In order to support a buildout of renewable energy, which tends to over-generate electricity at certain times of day and under-generate at others, the grid is going to need a lot of batteries. While lithium-ion works fine for consumer electronics and even electric vehicles, battery startup EnerVenue says it developed a breakthrough technology to revolutionize
Read MoreBuilding credit history can be difficult if you are a consumer that is having trouble getting access to credit in the first place. Enter TomoCredit, which has developed a credit card focused on building credit history for first-time borrowers. The San Francisco-based startup is announcing today that it has raised $10 million in a Series
Read MoreCorrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: SmartNews, a news aggregation app that shows users articles on the same topic with labels on their political bent, raises $230M at a ~$2B valuation — Tokyo-based news-discovery company is valued at $2 billion in its latest funding round — SmartNews Inc. has raised $230 million …
Read MoreYou can now pay Apple for a new one if you lose your iPhone, or it’s stolen… What you need to know AppleCare+ is expanding its Theft and Loss coverage. You can now get the extra coverage in the UK and Australia. It means you can pay Apple an excess to replace a phone that
Read MoreSaritha Rai / Bloomberg: Sources: Bangalore-based Mobile Premier League, a gaming and esports app, raises $150M led by Legatum Capital; the company is now valued at $2.3B — – Mobile Premier League raises funds at $2.3 billion valuation — Indian startup arranges gaming competitions with money prizes
Read MoreMicrosoft continues to do interesting open source work through its Deis Labs team. Here you’ll find important Kubernetes tools like Helm and CNAB, as well as a set of intriguing WebAssembly projects. Having a group like Deis is important for Microsoft. It allows Azure to experiment with new cloud-native technologies without committing to launch, while
Read MoreWe’ve all done it. We needed to pull data out of an SQL database, and the query we needed to pull out data was a complex query with multiple table joins, complex filter criteria, and sophisticated WHERE clauses. And why not? SQL databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL are really good at performing complex joins,
Read MoreJakarta EE, the Eclipse Foundation’s implementation of enterprise Java, is gathering steam, with nearly half of respondents to a recent Eclipse survey indicating they have either migrated to Jakarta or were planning to do so within two years. More than 48% of respondents already had moved to the platform, which is the successor to Java
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge How bad is Instagram for the mental health of its younger users? It’s a hugely important question, especially with Facebook planning to launch a version of the app for children. A new report from The Wall Street Journal suggests the answer is “pretty bad,” based on internal research
Read MoreWhat on earth happened?! The iPhone 13 event is in the bag. Not only do we have our best iPhone to date ready for upgrade season, we also have a new Apple Watch Series 7, iPad mini 6, and iPad to get our hands on in the coming days. As per usual, Apple struggles to
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple’s new 9th-gen iPad does away with the white bezels on the silver version. All iPads now come with black bezels for the first time. Praise be. Apple announced the brand new 9th-generation iPad yesterday and it’s still the best iPad for kids and those wanting to get an inexpensive
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple’s new iPhone 13 lineup is heavier than the one it will replace. All new iPhone 13 models have gained weight, likely to allow for claimed battery improvements. What would Jony Ive say? As the dust continues to settle following yesterday’s California Streaming event, it’s becoming clear that the claimed
Read More“Apple just one for one copied FlickType watch keyboard app.” What you need to know Apple unveiled a new Apple Watch Series 7 on Tuesday. The new watch features a new QWERTY keyboard that uses QuickPath thanks to its larger screen. A developer of a similar Apple Watch app that was booted from the store
Read MoreYoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Online classifieds marketplace Carousell raises $100M at a $1.1B valuation led by STIC Investments, becoming Singapore’s latest tech unicorn — – Classifieds site raises $100 million at $1.1 billion valuation — Asia’s e-commerce, fintech startups boosted by pandemic
Read MoreDoccla, a healthtech startup with a platform that can monitor patients on hospital wards and in the home, has secured a $3.3 million Seed funding round, led by Giant Ventures and Speedinvest. The company allows hospitals to predict when beds will be freed up by monitoring patients remotely via wearable medical devices, thus helping to
Read MoreBBC: Google’s Grace Hopper transatlantic communications cable, measuring 4,350 miles and operational in 2022, has reached Bude in the UK and Bilbao in Spain — A new “massive” undersea transatlantic communications cable has been brought ashore on a beach in Cornwall.
Read MoreWhat you need to know With the release of Apple Watch Series 7, Apple has killed off the Leather Loop band. Those buying leather will now have to choose the Leather Link or Modern Buckle instead. Gone, but not forgotten. After six years, the time has come to say goodbye to the best Apple Watch
Read MoreIvan Levingston / Bloomberg: Amazon is offering UK Prime members access to Deliveroo Plus, its free delivery service, for one year on orders over £25 — Amazon.com Inc. is offering its Prime members in the U.K. and Ireland access to Deliveroo Plus for one year, deepening its tieup with the British company beyond its financial
Read MoreDaniel Thomas / Financial Times: In its first post-IPO earnings, Darktrace reports FY 2021 revenue rose 41% YoY to $281M, operating loss rose to $38.5M, and it has 5,605 customers, up 45% YoY — UK-listed cyber security company reports 45% rise in customer base — The costs of floating on the London market forced cyber
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority The iPhone 13 series is now official, bringing subtle design improvements, faster displays on two models, and other minor upgrades over the outgoing range. Once again, the new quartet ranges from the entry-level, compact Mini model to the kitchen sink-packing Pro Max variant. But which of the four
Read MoreWhat would happened if your go-to calendar and messaging apps were in fact one and the same thing? That’s the thinking behind Onin — a UK startup that wants to simplify event planning by, well, making a more organized app for organizing stuff. If that sounds a little niche, it pays to remember that calendars
Read MoreMy editor put together this image disturbingly soon after I pitched this article. | Image: Thomas Ricker If I were an emoji sommelier, there’s one pairing I’d definitely be recommending after looking at this year’s 37-strong selection of finalized emoji. And that’s a combination of the new “bubbles” emoji with the existing “peach.” The former
Read MoreFilipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple’s iPhone 13 and 13 Pro are the first to support dual eSIM, expanding on support for eSIM and regular SIM in previous iPhones — Apple introduced eSIM support on iPhone with iPhone XR and iPhone XS in 2018. However, while you can use a regular SIM and an eSIM simultaneously
Read MoreIreland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has yet another ‘Big Tech’ GDPR probe to add to its pile: The regulator said yesterday it has opened two investigations into video sharing platform TikTok. The first covers how TikTok handles children’s data, and whether it complies with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation. The DPC also said it will examine
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple’s new Apple Watch Series 7 does come in 41mm and 45mm configurations as was rumored. The new watch will continue to work with existing watch bands, despite the change in size. Good news for those with large watch band collections. Following yesterday’s California Streaming announcement we’re still awaiting news
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