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In bad news for US cloud services, Austrian website’s use of Google Analytics found to breach GDPR
A decision by Austria’s data protection watchdog upholding a complaint against a website related to its use of Google Analytics does not bode well for use of US cloud services in Europe. The ...
Turnip raises $12.5 million for its mobile-first gaming community platform
Turnip, an Indian startup that is building a mobile-first gaming community platform, has raised $12.5 million in a new financing round to deepen its footprints in India and dozens of other countrie...
A peek into Web3 power player Animoca Brands
If you haven’t heard of Animoca Brands over the last year or so, you haven’t been paying close attention. With a long and growing list of digital entertainment, blockchain, and gaming p...
India’s LEAD School becomes unicorn with fresh $100M in funding
Despite the recent boom of consumer-focused education learning platforms in India, the vast majority of students in the South Asian nation remain unserved. The existing B2C offerings are expensive ...
Daily Crunch: Payments company Checkout.com reaches $40B valuation after $1B Series D
Today we have to talk about things both serious and less serious. So we’re going to look at global venture capital results for 2021, and Wordle.
Music app AmpMe lowers pricing after accused of being an App Store scammer
Around the same time Apple was touting its sizable App Store revenue growth this week, developer and noted App Store critic Kosta Eleftheriou brought to light what appeared to be yet another App St...
Setting up high-conversion lead magnets that deliver value
Sales stand and fall on leads, but attracting prospects and optimally converting them into buyers is an art that many have yet to grasp.
Nigeria lifts ban on Twitter, says the social media giant has met conditions
The Nigerian government has lifted the suspension of Twitter operations more than six months after it first declared a crackdown on the social media giant in the country. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, t...
Fact-checkers write open letter urging YouTube to get serious about COVID misinformation
A group of more than 80 prominent fact-checking organizations around the world is pressing YouTube to take action against COVID misinformation, which still prevails on the platform now two years in...
The metaverse will be filled with ‘elves’
The most dangerous part of the metaverse will be agenda-driven artificial agents that look and act like other users but are actually simulated personas controlled by AI.
FCC proposes stricter requirements for reporting data breaches
The Federal Communications Commission is the next US regulator hoping to hold companies more accountable for data breaches.
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Unicorn exits augur poorly as Justworks delays IPO, citing ‘market conditions’
Justworks’ IPO delay indicates that the enthusiasm gap between private markets and their public analog is wide.
Dorm Room Fund returns to campus with new $10.4 million fund
Dorm Room Fund, a venture capital operation that launched to invest in student-led startups, has raised a new $10.4 million fund, per SEC filings. The filing marks Dorm Room Fund’s largest fund to ...
Magic Leap grants healthcare startups access to its new AR headset ahead of mid-2022 release
Ahead of a planned enterprise release later this year, Magic Leap has provided a group of healthcare companies with early access to its second-generation augmented reality headset.
Apple releases iOS 15.2.1 to patch iPhones and iPads against HomeKit flaw
Apple has fixed a security vulnerability in iOS and iPadOS that could be exploited via HomeKit to launch persistent denial of service (DoS) attacks. The technology giant released iOS 15.2.1 and iPa...
HomeValet launches its $499 Smart Box to keep your grocery deliveries cold and packages secure
HomeValet, a D.C. Metro area-based startup that has developed a temperature-controlled smart box for grocery deliveries, is now releasing its smart home product to the public and expanding its part...
Omnichannel customer messaging platform Superchat raises $15.6M round led by Blossom
While last year’s WhatsApp outage is still sending shivers down the spine of its 2 billion users, the same is also true for the millions of businesses now using it to connect with their customers. ...
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Wordle is tech born of love that asks nothing in return
The internet loves an unlikely success story, and as we approached the new year, one came around ...
Dear Sophie: Do we need a visa to explore the US market?
While sightseeing in the U.S., we’d like to explore the feasibility of expanding our business in there. Do we need to get a special visa to do that?
AI-powered transcription platform DeepScribe raises $30M to unburden doctors from tedious data entry
DeepScribe, an AI-powered medical transcription platform, has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Nina Achadjian at Index Ventures, with participation from Scale.ai CEO Alex Wang, Figma C...