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Foxglove raises $15M to build dev infrastructure for robots

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While at Cruise, Macneil says that he saw firsthand the lack of off-the-shelf tooling for robotics and autonomous vehicle development; Cruise had to hire entire teams to build tooling in-house, including apps for visualization, data management, AI and machine learning, simulation and more. ” Foxglove’s cloud suite.

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Dent Reality raises $3.4M to bring augmented reality into the grocery store

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Despite Apple and Facebook investing billions into a “metaverse” future, in recent years there’s been a distinct drop-off in venture deals for startups focused on finding opportunities in augmented reality. — Andrew Hart (@AndrewHartAR) November 23, 2021. to build the digital layer for the physical world!

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How Retailers Use Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Customer Experience and Enhance Operations

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percent in 2021. eCommerce share of total retail sales worldwide from 2015 to 2021. In 2017, global eCommerce sales accounted for 10.2 percent of all retail sales (2.3 trillion US dollars). This figure is projected to reach 17.5 Revenue from eCommerce sales is expected to grow to 4.88 trillion US dollars. Source: Statista.

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Travel Fraud Protection: Key Types of Travel Scam, Protective Measures, and Software to Consider

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percent in 2020 due to pandemic restrictions, in 2021, the industry saw a rise up to 6.1 Besides, due to the specific nature of the industry with high-value one-off payments, a big number of businesses across the world, and rapid customer consumption of services, the travel and hospitality sector is a huge target for fraud.

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Here’s Everything Announced At Apple WWDC21 You Should Know

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So, if you are an aficionado developer, chances are you would not be sleeping this week as WWDC21 goes virtual, which kicks off on June 7 and runs till June 11. WWDC is one of the substantial events in Apple’s yearly calendar, second in importance to the new iPhone announcements in the autumn. So, we have decided to make it easy to digest.

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Digital Twins: Components, Use Cases, and Implementation Tips

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Digital twins play the same role for complex machines and processes as food tasters for monarchs or stunt doubles for movie stars. They prevent harm that otherwise could be done to precious assets. The article covers key questions about digital twins: how do they work? The twinning, however, doesn’t happen out of thin air. Hardware components.

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