Column: She was billed $809 for a boot for her broken foot. Amazon charges $80
A UCLA-affiliated clinic charged more than $800 for a boot to treat a broken foot. The same exact boot can be found on Amazon for about $80.
Alluxio to funnel data to apps across hybrid cloud platforms with $50M
Alluxio, which offers software that helps to serve data to apps across hybrid cloud environments, has raised $60 million.Read More
Dubit raises $8M for Roblox-based metaverse esports events
Dubit’s most recent round of fundraising will go towards augmenting the company’s esports endeavors in the metaverse.Read More
Palo Alto Networks unveils ML-powered cloud security platform
Palo Alto Networks announced its Next-Generation CASB will include new SaaS security features powered by AI and ML.Read More
Fortnite rolls out Naruto collaboration with cosmetics and Creative Hub
Epic Games has announced its first anime collab with the addition of Naruto Shippuden characters, cosmetics, and locations.Read More
Mozilla’s holiday guide rates tech gifts for privacy practices – CNET
Santa’s sleigh will be full of consumer tech this year. Much of it will be spying on you.
GTA Trilogy is a mess. Here’s what you should know – CNET
This remaster might not be the best way to remember these games.
Atari is releasing three lost retro games as cartridges – CNET
Aquaventure, Saboteur and Yars’ Return were planned for release on the Atari 2600 in 1983.
Facebook struggled with disinformation targeted at Latinos, leaked documents show
Facebook has long emphasized the strength of its efforts to contain misinformation targeted at Latinos and Spanish speakers. A whistleblower’s leaks show employees raising alarms about the problem.
Helm.ai raises $26M for ‘unsupervised’ autonomous driving software
Helm.ai, a startup developing software for autonomous vehicles trained using unsupervised learning techniques, has raised $26 million.Read More