What you need to know Tesla CEO Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit over the late disclosure of his Tesla stock buy. Musk should have filed forms to say he had bought 5% of Twitter stock, but didn’t. A Twitter shareholder believes Musk cost existing shareholders money when they sold their shares without knowing the
Read MoreThe Polar Pacer Pro is available today for $299.90 | Image: Polar The pandemic sparked a running boom, with one study finding that roughly 28 percent of current runners got their start during quarantine. To cater to this new crowd, Polar announced today that it’s launching two new GPS watches designed to help runners get
Read MoreAshley Carman / Bloomberg: Sources: Spotify’s podcasting boss Courtney Holt, who brought on Joe Rogan, Harry and Meghan, the Obamas, and others, is leaving after almost five years — The architect of Spotify Technology SA’s podcasting strategy, including the signing of controversial commentator Joe Rogan …
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK startup Wagestream, which offers salary advances to employees via its app, raises a $60M Series C led by Smash Capital and $115M in debt — Front-line workers and those paid in hourly wages rather than salaries have become a prime target in the world of business IT …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Beats has made three new Studio Buds colors available for order. Ocean Blue, Moon Gray, and Sunset Pink join the existing red, black, and white offerings. The price remains the same $149.99. Three new Beats Studio Buds colors are available for purchase. Beats has made its popular Studio Buds available
Read More(Photo: Kotivalo/Wikimedia Commons)In a massive potential disappointment for Russia, Finland and Sweden are poised to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) this summer. The move would bump the total number of NATO members from 30 to 32. It would aso further unite western forces during what’s already a period of impressive European unification. Finland
Read More(Photo: Start11 from Stardock)When Microsoft launched Windows 11 it proudly touted its redesigned taskbar and Start Menu. Not everyone was as excited about the new designs as Microsoft. The company moved the Start Menu to the middle of the display. It also anchored the taskbar to the bottom of the screen. Thankfully Microsoft provides the
Read MoreKurt Wagner / Bloomberg: A look at Jack Dorsey’s life after Twitter, as 30+ people who have worked with him say his “favorite child” is promoting bitcoin, not working at Block — As he walked onstage at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Jack Dorsey was still technically the chief executive officer …
Read MoreFIFA Plus launches globally today. | Image: FIFA FIFA launched its free streaming service — named FIFA Plus, of course — that includes a mix of live soccer matches, archived content, original features, and much more. It’s available globally on the web and mobile devices, in five languages (English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish) with
Read MoreSoundbars are a rather strange category of speaker, most typically used with televisions to add some punch that the drivers crammed into a flatscreen TV simply can’t match. [Matt] of DIY Perks wanted a soundbar that was better suited to use on a computer desk rather than in a loungeroom, and set about creating one.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Snapchat has announced Dynamic Stories. Dynamic Stories will use RSS feeds to pull news into the Snapchat app. Publishers don’t need to do additional work and everything is automated. Snapchat fans are going to start seeing news in their feeds. Snapchat has announced that it is bringing news stories to
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung could soon start a recycled repair parts program. The initiative reportedly aims to reduce smartphone repair costs for consumers. Display repair costs could be halved when the program comes into effect. Samsung is reportedly planning to start a new program that could significantly reduce repair costs for your
Read MoreJack Gillum / Bloomberg: A group of cybersecurity companies specializing in securing US critical infrastructure form a coalition to work with the government and adopt uniform standards — A group of cybersecurity companies that specialize in securing critical infrastructure said Tuesday they’ve formed a lobbying group …
Read MoreHackers love 7-segment displays, and will gladly wax lyrical about the silly words you can almost spell on them and so on. Less appreciated are their bigger cousins, the fourteen and sixteen segment displays, which get all alphanumeric about things and are thus much easier for humans to read. You can even build the former
Read MoreElizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: MoonPay, which lets users buy crypto and NFTs with credit cards, raises $86.7M from celebs including Justin Bieber and Gwyneth Paltrow, at a $3.4B valuation — First, they bought NFTs with MoonPay — then they bought MoonPay — MoonPay, the company that lets consumers pay for digital assets …
Read MoreChandra R Srikanth / Moneycontrol: Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal is stepping away from day-to-day operations to focus more on engineering and product, CFO GR Arun Kumar will drive operations — Ola was last valued at $7.3 billion when it raised $139 million in its Series J round. — Ola founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal will
Read MoreUKRAINE – 2021/11/22: In this photo illustration, the MoonPay logo is seen on a smartphone screen and in the background. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) | Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images MoonPay, the company that lets consumers pay for digital assets with credit cards, has raised $86.7
Read MoreCharlie Osborne / ZDNet: Microsoft releases over 100 security fixes, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities, for Windows, Office, Edge, Dynamics, Hyper-V, and other software — Microsoft has dealt with zero-day bugs in the firm’s customary monthly batch of security fixes.
Read MoreBen Lang / Road to VR: In February, Meta’s Quest store surpassed $1B in content revenue since its launch; 124 Quest apps have earned $1M+ in revenue, eight of which exceeded $20M — The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email — The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up
Read MoreHacking these days means everything from someone guessing your password and spamming your contacts with toxic links, to wide-scale offensive cyberattacks against infrastructure by sophisticated operators backed by nation states. When it comes to hacking satellites, though, [Didelot Maurice-Michel] found himself tangling with some hardware belonging to the European Space Agency. As part of an
Read MoreChristine Hall / TechCrunch: Jobox, a marketplace connecting companies with over 5,000 vetted home service professionals, emerges from stealth with a $42M Series B led by General Catalyst — The global pandemic shifted many home service employees from W2 to 1099 status, which is giving Jobox.ai a lot more business.
Read MoreTim Casey / Forbes: Trace, whose cameras automatically edit and personalize highlight videos of youth athletes, raises a $47M Series C led by Pelion at a $190M post-money valuation — Trace, a sports video technology company focused on making personalized highlights of youth athletes, has raised $47 million in a Series C round.
Read MoreTim Keary / VentureBeat: Israel-based Silverfort, which provides multi-factor authentication and identity threat protection tools, raises a $65M Series C led by Greenfield Partners — Today, unified identity threat protection platform provider Silverfort announced that it has closed a $65 million Series C funding round led by Greenfield partners.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Haitong International Securities analyst Jeff Pu released a new report about Apple’s mixed reality headset. The analyst said that the headset’s release may be delayed until the first quarter of 2023. Pu believes that Apple will sell over a million units in the first year. Apple’s mixed reality headset, delayed
Read MoreEmily Olsen / MobiHealthNews: Diligent Robotics, which develops a robot called Moxi to help hospital staff with routine, not-patient-facing tasks, closes a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global — Moxi performs delivery tasks in hospitals, like bringing supplies, delivering lab samples and distributing personal protective equipment.
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