Category Archives: Tech News

Brazil-based marketplace for pet products and services Petlove raises ~$150M led by Riverwood Capital, bringing its total raised to $225.8M (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Brazil-based marketplace for pet products and services Petlove raises ~$150M [...]

31
Aug
S. Korea is expected to be the first country to pass a law to prevent app stores from mandating first-party IAP payment systems; assembly vote on 8/30 is likely (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: S. Korea is expected to be the first country to pass a law to [...]

30
Aug
Tel Aviv-based startup Hour One is paying people to use their likenesses to create AI-voiced characters for marketing and educational videos for its clients (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: Tel Aviv-based startup Hour One is paying people [...]

29
Aug
Toast, a cloud management software provider for restaurants, files its S-1, reports it had $494M ARR at the end of June, up 118% YoY, and $38B in GPV (Joe Guszkowski/Restaurant Business)

Joe Guszkowski / Restaurant Business: Toast, a cloud management software provider for restaurants, files its [...]

28
Aug
Apple agrees to settle class-action lawsuit, will let developers directly contact customers, inform them about alternative purchase options outside iOS, more (Apple)

Apple: Apple agrees to settle class-action lawsuit, will let developers directly contact customers, inform them [...]

27
Aug
Microsoft has promoted Chief Product Officer Panos Panay to executive vice president role and has added him to its senior leadership team (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Microsoft has promoted Chief Product Officer Panos Panay to executive vice [...]

26
Aug
California expands lawsuit against Activision Blizzard to include temp workers and says the game maker interfered with investigation by shredding pertinent docs (Axios)

Axios: California expands lawsuit against Activision Blizzard to include temp workers and says the game [...]

25
Aug
UN-backed initiative Tech Against Terrorism adds the Taliban to its list of terrorist organizations and will alert tech companies when Taliban content is posted (Issie Lapowsky/Protocol)

Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: UN-backed initiative Tech Against Terrorism adds the Taliban to its list [...]

24
Aug
PayPal will launch its cryptocurrency service in the UK this week, the product's first international expansion since it debuted in the US in 2020 (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Ryan Browne / CNBC: PayPal will launch its cryptocurrency service in the UK this week, [...]

23
Aug
Profile of The Solidarity Fund by Coworker, which donated $112,000 to 44 tech workers in $2,500 increments, with the goal of supporting labor organizing efforts (Chase DiFeliciantonio/San Francisco …)

Chase DiFeliciantonio / San Francisco Chronicle: Profile of The Solidarity Fund by Coworker, which donated [...]

22
Aug