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Runa Capital raises $157 million to back AI and deep tech startups

Runa Capital has closed its third investment fund with $157 million to back startups in deep tech areas such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing. The firm said Runa Capital Fund III surpassed its target of $135 million. The new capital will allow the company to continue its strategy of making investments that range between $1 million and $10 million in early-stage companies. In…
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Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview 4, delays beta schedule due to coronavirus

Google today launched the fourth Android 11 developer preview with app compatibility and performance improvements. This is significant — an Android 11 Developer Preview 4 wasn’t supposed to exist. Android 11 Beta 1 was supposed to arrive in May. Hence the other piece of news today: There’s a new release schedule that pushes Beta 1 to June 3, Beta 2 to July, and Beta 3 to August. Because…
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Report: Android TV getting a content-focused UI redesign that downplays apps

In March, exclusively revealed Google’s plans for a new Chromecast Ultra based on Android TV, and we’ve since heard rumors about a possible rebrand of the OS to “Google TV.” A report today suggests that one aspect of this upcoming streaming dongle will be an Android TV UI redesign. today describes a “new user interface that will put a bigger emphasis on individual movies and TV…
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Facebook’s AI detects gender bias in text

In a technical paper published this week, Facebook researchers describe a framework that decomposes gender bias in text along several dimensions, which they used to annotate data sets and evaluate gender bias classifiers. If the experimental results are any indication, the…
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TiVo Stream 4K goes on sale w/ Android TV, $49.99 for a limited time only

After its debut at CES and a slight delay, the latest Android TV dongle is here. TiVo’s Stream 4K is set to offer a unique streaming experience in your living room, and for a limited time, the device is super affordable. First things first, let’s talk hardware. The TiVo Stream 4K is one of the first HDMI dongles powered by Google’s Android TV platform. There have been a couple of other…
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