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 Tech Crunch

  • Env0 lands $17M Series A as infrastrucure as code control plane gains traction 6 hours ago  –  As companies deliver code ever faster, they need tooling to provide some semblance of control and governance over the cloud resources being used to deliver it. Env0, a startup that is helping companies do just that, announced a $17 million Series A today. M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, led the ro...
  • Tonkean raises $50M Series B to accelerate is no-code business automation service 6 hours ago  –  The business operation automation startup's CEO says the new capital will give it the space it needs to hire and build faster than if it continued to operate from a smaller capital case.
  • Register to watch a livestream recording of the Equity podcast! 7 hours ago  –  Throughout its four or so years of life, the Equity podcast crew has had the good fortune to record a few live shows. We sat on the small stage at TechCrunch Disrupt, for example, with Garry Tan one year, and Charles Hudson another. We’ve also ventured to other venues and events with varying leve...
  • Update: Google is delaying its deprecation of tracking cookies
  • JW Player raises $100M to build subscriptions and other monetization tools around its video software
  • Orbion, manufacturer of in-space plasma propulsion systems, raises $20M Series B
  • Volvo’s flagship electric SUV will come with Luminar’s lidar and software as standard
  • Accept.inc secures $90M in debt and equity to scale its digital mortgage lending platform
  • Walmart’s AI is getting smarter about grocery delivery
  • BMW i Ventures invests in autonomous truck technology co
  • Check out the expert speakers joining us on Extra Crunch Live in July 4 hours ago  –  What are the most important factors when you’re pitching your startup for fundraising? What questions come to the minds of the VCs you’re pitching? How do you get the deal across the finish line? Or choose the right investors for your company to begin with? Extra Crunch Live looks to answer all t...
  • SPAC charts are exercises in the limits of hype 4 hours ago  –  Having read more SPAC investor decks in the last twelve months than I’d like to admit to, I thought I was over being irked by their bullishness. Call me conservative, but public companies shouldn’t be full of shit, and companies going public should probably aim for a similar target. That’s why S-...
  • Android apps are coming to Windows 11 through the Amazon Appstore 4 hours ago  –  Ecosystems make strange bedfellows. Here’s one of the stranger in recent memory – and one of the most unexpected bits of news from today’s Windows 11 event. Microsoft announced today that it will be making Android apps available on the next major version of its operating system. Chief Product Off...
  • You’re a carmaker, drink-taker, automator
  • Microsoft Teams will be built directly into Windows 11
  • Microsoft announces Windows 11, generally available by the holidays
  • Happs raises $4.7 million for a multicast livestream platform creator community
  • Creator tools startup Spore raises $1M to build closer bonds between influencers and their fans
  • Sanity raises $39M for its “use-anywhere” approach to content repositories
  • a16z’s new $2.2B fund won’t just bet on the crypto future, 

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  • Lenovo made a wireless charger for your laptop 14 hours ago  –  Lenovo has announced a new product called the Go Wireless Charging Kit, which lets you retrofit wireless charging functionality to a wide variety of laptops. It makes use of “Power by Contact” technology from Energy Square, rather than the more common Qi standard. The kit consists of a 3.2mm-thic...
  • Why the tech antitrust reform bills are struggling to move forward
  • Google’s security changes will break old Drive and YouTube links
  • Apple may be looking to make a less expensive big phone in 2022
  • EA confirms Battlefield 2042 will use bots to help fill its 128-player servers
  • Logitech’s improved Combo Touch keyboard will be available for the fourth-gen iPad Air in July
  • The chip shortage will likely get worse before it gets better
  • John McAfee found dead in Barcelona prison, authorities say
  • Peacock is finally coming to Fire TV on June 24th
  • Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tarts obsession is turning into a Netflix 
  • Snap inks deal with Universal Music Group to bring major artists to the platform 5 hours ago  –  Snapchat Snap wants people to discover and make content with music on Snapchat, and today, it secured a major deal to help it achieve that goal. The company has signed a multiyear partnership with Universal Music Group, the world’s largest record label group, to bring its artists’ tracks...
  • Microsoft Teams will be directly integrated as part of Windows 11
  • Microsoft announces Windows 11, with a new design, Start menu, and more
  • UK carrier EE introduces EU roaming charges following Brexit
  • Live blog: Microsoft’s Windows 11 event
  • UK court rules Deliveroo couriers aren’t employees
  • TCL’s wearable display glasses will go on sale in July starting in Australia
  • Google delays blocking third-party cookies in Chrome until 2023
  • Microsoft’s Xbox Series S is available for $10 off at Costco right now
  • Volvo won’t charge extra for its upcoming electric vehicles w
  • The Sims is getting an in-game music festival with Simlish songs 3 hours ago  –  The Sims is the latest game to feature a virtual concert, but this one comes with a twist: some of the songs will be performed in the fictional Simlish language. Today EA announced “Sims Sessions,” described as an in-game music festival that will take place inside The Sims 4 from June 29th to Jul...
  • How to download a preview of Windows 11
  • Microsoft kicks Cortana out of the boot experience for Windows 11
  • Microsoft is changing the Windows 11 minimum requirements
  • Windows 11 Home will require a Microsoft account and an internet connection at setup
  • Windows 11’s news feed has built-in tipping to support local content creators
  • Windows 11 is a free upgrade
  • Microsoft’s own Windows 11 livestream runs into technical difficulties
  • Microsoft is bringing Android apps to Windows 11 with Amazon’s Appstore
  • Microsoft reveals the new Microsoft Store for Windows 11, 
  • Optimum is dramatically reducing cable internet speeds to be better ‘aligned with the industry’ 40 minutes ago  –  Internet service provider Optimum, owned by Altice USA, is dramatically reducing cable internet speeds for new subscribers starting on July 12th. For some Optimum Online plans, upload speeds will be cut from 35Mbps to as little as 5Mbps, Ars Technica writes. The change impacts new customers sti...
  • Big Tech edges closer to break up after deeply unhinged markup
  • Razer Blade 14 review: pint-size power
  • Satya Nadella’s closing Windows 11 remarks were a direct shot across Apple’s bow
  • Teamsters pass nationwide Amazon unionization campaign
  • Here’s everything Microsoft is removing from Windows 11
  • Microsoft teases new File Explorer for Windows 11
  • ‘The little handheld that could’: examining the Vita’s impact a decade later
  • Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 revealed in new leak
  • Internet sex trafficking law FOSTA-SESTA is almost never
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