Mission Everywhere

David Pierce / Protocol : A profile of Discord, which lies at the center of the gaming world with 100M+ MAUs, as it pushes to turn into a communication tool for everyone, not just gamers   —  Most longtime Discord users have a similar origin story.  They liked playing video games, and liked playing with their friends … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/35QYjgq

Christine Hall / Crunchbase News : Cloud video surveillance company Eagle Eye Networks raises $40M Series E from Accel to invest in new AI projects such as license plate recognition   —  Eagle Eye Networks, a cloud video surveillance company, raised $40 million in Series E funding from Accel to advance its platform. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/35QezhD

Nick Greenhalgh / Denver Business Journal : StackHawk, whose tech helps developers find application security vulnerabilities before they get into production, raises $10M Series A led by Sapphire Ventures   —  With a successful beta at its back and paying customers onboard, Denver application security startup StackHawk announced Tuesday … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/34IUACc

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch : Wise, a fintech startup that partners with other companies so that they can offer business bank accounts to their own customers, raises $12M Series A   —  Fintech startup Wise has raised a $12 million Series A round.  The company offers business bank accounts with an interesting go-to-market strategy. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3jMsYAv

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Skan, which helps enterprises automate repetitive business processes by combining data engineering with computer vision, raises $14M Series A   —  Skan.ai, an AI-enabled process discovery and operational intelligence platform, today closed $14 million in funding. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3mEqqWP

FinSMEs : DriveWealth raises $56.7M Series C for its digital brokerage services that help broker-dealers and its global online partners access the US securities market   —  DriveWealth, LLC, a Chatam, N.J.-based global digital trading technology company, raised $56.7m in Series C funding. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/34IyZtE

Mark Graham / Internet Archive Blogs : The Internet Archive starts adding banners on some Wayback Machine pages with links that provide contextual information from fact-checking organizations   —  Fact checking organizations and origin websites sometimes have information about pages archived in the Wayback Machine. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2TJwhxv

The campaign bus for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is seen parked in front of the Iowa State Capitol on February 03, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Biden campaign cancelled events in Texas on Friday after a convoy of trucks flying Trump flags surrounded their bus and ran into a person's car, local Democratic officials said. Videos shared on Twitter showed vehicles with multiple Trump flags surrounding the Biden-Harris campaign bus on the highway. In one clip, one pickup truck appears to drive into a smaller car , forcing it into another lane. President Donald Trump posted a clip of the many vehicles waving Trump flags surrounding the bus, saying, "I LOVE TEXAS!" Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . The Biden campaign cancelled events in Texas on Friday after a convoy of trucks flying Trump flags surrounded their bus and ran into a person's car, local Democratic officials said. Vi...

Nandita Mathur / Livemint : Forty-six top US companies including Apple, Google, and Twitter have filed an amicus brief supporting a legal challenge to block Trump admin's H-1B visa changes   —  - The move comes in the wake of the US administration's proposal to scrap the computerized lottery system to grant H-1B work visas … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3jUch6h

Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu : Odaseva, a France-based data protection services provider for large-scale Salesforce customers, raises $25M Series B led by Eight Roads Ventures   —  French SaaS company Odaseva has raised $25 million in Series B funding to continue growing its data governance platform for enterprise. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3kLXBHf

Elliott Ackerman / Wired : Profile of Shield AI, which raised money from a16z and others to develop autonomous military drones that scan buildings to help soldiers clear them   —  On the battlefield, any doorway can be a death trap.  A special ops vet, and his businessman brother, have built an AI to solve that problem. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/320EYIq

Former President Barack Obama spoke during a drive-in campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Flint, Michigan on Saturday. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Former President Barack Obama ripped President Donald Trump during two drive-in rallies on Saturday, criticizing his "obsession" with crowd sizes and asking, "Did no one come to his birthday party as a kid?" Obama spoke at two events in Flint and Detroit, Michigan, for presidential nominee Joe Biden, who appeared alongside the former president for the first time in the 2020 campaign. In a blistering speech, Obama railed against the current president, saying he cares more about his ego than addressing the coronavirus pandemic. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . Former President Barack Obama ripped President Donald Trump during two drive-in rallies in Michigan on Saturday , criticizing his "obsession" with crowd sizes. Obama spoke at two events in Flint an...

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump's campaign rallies were linked to 30,000 coronavirus cases and "likely led to more than 700 deaths," according to a new study  by Stanford University economists. The paper focused on 18 campaign rallies held between June 20 and September 30. "The communities in which Trump rallies took place paid a high price in terms of disease and death," the authors of the study wrote. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . President Donald Trump's campaign rallies "ultimately resulted in more than 30,000 incremental confirmed COVID-19 cases" and "likely led to more than 700 deaths," according to a newly released study by Stanford University economists. The paper, released on October 30, focused on 18 campaign rallies held between June 20 and September 30, in cities that included Tulsa, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, and Phoenix, comparing the host cities to parts of the ...