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RealNetworks releases its first hardware product, a kiosk that checks for proper facemask usage

GeekWire

But the pandemic is pushing many companies to try new things, and the software mainstay is getting into hardware for the first time. RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser in 2017. Now that RealNetworks has tried its hand at hardware, does the company have additional devices in mind, perhaps in other parts of its business?

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What Sundar Pichai’s ‘long-term’ hardware commitment means for the Pixel

The Verge

Last week, I wrote about Google’s somewhat confounding hardware strategy in the wake of a report about internal conflict from The Information. Not to belabor the metaphor, but when it comes to Google’s hardware efforts, there’s a bit of a “darkest before the dawn” vibe. We absorbed the mobile division of HTC. Hardware is hard.

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Ag-tech startup Aigen, which sells solar-powered weed-thumping robots, lands $12M

GeekWire

Its robots can operate continuously for up to 14 hours and do not need to be plugged in The company said it is also developing a low-energy AI model that can send real-time crop information to a farmer’s mobile app. that was acquired in 2017. A new SEC filing revealed the fresh cash.

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Vote for Startup CEO of the Year: These five leaders are taking their companies to new heights

GeekWire

Rathna Sharad (bottom right): The UPS and Microsoft veteran co-founded FlavorCloud in 2017 to help e-commerce companies ship products around the globe. Founded in 2017, Strella won GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch competition in 2022. The startup has been described as the “Stripe for international shipping” and raised $6.3

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Best Laptops Under $200 in 2016-2017

Galido

It’s amazing to be alive in this day and age when you can now get a laptop cheaper than the cost of a mobile phone or even a higher end NVIDIA GeForce video card. Today you can get a $200 laptop and get useful functions and hardware like an HD display, Windows 10, HDMI port, a decent hard drive, and sometimes even touch screen.

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Former Amazon Prime Air employees raise $4.5M for stealthy solar airplane startup

GeekWire

“We like to be hands-on and hardware-rich with our development, and then iterate toward a solution. Among the possibilities: continuous real-time monitoring of weather systems, wildfires or illegal fishing; high-resolution imaging and mapping; mobile cellular service and broadband direct-to-device internet access.

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PUBG: New State arrives on iOS and Android on November 11th

The Verge

PUBG: New State , the upcoming free-to-play mobile game, will release on iOS and Android on November 11th, its publisher Krafton announced today. New State is a significant launch for the PUBG series, which popularized the battle royale genre after the launch of its first title in 2017. Image: Krafton.

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