovery of SoundCloud in recent years, it’s this: in calendar 2017, the company...
Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing...
Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing...
Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M — Comtravo, a Berlin-based B2B traveltech startup, has announced a second close of its Series B round, adding...
Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions, but likely won’t have a fix until the next Patch Tuesday on Feb 11 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions, but likely won’t have a fix until the next Patch Tuesday on Feb 11 — Microsoft has confirmed a security flaw affecting Internet Explorer is currently being used by hackers, but...
Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M — Comtravo, a Berlin-based B2B traveltech startup, has announced a second close of its Series B round, adding...
Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions, but likely won’t have a fix until the next Patch Tuesday on Feb 11 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions, but likely won’t have a fix until the next Patch Tuesday on Feb 11 — Microsoft has confirmed a security flaw affecting Internet Explorer is currently being used by hackers, but...
Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing...
The Batman’s Zoe Kravitz Has Some Great Reasons For Wanting To Play Catwoman
Well, that’s something to go on, at least, though it’s about as vague as everything else we’ve heard about...
Elliott: As Serena Williams pursues singles record, fires cast pall over Australian Open
The Australian Open is often called the “Happy Slam” for its relaxed feeling and swarms of knowledgeable fans who...
What Mahomes, Tannehill, Rodgers and Garoppolo have to do to reach Super Bowl
Pitchers and catchers report Sunday. In the NFL, that means four of the league’s most intriguing quarterbacks — Kansas...
It might be the end of an era for Prince Ali at UCLA
Mick Cronin might as well have commandeered the public-address system late Wednesday night, declaring his intentions to everyone inside...
Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing business trips, adds €9M to its Series B, increasing it to €30M — Comtravo, a Berlin-based B2B traveltech startup, has announced a second close of its Series B round, adding...
She went missing 6 years ago. Her body was just found in a car in a river.
Vanessa Smallwood, 46, was last seen on Jan. 27, 2014, at a dry cleaner in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. This week, her body was found in a vehicle submerged in the Salem River in southern New Jersey. Diving contractors who were working to remove debris from the Salem River...
‘White only’ signs sold at Colorado antique store called racist
A Colorado woman is calling out the owner of an antique store for selling items she said are racist and offensive. In a section of Antique Corral in Cortez, near the Utah border, are three signs that read: “Public swimming pool white only,” “We serve colored carry out only”...
Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions, but likely won’t have a fix until the next Patch Tuesday on Feb 11 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions, but likely won’t have a fix until the next Patch Tuesday on Feb 11 — Microsoft has confirmed a security flaw affecting Internet Explorer is currently being used by hackers, but...
Will Trump and Bloomberg ads steal the Super Bowl thunder? Some marketers concerned.
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump’s campaign told email subscribers that they’d get a sneak peek at his $10 million Super Bowl ad if they got in touch via text. That sort of tactic around his ad — and the attention paid to the $10 million presidential hopeful Michael...
Protesters gather for fourth annual Women’s March across the country
Sources: Amazon is working with Visa to test checkout terminals that let consumers pay for purchases with their palms (AnnaMaria Andriotis/Wall Street Journal)
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon is working with Visa to test checkout terminals that let consumers pay for purchases with their palms — Tech giant plans terminals to let consumers link credit card information to their hands — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -0.70% wants to make your...
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
Kashmir Hill / New York Times: A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it — A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images...
SoundCloud’s filing in the UK shows its 2018 revenue grew 19% YoY to ~$127M, with operating losses dropping to $38.7M (Tim Ingham/Music Business Worldwide)
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: SoundCloud’s filing in the UK shows its 2018 revenue grew 19% YoY to ~$127M, with operating losses dropping to $38.7M — If there’s one stat that says everything about the recovery of SoundCloud in recent years, it’s this: in calendar 2017, the company...
Airbnb to tie metrics like guest safety to employee bonuses, says it has created dedicated teams to serve all “stakeholders”, which include hosts and guests (Sarah E. Needleman/Wall Street Journal)
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Airbnb to tie metrics like guest safety to employee bonuses, says it has created dedicated teams to serve all “stakeholders”, which include hosts and guests — Ahead of plans to go public, home-sharing platform emphasizes serving ‘stakeholders’ that include hosts, guests, investors,...
Amazon shoe ‘strikingly similar’ to Allbirds model
Image copyright Allbirds Image caption Allbirds’ Wool Runners are made from New Zealand merino wool Amazon has been accused of creating a shoe “strikingly similar” to one designed by environmentally-friendly footwear manufacturer Allbirds. The shoe firm’s founders, Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger, have written an open letter to Amazon...
How an economist helped thousands get a new kidney
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Humans have two kidneys but only need one to function so living donation is possible If you have needed a kidney transplant in the last few years your chance of getting one has improved dramatically because of an economist called Alvin Roth. Roth...
Flybe: ‘I would be devastated if it went under’
Image copyright Getty Images Customers are still in the dark over the future of Flybe as the airline remains in rescue talks with the government. The boss of the regional airline has told its staff the company is operating as normal. But the government is considering measures to save...
American Airlines admits ‘soap spill’ did not divert flight
Image caption American Airlines flight 729 bound for Philadelphia was diverted to Dublin American Airlines now says a spilled cleaning product did not cause an odour that led to a flight being diverted when two cabin crew members passed out. The airline initially made the claim after a flight...
Banks told to stop short-changing loyal savers
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Few people move their savings around regularly for the best deals Millions of savers who leave money in the same account for years should get a better deal under plans published by the City regulator. Under the proposals, banks would have to set...
Social-media influencers: Incomes soar amid growing popularity
Image copyright BBC/Reuters Image caption Zoe Sugg (Zoella), singer Rita Ora and model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley are all social-media influencers The money made by social-media influencers has risen meteorically in the last few years, according to a new report. Marketing firm Izea found the average price of a sponsored photo...
Smart meters will get to Star Trek phase, says minister
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Captain Kirk had no known views on smart meters Smart meters will reach a “Star Trek phase” – when the technology works to the financial benefit of consumers, a minister has promised. Climate change minister Lord Duncan of Springbank told a committee of...
Samsung chairman Lee Sang-hoon jailed for union sabotage
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Samsung executives used a variety of tactics to target union activities A South Korean court has sentenced Samsung Electronics board chairman Lee Sang-hoon to 18 months in prison for sabotaging labour union activities. Lee and about 25 other defendants were convicted of violating labour...
Hong Kong in first recession for a decade amid protests
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Anti-government protests in Hong Kong started five months ago Hong Kong has confirmed it has entered its first recession for a decade as it continues to be gripped by protests. Its economy shrank 3.2% in the July-to-September period compared with the prior quarter, figures...
Estate agents report ‘uplift’ in housing market
Image copyright Getty Images There has been an “uplift” in sentiment in the housing market following the general election, according to a survey of property professionals. Sales expectations had “risen sharply”, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said. House sales rose last month for the first time in...
Alphabet turns a Page and a Brin
“GOOGLE IS NOT a conventional company,” declared Sergey Brin and Larry Page as they took their firm public in 2004. “We do not intend to become one.” On December 3rd they bowed out as, respectively, president and chief executive of Alphabet, Google’s parent and the world’s fourth-biggest listed firm....
Are our financial lives controlled by biased algorithms?
Image copyright APple Jamie Heinemeier Hansson had a better credit score than her husband, tech entrepreneur David. They have equal shares in their property and file joint tax returns. Yet David was given permission to borrow 20 times the amount on his Apple Card than his wife was granted....
Iran attack: Crude oil prices jump after Iraq missile attacks
Image copyright Getty Images Oil prices have jumped after at least two airbases hosting US troops in Iraq were attacked. The price of crude oil jumped by as much as 4.5% in Asian morning trade on concerns that this could disrupt oil supplies from the Middle East. So-called safe...
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An internet cafe in Fuyang, China, in August. Credit Reuters By Raymond Zhong Aug. 31, 2018 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版...
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 13, 2019– The “Report on the Chinese Glasses Industry 2018-2023” report has been added to...
GENEVA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 27, 2019– Alcon (SIX/NYSE:ALC), the global leader in eye care, today announced the Food...
DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar 14, 2019–Sealy & Company, a fully-integrated commercial real estate investment and operating company and...
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar 8, 2019–The “Eyewear Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024” report...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 5, 2019– The San Francisco 49ers today announced a multi-year partnership with Zenni Optical, making...
By Associated Press, Wire Service Content April 24, 2019, at 7:38 p.m. Eyewear Website Operator Gets 2 More Years in Prison...
The tide is turning. Consumers are becoming increasingly conscious about their environmental footprint, and fast fashion seems, finally, to...
When you go through its extensive celebrity-sighting roster, its devoted fan base, and the sheer frequency of run-ins with...
INTERVIEW : MASUNAGA // THE ART OF CRAFTSMANSHIP By Franca MASUNAGA OPTICAL ranges among Japan’s largest and most eminent eyewear manufacturers....
LUNOR // EDGES WITH STYLE HERE COMES THE A10-COLLECTION FEATURING LUNOR-DESIGN AT ITS BEST! Lunor has launched a collection...
PALM SPRINGS, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 19, 2019– Now Optics, a leading eye health provider offering accessible and affordable eye care...
CORNER OFFICE Jeff Raider on Founding Warby Parker and Harry’s First, eyeglasses. Now, shaving. Mr. Raider, a...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Chicago-based telehealth company that provides online eye testing is challenging Indiana’s...
ATLANTA (AP) — Free eye exams and glasses are available this summer for “school-age” children...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a new look thanks to a pair of Jean Lafont eyeglasses chosen by his...
Essilor has announced the launch of a new digital phoropter that promises “a new era of refraction.” In October,...
OVVO LUXURY CASTED IN CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY The Wood, Carbon & Gold Collection from OVVO Optics merges the durability of carbon...
ATLANTA (AP) — Eyewear maker Luxottica Group plans to add 1,000 jobs in metro Atlanta by expanding its distribution...
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The stock of major eyewear maker Oakley Inc. plunged nearly 37 percent Thursday on the...
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: Comtravo, which uses AI and NLP to offer an end-to-end solution for booking and managing...
The Australian Open is often called the “Happy Slam” for its relaxed feeling and swarms of knowledgeable fans who...
This isn’t what Mitch McConnell wanted. The Republican Senate majority leader from Kentucky has, since the House impeached President...
Vanessa Smallwood, 46, was last seen on Jan. 27, 2014, at a dry cleaner in Cherry Hill, New Jersey....
Well, that’s something to go on, at least, though it’s about as vague as everything else we’ve heard about...
When my fiancé Sam and I got engaged in October 2018, getting married was a mere formality for us....
A Colorado woman is calling out the owner of an antique store for selling items she said are racist...