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Why Ukrainians are turning to Telegram during the war
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Tech Crunch
Sea’s Shopee shutting down India operations
16 hours ago –
Singapore’s giant Sea said on Monday it is shutting down its
e-commerce business, Shopee, in India, months after the firm began
recruiting sellers in the country. The announcement follows India’s
decision to ban Sea’s popular title “Free Fire” in the country last
month, a move that contributed to...
Apple TV+ becomes the first streaming service to win a Best Picture Oscar with ‘CODA’
19 hours ago –
Apple TV+ has beat out Netflix to become the first streaming
service to win best picture at the Academy Awards, with “CODA”
triumphing. “CODA” actor Troy Kotsur also won the best supporting actor
trophy, marking the first time for a Deaf male actor, and the second
Deaf actor after “CODA” co-star...
Australian fintech Zepto raises $25M AUD Series A to enhance payment infrastructure
19 hours ago –
Zepto, an Australian real-time account-to-account (A2A) merchant
payments platform, said Monday it raised a $25 million AUD Series A
(about $18.8 million USD) co-led by AirTree Ventures and Decade
Partners. The instant payment platform lets merchants make, manage and
receive secure payments by co...
a day ago –
Welcome to my weekly fintech-focused column. I’ll be
publishing this every Sunday, so in between posts, be sure to listen to
the Equity podcast and hear Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas and me
riff on all things startups!
Gearing up for Demo Day
10 hours ago –
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business
of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the
headlines. Every Monday, Grace and Alex and Kell scour the news and
record notes on what’s going on to kick off the week. This week had a
theme. Which was startups. Lots a...
Your chance to save $300 on passes to TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 ends Friday
10 hours ago –
Mobility mavens, do you have your sights set on attending TC
Sessions: Mobility 2022 but buying your pass keeps slipping down your
to-do list? Well, listen up. This is the last week that you can save a
very tidy $300 on the price of admission. Early-bird pricing disappears
promptly at 11:59 p.m. ...
Shoreline scores $35M Series B to build automated incident response platform
10 hours ago –
Shoreline founder and CEO Anurag Gupta was in charge of
infrastructure at AWS for eight years prior to launching his company. He
was responsible for making sure there were systems in place to respond
to incidents that slowed down or brought AWS systems to a halt. It was a
big job, and while he he...
a16z, NFX back Latitud’s effort to become ‘the operating system for every venture-backed company in LatAm’
8 hours ago –
Serial entrepreneur Brian Requarth learned his lesson the hard
way. When he sold Brazilian online real estate marketplace VivaReal for
$550 million several years ago, he had to pay more than $100 million in
capital gains taxes due to incorporation errors made early on. It was an
expensive mistake...
Apple’s fine over Dutch dating apps antitrust order hits €50M — but ACM welcomes revised offer
8 hours ago –
The drip-feed of penalty fines for Apple in the Netherlands
after an antitrust order about payment tech for dating apps has hit the
maximum possible (for now) — reaching €50 million (~$55 million) after
the regulator issued a tenth consecutive weekly penalty of €5M for
ongoing non-compliance. But...
Pinterest to invest an additional $1.2 million in its Creator Fund for underrepresented groups
8 hours ago –
As competition heats up for creator talent, Pinterest today
announced it was more than doubling its initial investment in its
Creator Fund with an additional $1.2 million in a combination of cash
grants, ad credits and other creator resources for underrepresented
groups. The company last year ann...
Instagram’s latest test makes it easier to support social movements through hashtags
5 hours ago –
Instagram is testing a new feature that will make it easier for
users to discover and support social causes directly through hashtags,
the company announced on Monday. Now, when you search for specific
hashtags associated with certain social movements, you’ll have the
option to support them throu...
Lapsus$ found a spreadsheet of passwords as they breached Okta, documents show
5 hours ago –
The Lapsus$ hackers used compromised credentials to break into
the network of customer service giant Sitel in January, days before
subsequently accessing the internal systems of authentication giant
Okta, according to documents seen by TechCrunch that provide new details
of the cyber intrusion th...
Contingent targets broken procurement processes
5 hours ago –
Evaluating and keeping an eye on the suppliers to your business
is crucial, and fantastically complicated. Contingent leaps to the
rescue, armed with a freshly printed $8.2 million check from investors.
The SaaS platform helps companies procure more strategically and better
manage supply chain ri...
6 hours ago –
The ultimate educational experience for aspiring and newly
minted founders — also known as TechCrunch Early Stage — kicks off on
April 14 in San Francisco. We can’t wait to see you in person, but you
don’t have to wait another minute to tap into the summit’s many
opportunities.
Crypto mining is approaching a key inflection point
15 minutes ago –
The looming shift in Ethereum from proof of work to proof of
stake will have a noticeable impact on the broader crypto market.
Sourceful grabs $20M to make more packaging less polluting
33 minutes ago –
Sourceful, an Index Ventures backed supply chain transparency
startup, has fast-fuelled with a $20 million Series A around half a year
after it announced a $12.2M seed round. The latest raise is once again
led by Index, with Coatue and Eka Ventures also participating. The
2020-founded startup wor...
The Verge
Honey, I decapitated the MacBook
2 days ago –
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge
Converting a laptop into a ‘slabtop’ is surprisingly freeing
Continue reading…
3 days ago –
Roberta and Ken Williams, founders of Sierra and influential
game designers | Photo by John Storey/Getty Images
Ken and Roberta Williams, two of the most influential figures in video
game history, are bringing the original 1976 text adventure Colossal
Cave Adventure to virtual reality, as...
Crunchyroll ends free streaming for new and continuing series
a day ago –
Users could previously watch delayed simulcasts for free on
Crunchyroll. | Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA
Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Crunchyroll will no longer offer free ad-supported streaming for
newly-released episodes, the anime streaming service announced in an
u...
2 days ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Uber has secured a 30-month — or two-and-a-half-year — license to keep
its ridesharing services up and running in London, according to a
report from the BBC. This marks the close of a lengthy battle with the
city’s transportation agency, Transport f...
What’s the best student laptop? We asked students
8 hours ago –
The Dell XPS 13 is one of the best laptops for high school and
college students. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Shopping for a laptop can be stressful — doubly stressful if you or
your children will be learning online for the first time. Kids of
different ages have a range ...
9 hours ago –
Coda producers Philippe Rousselet (L), Fabrice Gianfermi (R)
and Patrick Wachsberger (C) posing with Code’s Best Picture award. |
Frederic J. Brown/Getty
After years of Hollywood working to re-establish the Oscars as a
must-see TV event with tweaks to the ceremony and broadcast, the 94th
...
SpaceX pausing production of new Crew Dragon spacecraft
5 hours ago –
SpaceX
SpaceX says it will no longer build new vehicles of its Crew Dragon
capsule, the spacecraft the company uses to take humans to and from the
International Space Station, according to a report in Reuters. The plan
for now is to cap the Crew Dragon fleet for carrying humans at four,
w...
6 hours ago –
Find My adds a ton of perks to this item tracker
Rode’s first pair of headphones offer a comfortable and balanced way to monitor audio
35 minutes ago –
The NTH-100 offers a great option for audio mixing
Continue reading…
3 hours ago –
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is affecting an unexpected
community: cross-stitchers who buy patterns on Etsy. Slate published a
piece describing how American cross-stitchers have been “devastated” by
Etsy’s recent suspension of Russian storefronts, including cross-stitch
patterns shops that are — ...
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