Over on Hackaday.io, [danjovic] presents clOCkTAL, a simple LED clock for those of us who struggle with the very concept of making it easy to read the time. Move aside binary clocks, you’re easy, let’s talk binary coded octal. Yes, it is a thing. We’ll leave it to [danjovic] to describe how to read the
Read MoreTwitch filed a lawsuit late last week against two people on its own platform for running automated hate and harassment campaigns. The harassment, often targeted at Black and LGBTQ streamers, manifests in a unique Twitch phenomenon as a “hate raid.” On Twitch, creators regularly point viewers toward another friendly account after their stream concludes to
Read MoreIf you made an Nvidia GeForce Now server spit out a confidential list of thousands of games, some never-before-seen, would you think they were legit? Fake? Somewhere in between? That’s not a rhetorical question, because developer Ighor July has published that very list to GitHub — including games like the PlayStation exclusive God of War
Read MoreThis afternoon Intuit confirmed persistent rumors that it was in the process of buying MailChimp, detailing a $12 billion transaction that will bring the well-known email infra company to its corporate remit. Intuit is not a well-known player in the email marketing space. The company is instead best known for its TurboTax software — and
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: Oracle misses in Q1 with revenue of $9.73B, up 4% YoY, vs. $9.77B expected, cloud services and license support revenue of $7.37B, up 6% YoY, vs $7.41B expected — – Oracle’s top business segment missed expectations, as did hardware. — The software maker announced a program …
Read MoreLitecoin spiked Monday after a false press release claimed Walmart would accept the cryptocurrency | Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Litecoin cryptocurrency saw its price spike by as much as 20 percent on Monday after a fake press release claimed Walmart would begin accepting Litecoin as payment. The press release
Read MoreSamantha Subin / CNBC: Intuit says it has agreed to acquire Mailchimp for $12B in cash and stock — – Intuit will buy email marketing company Mailchimp for $12 billion, the companies announced Monday. — Intuit said it will use the acquisition to accelerate growth among small business clients.
Read MoreDo you have what it takes to beat Uxie? The Lake Guardians are returning to Legendary Raids in Pokémon Go. Starting on September 14, Uxie will return to Raids, alongside Mesprit and Azelf, for the rest of the month. This will be the first time the trio have the potential to be Shiny, so even
Read MoreWith supply chains under constant stress because of the pandemic, freight forwarding has become one of the hottest startup sectors in the last two years. Indeed, International freight forwarding is now a $199 billion market. And the evidence is mounting. In November last year, digital freight forwarder Forto raises another $50M in a round led
Read MoreJon Fingas Contributor Jon Fingas is a contributing writer at Engadget. More posts by this contributor A Chinese EV startup wants to build a ridable robot unicorn for kids Continental’s eco-friendly concept tire includes a renewable tread The US Defense Department’s ambitions beyond Earth just grew a little clearer. SpaceNews has learned the department recently
Read MoreUber has lost another legal challenge in Europe over the employment status of drivers: The Court of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, has ruled that drivers for Uber are employed, rather than self employed contractors. The court also found drivers are covered by an existing collective labor agreement in the country — which pertains to taxi
Read MoreMendix is extending its all-in-one, low-code platform with Industry Clouds that include a variety of components and predesigned building blocks aimed at easing development of applications for industries including manufacturing, financial services, retail and healthcare. The Siemens subsidiary announced the new offerings at its annual Mendix World event last week, along with a range of
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Read MoreObstetrics virtual care company Babyscripts raised $12 million in the first round of a Series B investment that will enable the company to accelerate the roll out of its virtual maternity care tool platform to providers. MemorialCare Innovation Fund led the investment and was joined by Philips Ventures and the CU Healthcare Innovation Fund. The
Read MoreCresicor, a consumer packaged goods trade management platform startup, raised $5.6 million in seed funding to further develop its tools for more accurate data and analytics. The company, based remotely, focuses on small to midsize CPG companies, providing them with an automated way to manage their trade promotion, a process co-founder and CEO Alexander Whatley
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Read MoreTage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: Cairo-based Capiter, which offers a B2B service for manufacturers to distribute products and merchants to access them, raises $33M Series A — Funding startups that help manufacturers and sellers distribute products and merchants access them on a single platform keeps soaring across Africa.
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Copado, a DevOps service for multiple clouds including Salesforce and Heroku, raises $140M Series C at a $1.2B valuation — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! — Copado, a developer operations (DevOps) …
Read MoreMicrosoft doesn’t want end users to have local accounts any longer, and it’s removed the ability to create one by default in Windows 11 Home. An earlier work-around that had users hit Alt-F4 during a certain part in the installation process no longer works, but there are new workarounds end-users can deploy to enable the
Read MoreFreshworks disclosed on Monday that it is aiming for a valuation of up to $9 billion in its US initial public offering in which it is hoping to raise over $800 million. The California-based firm, which started its journey in India and rivals Salesforce, said it plans to sell 28.5 million shares at a price
Read MoreReuters: Filing: CRM software maker Freshworks is aiming for a nearly $9B valuation in its IPO and could raise $912M at the top end of its $28-$32 range — Freshworks Inc is aiming for a nearly $9 billion valuation in a U.S. initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing by the business …
Read MoreMarginEdge announced Monday it raised $18 million in Series B funding to give restaurant operators a real-time view into their costs. Co-founder and CEO Bo Davis founded the company with Roy Phillips and Brian Mills in 2015. Both Davis and Phillips are veterans of the restaurant industry: Davis was previously the founder of conveyor belt
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: JumpCloud, a cloud-based directory service for enterprises, raises $159M Series F at a $2.56B valuation, bringing its total raised to $350M — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
Read MoreOfir Dor / Globes Online: Israeli startup Papaya Global, which offers cloud-based payroll and HR services, raises $250M at a $3.7B valuation, bringing its total raised to $440M — The Israeli payroll platform for cross-border employee salary management has tripled its valuation in the past six months.
Read MoreA screenshot from Toem. | Image: Something We Made Toem is a delightful game about photography. Its emphasis on exploration and low stakes felt vastly different from another photography game I played this year, New Pokémon Snap. And to my surprise, I enjoyed Toem a lot more. In Toem, developed by Swedish indie studio Something
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