Manchester-based Vsim, which is building a robotics simulation service, raised a $21.5M seed from EQT Ventures and others, taking its total funding to $24M
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Manchester-based Connex One, which provides customer engagement tools to contact centers, raised a £93M Series C
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Manchester-based Matillion, which offers “low-code” tools to manage disparate data, raises $150M at a $1.5B valuation led by General Atlantic
Businesses and the tech companies that serve them are run on data. At best, it can be used to help with decision-making …
Manchester-based Peak AI, which helps non-tech companies build AI apps, raises $75M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, bringing total funding to $118M
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YouTube Shorts, which launched new stars but is rife with clickbait and TikTok re-uploads, will use new metrics to pay creators via a $100M fund this summer
As a kid in Manchester, England, Dan Rhodes taught himself magic by watching tutorials on YouTube.
Amazon says it will hire 10,000 more people in the UK, taking its total headcount in the country to 55K by the end of 2021
- Company said Thursday it would hire 75,000 logistics workers — U.K. jobs to be in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cambridge
Many LatAm migrant workers in the US are using crypto to send money home; crypto exchange Bitso says it processes $1B+ per year in US remittances sent to Mexico
When traditional exchanges closed during the pandemic, many workers turned to crypto to send remittances home. — • ACAPULCO, MEXICO Tweets: @gquaggiotto , @restofworld , @blackamazon , @apompliano ,...
The BBC releases first beta of Beeb, its English language voice assistant, to UK Windows Insider members, with an ability to understand a range of UK accents
but Amazon won't be worried Jon Porter / The Verge : BBC releases its own ‘Beeb’ voice assistant in beta Rachel Thompson / Mashable : BBC launches voice assistant that will learn regional accents Dami...
Amazon claims Prime Video has ~65K titles, but 66% of those are user uploaded, including thousands of short instructional clips and conspiracy theory videos
such as “Manchester By the Sea” — the site also carries thousands of conspiracy-theory videos, amateur productions and short instructional clips. https://www.wsj.com/... See also Mediagazer
Sorted Group, a Manchester-based delivery platform for retail companies, raises £15M, bringing its total amount raised to £22M
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