Meta’s co-accused Sama to retain BCorp status until case is determined

Meta’s co-accused Sama to retain BCorp status until case is determined

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Meta’s main subcontractor for content moderation in Africa, Sama, will retain its BCorp certification until the case against it in Kenya, over...

Sharpen your credit card, the Apple Store is down

Sharpen your credit card, the Apple Store is down

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At June’s WWDC, Apple launched a slew of new and exciting products, only to mention that they’d be available to order at some point later this...

China’s tech giants promise speculation-free NFTs

China’s tech giants promise speculation-free NFTs

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The future of non-fungible tokens is getting more clarity in China as the country’s tech giants come together to formulate standards for the...

Visby Medical tests positive for a Series E extension at $1B+ valuation

Visby Medical tests positive for a Series E extension at $1B+ valuation

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Medical diagnostics company Visby Medical raised $100 million in a Series E round earlier this year. Today, the company told me it extended...

Micro-pyramid lenses triple light hitting solar panels

Micro-pyramid lenses triple light hitting solar panels

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Stacks of teeny lenses that look like inverted pyramids could juice up solar panels, helping them capture more light from any angle on both...

Sava, a spend management platform for African businesses, gets $2M pre-seed backing

Sava, a spend management platform for African businesses, gets $2M pre-seed backing

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When Yoeal Haile started Aspira, a lending service, in 2017, he wanted to give Kenyans more choice about buying stuff on credit. The business...

Lenskart acquires majority stake in eyewear brand Owndays in $400 million deal

Lenskart acquires majority stake in eyewear brand Owndays in $400 million deal

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India’s Lenskart is buying a majority stake in Japan’s Owndays, the two firms said, creating one of Asia’s biggest online retailers of eyewear....

NFT giant OpenSea reports major email data breach

NFT giant OpenSea reports major email data breach

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Opensea, the popular NFT marketplace that hit a colossal $13 billion valuation in January, is warning users of email phishing after a data...

Black Swan analyzes social media to predict which products will be successful

Black Swan analyzes social media to predict which products will be successful

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Consumer packaged goods companies — think PepsiCo or Nabisco — face steep challenges from the rising cost of living and distribution. As inflation...

Amazon Prime Video’s Watch Party feature is now available on smart TVs and streaming devices

Amazon Prime Video’s Watch Party feature is now available on smart TVs and streaming devices

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Amazon Prime Video’s Watch Party feature, which lets you watch a movie or a TV show together with your friends remotely, is now available on...

GetVantage offers revenue-based financing to India’s founders

GetVantage offers revenue-based financing to India’s founders

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Some SMEs don’t want to get (or have access to) equity funding, but also want to stay away from high-interest bank loans. That’s the gap that...

Y Combinator announces Launch YC, a way for its portfolio to shout to the public

Y Combinator announces Launch YC, a way for its portfolio to shout to the public

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Y Combinator has announced Launch YC, a platform where people can sort accelerator startups by industry, batch, and launch date to discover...

Tesla lays off nearly 200 Autopilot workers, shutters San Mateo office

Tesla lays off nearly 200 Autopilot workers, shutters San Mateo office

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Tesla has gutted the data annotation team working on Autopilot, laying off nearly 200 employees and shutting down the San Mateo, California...

Facebook and Instagram are removing posts offering to mail abortion pills

Facebook and Instagram are removing posts offering to mail abortion pills

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In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, some Facebook and Instagram users planning to help distribute legal...

Pinterest pins down a new CEO: Google exec Bill Ready

Pinterest pins down a new CEO: Google exec Bill Ready

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After a 12-year run, Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann is stepping down from his perch as CEO of the popular image and link-sharing service. Following...

UK urgently needs new laws on use of biometrics, warns review

UK urgently needs new laws on use of biometrics, warns review

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An independent review of UK legislation has concluded the country urgently needs new laws to govern the use of biometric technologies and called...

Social care SaaS maker Birdie tops up with $30M

Social care SaaS maker Birdie tops up with $30M

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Birdie, a U.K.-based caretech software-as-a-service maker, has closed a $30 million Series B funding round led by investment firm Sofina, with...

Google Cloud’s new sustainability platform aims to bring enterprise climate goals down to earth

Google Cloud’s new sustainability platform aims to bring enterprise climate goals down to earth

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If you ask most executives if they want to do the right thing by the planet, chances are they are going to say yes, even if they don’t know...