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NASA has selected two organizations to host the final phase of its four-year series of increasingly complicated technical demonstrations involving small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly known as drones. The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems in Las Vegas and the Lone Star UAS Center for Excellence & Innovation in Corpus Christi, Texas, will host demonstrations to … [Read more...] about NASA Tests Urban Drone Traffic Management in Nevada, Texas

A milestone moment in developing a converged 5G core network, addressing both fixed and mobile networks, has been reached after Broadband Forum delivered detailed recommendations to 3GPP. The proposals made by Broadband Forum were created at the request of carriers that participate in both Broadband Forum and 3GPP and were developed after a comprehensive cycle of iterative … [Read more...] about Broadband Forum delivers recommendations for converged 5G core network to 3GPP: Broadband Forum-orchestrated feedback from major global operators and vendors will open doors for the leveraging of fixed and mobile networks to unlock new service capabilities

One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA's Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping lay the groundwork for NASA's return to the Red Planet. The Opportunity rover stopped communicating with Earth when a severe Mars-wide dust storm blanketed its location in June 2018. After … [Read more...] about NASA’s Record-Setting Opportunity Rover Mission on Mars Comes to End

NASA has selected a new space mission that will help astronomers understand both how our universe evolved and how common are the ingredients for life in our galaxy's planetary systems. The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission is a planned two-year mission funded at $242 million (not including launch … [Read more...] about NASA Selects New Mission to Explore Origins of Universe

InfluxData, creator of the leading time series database InfluxDB, has raised $60 million in Series D funding, led by Norwest Venture Partners and joined by Sorenson Capital and existing investors Sapphire Ventures, Battery Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures and Harmony Partners. The proliferation of data continues to grow, prompted mainly by the instrumentation of the … [Read more...] about InfluxData Secures $60 Million in Series D Funding to Bring the Value of Time Series to the Enterprise Mainstream

Rapyd, a global fintech-as-a-service platform that enables businesses and consumers to pay or be paid however they choose, using any payment method or cash for local and cross-border e-commerce, today announced a $40 million series B financing round led by General Catalyst and Stripe, with participation from Target Global, IGNIA and other strategic payments and fintech … [Read more...] about Rapyd Secures $40 Million in Series B Funding: Fintech-as-a-Service Platform Digitally Enables Local Payments and Cross-Border Transactions, Opening Access to More than 2 Billion Consumers

AIStorm, an innovator of high-performance AI-in-sensor processors, has closed $13.2 million in Series A financing from Egis Technology Inc., a major biometrics supplier to handsets, gaming, and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS); TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader that specializes in image sensors for commercial, industrial, AR, and medical markets; Meyer … [Read more...] about AIStorm Raises $13.2M to Bring Real-Time AI-in-Sensor Technology to the Edge at a Fraction of the Cost

Carbonite, Inc. (Nasdaq: CARB) (“Carbonite” or the “Company”), a leading cloud-based data protection provider, and Webroot Inc. (“Webroot”), a leading cybersecurity company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Carbonite will acquire Webroot for approximately $618.5 million in cash. Carbonite will fund the transaction with existing cash … [Read more...] about Carbonite to Acquire Webroot for $618.5 Million, Creating a Leader in Endpoint Data Protection and Security

Gong.io, the #1 rated Conversation Intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence to go beyond CRM and transform sales teams, today announced it has raised $40 million in Series B funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $68 million. The latest round was led by global investment firm Battery Ventures and Battery General Partner Dharmesh Thakker. Thakker … [Read more...] about Gong.io Raises $40 Million to Transform Sales With AI

- Industry digitalization and modernization of the land mobile radio (LMR) communications is driving demand for critical broadband network solutions - New portfolio comprises Critical Network Capabilities, Critical Broadband Applications, and Flexible Deployments for Private Networks - Enables service providers to meet critical communication needs in industries such as public … [Read more...] about Ericsson Launches Critical Communications Broadband Networks Offering