Category Archives: Tech News

Reliable Robotics, which aims to replace pilots with robots on commercial cargo planes, raises a $100M Series C led by Coatue Management (Haje Jan Kamps/TechCrunch)

Google rolls out continuous scrolling for English-language mobile search results in the US  —  Google [...]

15
Oct
TikTok now lets LIVE creators mute specific viewers for up to an entire livestream, and says it removed 81M+ videos that violated its TOS in Q2 (Andrew Hutchinson/Social Media Today)

Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: TikTok now lets LIVE creators mute specific viewers for [...]

14
Oct
ReshaMandi, an online B2B marketplace focused on silk products in India, raises a $30M Series A, a mix of equity and debt, led by Creation Investments (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times: ReshaMandi, an online B2B marketplace focused on silk products in India, raises [...]

13
Oct
Microsoft makes a preview version of Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 11 available in the Microsoft Store, decoupling the app from the Windows image (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet)

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: Microsoft makes a preview version of Windows Subsystem for Linux [...]

12
Oct
A look at Pix, a mobile payments system launched 11 months ago by Brazil's Central Bank and used at least once by half of Brazil's population (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: A look at Pix, a mobile payments system launched 11 months ago by Brazil’s [...]

11
Oct
Esper, a DevOps service that enables companies to deploy and manage fleets of Android-based IoT devices, raises $60M Series C, following $30M Series B in May (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Esper, a DevOps service that enables companies to deploy and manage [...]

10
Oct
Filmmakers are using AI from companies like Deepdub to create foreign-language versions of their movies using samples of the original actors' voices (Ellen Gamerman/Wall Street Journal)

Ellen Gamerman / Wall Street Journal: Filmmakers are using AI from companies like Deepdub to [...]

09
Oct
Microsoft acquires Ally, whose software helps companies track and hit their goals; PitchBook: Ally was last valued at $345M after its $50M Series C in February (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Microsoft acquires Ally, whose software helps companies track and hit their [...]

08
Oct
Quantum computing startup Rigetti Computing to go public via SPAC, in a deal expected to raise $458M at a $1.5B valuation (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Quantum computing startup Rigetti Computing to go public via SPAC, in [...]

07
Oct
Mark Zuckerberg says that Facebook does not prioritize profit over safety and well-being, argues that many of the whistleblower’s claims don’t make sense (Mark Zuckerberg/Facebook)

Apple’s latest AirPods Pro and AirPods Max firmware update adds Find My feature support  —  [...]

06
Oct