Magic Leap Raises $542M In Series B Funding
Magic Leap, an augmented reality startup in stealth mode, has raised $542 million in a Series B round of financing. The financing was led by Google, with...
Google Buys Lift Labs
Google has acquired Lift Labs, a company that makes a spoon designed to make eating easier for people with neurodegenerative tremors. Lift Labs will be...
Google Wants To Build Quantum Computers
The Quantum Artificial Intelligence team at Google, is launching a hardware initiative to design and build new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics. The...
Gangnam Style: Google To Open Center In Seoul
Google will be opening a startup center in Seoul's Gangnam region. The center will be open to entrepreneurs working on their startups, and will be the the company’s third such center. Google has similar facilities in London and Tel Aviv in 2012.
Workstation-Class Graphics Coming To Google Chromebooks
VMware, Nvidia and Google are collaborating to deliver virtual desktops and workstation-class graphics to Google Chromebooks. The joint solution optimizes the performance of virtual graphics applications at scale. Combined with VMware Horizon in the data center, the solution will optimize graphics and CPU utilization to allow more desktops and applications to be deployed on a single server, according to the companies.