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Nvidia announces flagship gaming GPU GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, promises to deliver 1.5x more performance over RTX 2080 Ti, available worldwide on June 3 for $1,199 — This is Nvidia's new flagship gaming GPU — Nvidia is unveiling its latest flagship gaming GPU today, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
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Twitter launches Tomorrow, a weather news service, which includes newsletters, ticketed audio sessions, Q&As, and is led by climate journalist Eric Holthaus — Twitter is partnering with veteran climate journalist and meteorologist Eric Holthaus to launch a local weather news service … | Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
AMD unveils Radeon RX 6000M series of graphics adapters for gaming laptops, which are based on the RDNA2 architecture that underpins AMD's desktop RX 6000 parts — Headlining a busy Computex for AMD - and a bit of return to form in that regard - this evening the company is making several graphics and CPU-related product announcements.
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Alienware unveils its thinnest 15-inch and 17-inch X-Series gaming laptops with 11th-gen Intel CPUs and Nvidia 30-series GPUs, starting at $2,000 and $2,100 — It's been a few years since the last time Alienware's laptops got a big revamp, but with its new X-Series laptops … | S. Shah / Engadget: |
Samsung and AMD are collaborating to build Exynos mobile chips featuring RDNA 2 graphics that will support ray tracing and variable rate shading — working together on a GPU since 2019 and today we're getting another major update on the partnership. As part of its Computex keynote … | Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Personal finance app Truebill raises $45M Series D led by Accel at a $500M valuation — Six months after personal finance app Truebill brought in a $17 million Series C round, it is supporting demand of its services with $45 million in Series D funding to give it a valuation of $500 million … | Washington Post: |
Analysis of data from 5,411 warehouses in 2020 finds Amazon workers suffer serious injuries at nearly double the rate of workers at comparable companies — A Washington Post analysis of Occupational Safety and Health Administration data shows Amazon's serious injury rates are nearly double those at warehouses run by other companies.
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Profile of Kurtis Minder, who for the past year has been managing fraught discussions between companies and hackers as a ransomware negotiator — Kurtis Minder finds the cat-and-mouse energy of outsmarting criminal syndicates deeply satisfying. — A few days after Thanksgiving last year …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sennder, a digital freight forwarder that focuses on moving cargo around Europe, raises $80M extension to its $160M Series D at a $1B+ valuation — Freight forwarding — the process of organising how and where items will be shipped around the world, and specifically the technology that underpins …
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Wefox, a Berlin-based digital insurer focused on personal insurance products, raises $650M Series C led by Target Global at a post-money valuation of $3B — German startup Wefox has raised a $650 million Series C funding round led by Target Global. Following this funding round …
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Uber and Lyft acknowledge prices are up and wait times are longer, citing a lack of drivers; research found prices rose 37% from March 2020 to March 2021 — The companies say they are charging extra because they don't have enough drivers to match rebounding customer demand.
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Exabeam, which helps companies monitor cybersecurity threats on their networks, raises $200M Series F at a $2.4B valuation — Exabeam, a Silicon Valley startup that helps companies automate the analysis and monitoring of their cybersecurity data, on Tuesday said it raised $200 million …
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Project44, which helps companies track shipments and spot supply chain issues, raises $202M Series E at a $1.2B post-money valuation, says it just hit $50M ARR — The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted a lot in the world, and supply chains are no exception. — A number of applications that aim …
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Malt, a freelance marketplace for developers, designers, project managers, and others, raises €80M led by Goldman Sachs, sources say at a €400M valuation — The world of professional services has long relied on contractors to fill in for assignments and projects that might … Sponsor Posts
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