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Choco, which makes ordering software for restaurants and their suppliers, raises a $100M Series B led by Left Lane Capital at a $600M post-market valuation (Christine Hall/TechCrunch)

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Choco, which makes ordering software for restaurants and their suppliers, raises a $100M Series B led by Left Lane Capital at a $600M post-market valuation  —  The United States estimates of the food produced here approximately 40% is wasted.  Globally, $2.6 trillion annually is lost. Choco, which makes ordering software for

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BlockFi CEO confirms it received an order from the New Jersey Bureau of Securities to stop accepting new Interest Accounts; existing users won't be impacted (Forbes)

Forbes: BlockFi CEO confirms it received an order from the New Jersey Bureau of Securities to stop accepting new Interest Accounts; existing users won’t be impacted  —  I write about how digital assets are going to change the world  —  According to a draft press release from the New Jersey Office … BlockFi CEO confirms

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YouTube acquires India-based social commerce startup Simsim, sources say for over $70M; Simsim had raised $17M till date and was last valued at $50.1M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: YouTube acquires India-based social commerce startup Simsim, sources say for over $70M; Simsim had raised $17M till date and was last valued at $50.1M  —  YouTube has acquired social commerce startup Simsim, the Google-owned firm said on Tuesday.  Neither of the firms disclosed the terms of the deal … YouTube acquires

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Sources: Apple is delaying return to office deadline by at least a month to October amid rising COVID cases, will give employees a month's notice before return (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is delaying return to office deadline by at least a month to October amid rising COVID cases, will give employees a month’s notice before return  —  – The iPhone maker is now eyeing an October return for workers  — Covid-19 variants continue to spread across many countries Sources: Apple

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Sources: a group of Facebook data scientists asked for resources to measure COVID misinfo on Facebook at the start of the pandemic, but execs denied the request (Sheera Frenkel/New York Times)

Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: Sources: a group of Facebook data scientists asked for resources to measure COVID misinfo on Facebook at the start of the pandemic, but execs denied the request  —  The company doesn’t know some specifics about how falsehoods about Covid-19 and vaccines for the virus spread on its social network.

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Uber expands grocery delivery service to 400+ US cities and towns, including SF, NYC, and DC, partly being fueled by its partnership with Albertsons Companies (Kris Holt/Engadget)

Kris Holt / Engadget: Uber expands grocery delivery service to 400+ US cities and towns, including SF, NYC, and DC, partly being fueled by its partnership with Albertsons Companies  —  announced the first major expansion of its  —  grocery delivery service in the US.  The company is more than doubling the number … Uber expands

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