Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images Amazon is now offering a year of Deliveroo Plus with its Prime subscription in the UK. Amazon Prime customers will be able to access the silver tier of Deliveroo Plus free of charge, enabling free deliveries on orders over £25. Deliveroo normally charges £3.49 a month for Deliveroo Plus, making
Read MoreNintendo has finally enabled Bluetooth audio on the Switch. The support comes via a system update for the consoles. The Nintendo Switch has been a roaring success for the Japanese giant since its introduction back in March 2017, delivering a hybrid home/handheld experience and loads of killer titles. It’s not perfect though, and one major
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Swedish caller ID and spam blocking service Truecaller seeks to raise $116M in Stockholm IPO at a valuation of about $3B — Truecaller, which operates an eponymous caller-identification service, said on Wednesday it is looking to raise $116 million in an initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm.
Read MoreThese days, we’re blessed with wired and wireless networks that can carry huge amounts of data in the blink of an eye. However, some areas are underprovisioned with bandwidth, such as Schmallenberg-Oberkirchen in Germany. There, reporters ran a test last December to see which would be faster: the Internet, or a horse? The long and
Read MoreThe distance between their farms and the nearest processor is key for smallholder farmers who need to process their crops. And though Nigeria’s food processing systems have a keen resemblance to the West with respect to big factories and huge economies of scale in high-demand cities, farmers still suffer from poor logistics networks. With distance
Read MoreKeith Broni / Emojipedia: Unicode Consortium launches version 14.0 with a total of 112 new emoji, including multiracial handshake, melting face, saluting face, and heart hands — Today the latest emoji list will be released by the Unicode Consortium, with additions including Biting Lip, Troll, Saluting Face …
Read MoreSummer is ending, but the vulnerabilities continue hot and heavy. The Microsoft September patch update has fixes for scores of flaws, several critical. The post Microsoft September Patch Tuesday roundup: 61 vulnerabilities, 2 zero-days first appeared on GFI Blog.
Read MoreFounded in 2013, Bangladesh’s Chaldal was one of the first grocery delivery startups in the world to use the “dark” store model, picking up orders from its own warehouses instead of retail stores. Now the company says it is the country’s second-largest grocery player and the largest grocery e-commerce platform, with 27 warehouses located in
Read MoreAx Sharma / Ars Technica: A look at a recently-patched flaw in Travis CI, a testing tool used by 900K+ open source projects, as Travis CI comes under fire for its bug disclosure process — Developers furious at Travis CI’s “insanely embarrassing ‘security bulletin.’” — A security flaw in Travis CI potentially exposed …
Read MoreTruecaller, which operates an eponymous caller-identification service, said on Wednesday it is looking to raise $116 million in an initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm. The 12-year-old Stockholm-headquartered firm, which counts India as its biggest market by users, is aiming for a valuation of about $3 billion in the IPO, according to earlier local media
Read MoreFolk is a new productivity tool started by European startup studio eFounders. And the startup just raised a $3.3 million seed funding round led by Accel with a big group of business angels. When you think about managing contacts and relationships in a professional environment, you might think that companies have solved this already. An
Read MoreWhile LinkedIn doubles down on creators to bring a more human, less manicured element to its networking platform for professionals, a company that has built a reputation for publishing primarily the more messy and human impressions of work life has made an acquisition that might help it compete better with LinkedIn. Glassdoor, the platform that
Read MoreUseless machines are a fun class of devices which typically turn themselves off once they are switched on, hence their name. Even though there’s no real point, they’re fun to build and to operate nonetheless. [Burke] has followed this idea in spirit by putting an old clock he had to use with his take on
Read MoreSupply chains can be a complex logistical challenge. But they pose an even greater environmental challenge. And it’s that latter problem — global supply-chain sustainability — where UK startup Sourceful is fully focused, although it argues its approach can boost efficiency as well as shrink environmental impact. So it’s a win-win, per the pitch. Early
Read MoreDylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: Apple was reserved about A15 comparison and reported no CPU gains for the first time ever likely because of engineer exodus to companies like Nuvia and Rivos — Apple has been long hailed for having the best CPU cores for consumer workloads for years. They have by far the highest performance
Read MoreGroww, an Indian startup that is helping millennials invest in mutual funds and stocks, is in advanced stages of talks to raise a new financing round at a $3 billion valuation, according to six people familiar with the matter. The Bangalore-based startup is negotiating to close a $250 million round, the people said, requesting anonymity
Read MoreDave Lee / Financial Times: An overview of Amazon’s plans to expand into healthcare, as it prepares to launch services such as telehealth, and technology for managing healthcare records — Millions talk to Amazon’s voice assistant every day with mostly mundane commands, like “play music” or “set timer 11 minutes for pasta”.
Read MoreCredit: Supplied by Fairphone Renders and specs of the Fairphone 4 5G have leaked. The phone may land with a new design, 48MP camera, and 6GB of RAM. Thanks to a recent Wi-Fi Alliance certification, we know that a new Fairphone model is on the way. Now, key Fairphone 4 5G details have seemingly leaked,
Read MoreMark Keierleber / The 74: Investigation into the Minneapolis school district’s use of Gaggle during the pandemic shows how moderators subject students to relentless digital surveillance — A week after the pandemic forced Minneapolis students to attend classes online, the city school district’s top security chief got …
Read MoreHannah Murphy / Financial Times: Irish data commissioner launches GDPR probe into TikTok over its handling of children’s data and the transfer of user information to China — Irish regulator adds to scrutiny of video app that has drawn national security concerns — The Irish data commissioner has launched investigations …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has begun selling a new fast charging cable designed for the Apple Watch Series 7. The Series 7 supports 33% faster charging through USB-C. The company has released a new charging cable to support the new feature. Fast charge that Apple Watch with Apple’s new charging cable. Today, Apple
Read MoreWhat you need to know The new Apple TV 4K with redesigned Siri Remote is now available on Apple’s Certified Refurbished store. Prices start at $149. You can now grab up to $30 on the new Apple TV directly from Apple. You can now grab some decent savings on the new Apple TV 4K directly
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft has announced that its xCloud service, officially known as Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Xbox Remote Play are now available to everyone with the Xbox app on Windows 10 (or 11). These features on PC rolled out to Xbox Insiders as a beta last month, and have been available on phones for a
Read MoreApple announced the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini during the September event keynote. Previously, the iPhone 12 came in six colors, but the iPhone 13 will only have five. Here’s a brief look at each of the colors of the best iPhone 13 lineup, with some that are brand new and others that are
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Supply chain and logistics cloud software startup Stord raises $90M Series D at a $1.1B post-money valuation and acquires DTC logistics firm Fulfillment Works — When Kleiner Perkins led Stord’s $12.4 million Series A in 2019, its founders were in their early 20s and so passionate …
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