AI-driven voice assistant PolyAI raises $14M round led by Khosla Ventures – ProWellTech

AI-driven voice assistant PolyAI raises $14M round led by Khosla Ventures – ProWellTech

“Conversational AI” startup PolyAI, based out of London, has raised $14 million in a funding round led by Silicon Valley’s Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors (Point72 Ventures, Amadeus Capital, Sands Capital Ventures, Passion Capital and Entrepreneur First). This follows their $12 million Series A, and will provide resources for further U.S. expansion beyond…

The 4 things needed to reach Biden’s ambitious 2050 solar goal – ProWellTech

The 4 things needed to reach Biden’s ambitious 2050 solar goal – ProWellTech

A report on the future of solar energy from the Department of Energy paints a sunny picture, if you will, of the next three decades, at the end of which nearly half the country’s energy will be provided by the sun. But for that to happen, big pushes need to happen along four major lines:…

NASA’s Mars Rover Collects Second Mars Sample in a Week

NASA’s Mars Rover Collects Second Mars Sample in a Week

NASA’s Perseverance rover has extracted and securely stored its second sample of martian rock just days after its first successful collection. The space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is overseeing the Mars mission, shared the news in a tweet on Wednesday, September 8. “Two for two: I have successfully processed and stored my second…

Google may release Android 12.1 as a mid-cycle launch

Google may release Android 12.1 as a mid-cycle launch

Breaking from the recent yearly release cadence, the next version of Android to release might be a mid-cycle bump — an “Android 12.1,” if you will — rather than Android 13. By all measures, Android 12 is a significant release for Google’s phones, among other things, revamping the design with “Material You,” which matches the…

A ‘fog has descended’ and it isn’t clear startups “should be accelerating” right now – ProWellTech

A ‘fog has descended’ and it isn’t clear startups “should be accelerating” right now – ProWellTech

Earlier today, we joined friend and former colleague Jon Fortt of CNBC in interviewing partner Pat Grady of Sequoia Capital, and it proved a wide-ranging conversation (we wound up blabbing for an hour, which was not always the plan). You can check out the video below but we thought there were some highlights worth pulling…

Razer's Basilisk V3 mouse fully illuminated.

Razer rolls out ultra-sensitive Basilisk V3 mouse with four-way scrolling

TL; DR The Basilisk V3 is the latest wired gaming mouse from Razer. You can pan in four directions with the HyperScroll Tilt Wheel. The mouse has 11 buttons, customizable lighting and an ultra-fast optical sensor. Razer announced its newest gaming mouse, the Basilisk V3, on Wednesday, which is highlighted by a four-way scroll wheel…

Google Pay for Wear OS is available in 10 more countries

Google Pay for Wear OS is available in 10 more countries

With the launch of Wear OS 3 on Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4, Google announced a wearable redesign of Pay as well as expanded international availability. Google Pay on Wear OS is now coming to 10 more countries. For the longest time, Google’s wearable payment system was only available in 11 countries. That limitation was particularly…