FinSMEs: ClickHouse, which provides an online analytical processing database management system, raises $50M Series A led by Index Ventures and Benchmark — ClickHouse, a New York-based provider of an online analytical processing (OLAP) database management system, raised $50M in Series A funding.
Read MoreIf you live in much of the world today, high-speed Internet is a solved problem. But there are still places where getting connected presents unique challenges. Alphabet, the company that formed from Google, details their experience piping an optical network across the Congo. The project derived from an earlier program — project Loon — that
Read MoreMax Chafkin / New York Magazine: Sources: Thiel told a confidant that Zuckerberg made a deal with Kushner in 2019 to not fact-check political speech in exchange for laying off harsh regulations — Sometime around the spring of 1988, several members of the Stanford University chess team traveled to a tournament in Monterey, California, in
Read MoreNetflix said on Monday it is launching a free mobile plan in Kenya as the global streaming giant looks to tap the East African nation that is home to over 20 million internet users. The free plan, which will be rolled out to all users in Kenya in the coming weeks, won’t require them to
Read MoreBy the end of this week, potentially thousands of Tesla owners will be testing out the automaker’s newest version of its “Full Self-Driving” beta software, version 10.0.1, on public roads, even as regulators and federal officials investigate the safety of the system after a few high-profile crashes. A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based TrueLayer, which lets fintech apps connect with customers’ bank accounts, raises a $130M round led by Tiger Global at a $1B+ post-money valuation — Open banking — a disruptive technology that seeks to bypass the dominance of card networks and other traditional financial rails …
Read MoreWe recently caught up with longtime VC Mark Suster of L.A.-based Upfront Ventures, which last raised both an early-stage fund and a growth stage fund several years ago and, according to regulatory filings, is in the market right now, though Suster couldn’t discuss either owing to SEC regulations. We did talk about a wide range
Read MoreAlexandra Garrett / CNET: DoorDash will now deliver alcoholic beverages to customers in 20 US states and DC, Canada, and Australia — The option for alcohol delivery will also be available in Canada and Australia. … The DoorDash delivery app will now spirit wine, beer and other alcoholic beverages to customers.
Read MoreVideo ads are one of the best ways to engage with your target audience and improve your brand visibility. You can use audience targeting features to make sure you’re only speaking to people who qualify as potential customers. You can use a combination of visuals and audio to make your case. And if you do
Read More[Jeff Geerling] routinely tinkers around with Raspberry Pi compute module, which unlike the regular RPi 4, includes a PCI-e lane. With some luck, he was able to obtain an AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU card and decided to try and plug it into the Raspberry Pi 4 Compute Module. While you likely wouldn’t be
Read MoreOpen banking — a disruptive technology that seeks to bypass the dominance of card networks and other traditional financial rails by letting banks open their systems directly to developers (and new services) by way of APIs — continues to gain ground in the world of financial services. As a mark of that traction, a startup
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple is prompting preorder customers to prepare for their iPhone 13. The company is prompting customers to get their current phone ready in the Settings app. Going through the prompts allows you to back up to iCloud, check trade-in eligibility, and more. ADS IN THE SETTINGS APP! Wait, that’s just
Read MoreMichael Novinson / CRN: Cloud identity management provider Saviynt raises a $130M round led by HPS Investment Partners and PNC Bank, bringing its total raised to $170M — ‘It is important to also look at how identity is changing. For identity to get deeper into cybersecurity, we need it to be much more agile …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has released new versions of iMovie and Clips. The latest versions add support for the iPhone 13’s new Cinematic mode and ProRes video codec support. It also adds support for ProRAW images. Cinematic mode and ProRes video incoming. Apple is getting its video editing apps ready ahead of the
Read MoreLisa Richwine / Reuters: Netflix launches a free plan in Kenya with a quarter of the content from its paid plans, available only on Android phones — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Netflix Inc on Monday began offering a free mobile plan with about one-quarter of its TV shows and movies in Kenya, a strategy aimed
Read MoreSnoop Dogg, the famous rapper, tweeted on Monday that he’s the one behind a Twitter account that discusses NFTs. Yes, this really is a thing that’s happened. While Snoop Dogg has released NFTs before, that’s not really anything new for celebrities — running a Twitter account that constantly tweets about crypto, and owning around a
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has released its redesign to iCloud Mail on the web. The design is similar to what the company has released on the Mac and iPad. Apple also released its Hide My Email and Custom Domain features for iCloud+. Get the Mac and iPad experience right on the web. While
Read MoreAyu Larassanti, the voice of Kena, talks about her Balinese background, how it influenced the game’s hero, and the importance of authentic casting.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has improved Face ID security with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. The company says it has improved Face ID anti-spoofing models. This will prevent someone from creating a 3D model of you to get into your phone. No more using your 3D printer to fake out Face ID. You
Read MoreTo get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for September 20, 2021. It is Disrupt week, everyone, and TechCrunch is buzzing. Kicking off tomorrow morning, Disrupt is set to be a pretty butt-kicking affair.
Read MoreAs the opportunities in the gaming world continue to expand aggressively as part of post-COVID shifts to the entertainment sector, esports has found its own opportunities in reaching new audiences. While competitive gaming is still in its early stages, the stakeholders of the industry are some of gaming’s most prominent publishers and organizations, and disrupting
Read MorePhoto by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge Apple’s iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are finally here, but not all of the features announced at WWDC have made it alongside them. We looked through Apple’s product pages for each OS to find the features that have yet to show up on iPhones and iPads, such as
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has launched Advanced Fraud Protection, a new security feature for Apple Card. The feature will continuously change the three-digit security code for your card. It will not affect recurring payments you have already set up. Even Apple Card is getting in on iOS 15. With iOS 15 releasing earlier
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority With the Samsung Galaxy S21 out for some time now, there are savings available on the line, as well as many of the past Galaxy S and Note lines. If you don’t mind going with a slightly older flagship, you can save even more. We’ve gone ahead and rounded
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Amazon will hold its fall hardware event on September 28, 2021, at 12:00 PM ET. There’s no word on what the company plans to unveil, though. We’ve seen updated versions of its Echo smart speakers, home security products, and more in previous years. Amazon is getting ready for its
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