LONDON (Reuters) - Russian state-controlled miner Alrosa, the world’s biggest producer of rough diamonds in carat terms, raised $11.8 million in its first New York diamond auction of the year, as it seeks to increase its activity in the United States.

At a recent GamesBeat conference, John Hanke, CEO of Niantic (the company best known for introducing Pokemon Go to the world) made waves when he told attendees that he’s “investing heavily in the AR cloud.”

Peter Minuit is credited with spearheading the purchase of the island of Manhattan for the Dutch from the Native Americans in 1626 in exchange for 60 guilders. Accounting for inflation, that price equates to $967 in today’s dollars. An incredible deal in a city where real estate is changing hands at an average of $1868 per square foot and over $9000 per square foot in the ultra luxury market.

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In what turned out to be a surprising SFW podcast Future of Sex podcast creator Bryony Cole joined us to talk about the future of sex, teledilonics and sex robots.

Les deux fondateurs de Bino, Sergey Zverev et Ivan Terekhin, partent aux Etats-Unis. Leur modèle est calqué sur celui d’Uber.

Starta Capital, a New York-based company investing in post-Soviet technology players and start-ups, is in the process of raising a USD 70m Starta II fund, Ekaterina Dorozhkina, managing partner, told this news service.

Despite its position as the world's largest diamond miner by volume, Alrosa is not a well-known name in the United States, the world's largest diamond market. Rebecca Foerster, head of the company's North American division, is on a mission to change that — and she says Alrosa's sustainability initatives are key.