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Facebook acquires Seattle virtual reality gaming company BigBox VR, makers of Population: One

GeekWire

Seattle startup BigBox VR , the company behind multiplayer virtual reality game POPULATION: ONE , has been acquired by Facebook. It is unique given the game is built for virtual reality, allowing gamers to climb, fly, and shoot as if they were actually doing so in real life. GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper).

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US Navy pays German company $154,400 after losing piracy lawsuit

TechSpot

German company Bitmanagement Software brought a federal lawsuit against the Navy back in 2016. The complaint claimed the Navy agreed to license the 3D virtual reality software BS Contact Geo on a limited and experimental basis in 2011 and 2012. The trial involved installing the program on 38 computers for.

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Seattle startup that helps companies protect their AI and machine learning code raises $35M

GeekWire

Protect AI sells software that allows companies to monitor the various layers and components of machine learning systems, detecting potential violations and logging information on those attacks. A hacker gaining access to a company’s machine learning system can steal intellectual property or inject malicious code, Swanson said.

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Read the room — virtually: Seattle startup lands $10M to analyze your face and voice on video calls

GeekWire

Their new company is Read , which just announced a $10 million seed round for its software that measures engagement and sentiment of participants on video meetings. Companies such as Zoom and Microsoft have seen huge growth of their video conferencing applications during the pandemic with the shift to remote work. .

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Tech Moves: UiPath CTO lands at Talkdesk; Elastic hires AWS vet; ex-Redfin leaders join LLM startup

GeekWire

Founded in 2011, Talkdesk sells software built for customer service contact centers. The company raised a $230 million Series D round in 2021, but has had multiple rounds of layoffs since then. “This is a pivotal moment for Talkdesk as the market for conversational AI and virtual agents is expected to grow rapidly.”

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Windows Small Business Server 2011.

Sean Daniel

Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials & Windows Home Server 2011 RTM! Both Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server 2011 have released to manufacturing! Labels: Aurora , Home Server , SBS 2011 Essentials , Small Business Server. at 10:11 AM.

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Bracket Computing: Enterprise grade cloud management

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Bracket Computing has developed the industry’s first Cloud Virtualization System, the Bracket Computing Cell. Bracket Computing is a private company whose investors include venture firms Andreessen Horowitz, Norwest Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, ARTIS Ventures and Allegis Capital, and strategic corporate investors GE and Qualcomm.