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Estonia-based Sentinel, which is developing a detection platform for identifying synthesized media (aka deepfakes), has closed a $1.35 million seed round from some seasoned angle investors — including Jaan Tallinn (Skype), Taavet Hinrikus (Transferwise), Ragnar Sass & Martin Henk (Pipedrive) — and Baltics early stage VC firm, United Angels VC.…
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have teamed once again for the annual NFMLA Film Festival InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Festival — but this time it’s virtual. The fest is set for September 25-26 which aligns with Hispanic Heritage Month which…
Donald Trump Donald Trump Getty Images If President Donald Trump loses re-election, he could find himself the first ex-president to be charged with a crime. More than a dozen investigations are already under way against Trump and his associates, so his potential legal exposure is “breathtaking,” according to New York Magazine columnist Jeff…
This year’s Brandweek, Adweek’s flagship annual event bringing together the industry’s brightest minds, is a departure from business as usual on many levels. It’s the first entirely virtual version of the event, and features an extra day just for industry professionals who are unemployed or furloughed due to the Covid-19…
For Jim Breyer, the mantra, “Silicon Valley is a state of mind” has always been behind Breyer Capital, his personal investment fund. While many of his investments and board seats (which have included Facebook, Blackstone, 21st Century Fox, Dell, Etsy, Marvel Entertainment and Walmart) backed that thesis, Breyer had never…
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can sometimes hijack brain cells, using the cells’ internal machinery to copy itself, according to a new study. The research, posted Sept. 8 to the preprint database bioRxiv , has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, but it provides evidence that SARS-CoV-2 can…
Nvidia announced on Sunday evening that it would acquire computing giant Arm for $40 billion. During a press call held early on Monday morning, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Arm CEO Simon Segars shed more light on what the deal means for existing markets, such as smartphones, and what the…
Adriene Mishler is one of the most popular yoga instructors on YouTube, and over the last six months alone, her videos as Yoga With Adriene have been cited by outlets as disparate as the New Yorker, Paper, and USA Todayas having been crucial exercise during pandemic self-isolation. She is beloved…
Reesha Howard considers her family to be something of a unicorntheyre a homeschooling, Black, vegan, Christian family with a deep entrepreneurial spirit. She and her husband, Rontheyre high school sweethearts originally from the South Side of Chicagolived abroad for many years while Ron played professional basketball before settling down in…
