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SenSat, a UK startup that uses visual and spatial data to ‘simulate reality’, picks up $4.5M seed

SenSat, a U.K. startup aiming to use visual and spatial data to “simulate reality” and help computers better understand the physical world, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding — cash it will use to further develop the technology, and invest in its San Francisco office. The round was backed by Force Over Mass, Round…

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Is Apple doubling down on self-driving cars? This new move suggests so

For the past few years, Apple has scaled back Project Titan, the codename for its secretive self-driving car research unit, with personnel shuffles and a new narrower focus on autonomous-driving software. But does Apple’s newest high-profile hire suggest otherwise? Apple this week re-hired Doug Field, Tesla’s senior vice president of engineering, back to Project Titan, originally…

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Federacy wants to put bug bounty programs in reach of every startup

Federacy, a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 class, has a mission to make bug bounty programs available to even the smallest startup. Traditionally, bug bounty programs from players like Bugcrowd and HackerOne have been geared toward larger organizations. While these certainly have their place, founders William and James Sulinski, who happen to be…

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