Month: September 2021

UK startup Multiverse, which finds diverse candidates to fill apprenticeship roles at organizations, raises $130M Series C, following $44M Series B in January (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK startup Multiverse, which finds diverse candidates to fill apprenticeship roles at organizations, raises $130M Series C, following $44M Series B in January  —  After rebranding from White Hat and raising $44 million earlier this year, tech apprenticeship startup Multiverse has raised another round of funding.

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As Amazon’s video game business lags, executives concede that its new, much-delayed PC-based MMO, New World, “has to be our breakthrough” (Kellen Browning/New York Times)

Kellen Browning / New York Times: As Amazon’s video game business lags, executives concede that its new, much-delayed PC-based MMO, New World, “has to be our breakthrough”  —  The tech giant has struggled to produce popular games, but a much-delayed title released this week could be the first step in a turnaround.

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Trouble in the Club(house)

Image: Clubhouse Hello, hello. Welcome to week two of Hot Pod under The Verge, although I should probably count this as the first official Tuesday Hot Pod, given that last week was all mission statement and little fun. Today, I go deeper into a story I published this morning about Clubhouse’s sponsorship woes and look

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Six creators from Clubhouse’s 25-person creator program say it did not deliver sponsorships for their shows, leading them to look elsewhere (Ashley Carman/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / The Verge: Six creators from Clubhouse’s 25-person creator program say it did not deliver sponsorships for their shows, leading them to look elsewhere  —  Dozens of Clubhouse creators had been anticipating their first sponsorship meeting for months.  As the inaugural class of Clubhouse’s “Creator First” …

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Coalition, which offers cybersecurity tools and insurance to 50,000+ customers, raises $205M Series E at a $3.5B+ valuation, bringing total funding to $500M+ (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Carly Page / TechCrunch: Coalition, which offers cybersecurity tools and insurance to 50,000+ customers, raises $205M Series E at a $3.5B+ valuation, bringing total funding to $500M+  —  Coalition, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity insurance company, has raised $205 million in Series E funding, valuing the pre-IPO company at more than $3.5 billion.

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Hands-on with an Android 12.1 build with support for foldable devices, including an updated taskbar, split-screen view, and more (Mishaal Rahman/XDA Developers)

Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: Hands-on with an Android 12.1 build with support for foldable devices, including an updated taskbar, split-screen view, and more  —  Google is expected to release the next major update to Android, Android 12, next week, but ahead of its release, we’re already hearing about Google’s plans for a follow-up update.

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