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FIFA will use 10 to 12 cameras, collecting up to 29 data points per player 50 times per second, to make semi-autonomous offside decisions at the Arab Cup (BBC) TECH REVIEW
BBC : FIFA will use 10 to 12 cameras, collecting up to 29 data points per pl…
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Developer productivity service Raycast, which helps manage SaaS tools, raises a $15M Series A led by Accel and Coatue (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) TECH REVIEW
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : Developer productivity service Raycast, which hel…
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London-based Plum, a money management app, raises a $24M Series A from dmg ventures and others, bringing its total funding to $43M (Finextra) TECH REVIEW
Finextra : London-based Plum, a money management app, raises a $24M Series A …
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Adobe: online US consumers spent $7.1B on Cyber Monday, below expectations and down from $10.8B in 2020, as many shoppers return to physical stores (Charity L. Scott/Wall Street Journal) TECH REVIEW
Charity L. Scott / Wall Street Journal : Adobe: online US consumers spent $7…
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Chinese agencies release rules aimed at regulating the ride-hailing industry to protect drivers and riders, including setting up local supervisory offices (Coco Liu/Bloomberg) TECH REVIEW
Coco Liu / Bloomberg : Chinese agencies release rules aimed at regulating th…
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Wise reports H1 2021 revenue rose 33% YoY to £256.3M as pre-tax profits dropped to £18.8M from £20M in H1 2020; headcount grew 32% YoY to 2,883 (Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan/Financial ...) TECH REVIEW
Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times : Wise reports H1 2021 reven…
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Singapore-based YouTrip, which helps make multi-currency transactions more efficient, raises a $30M Series A led by anonymous prominent Asian family offices (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch) TECH REVIEW
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch : Singapore-based YouTrip, which helps make multi…
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UK's CMA says Meta must sell Giphy, after finding the deal could harm social media users, rival platforms by denying access to GIFs, and UK advertisers (Jon Porter/The Verge) TECH REVIEW
Jon Porter / The Verge : UK's CMA says Meta must sell Giphy, after findi…
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Melbourne-based Mr Yum, which lets diners order food and drink using QR codes, raises a $65M Series A led by Tiger Global (Dominic Powell/The Age) TECH REVIEW
Dominic Powell / The Age : Melbourne-based Mr Yum, which lets diners order f…
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Mainframe Industries, which develops cloud-native MMOs, raises a $23M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total funding to $33.7M (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE) TECH REVIEW
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE : Mainframe Industries, which develops cloud-nativ…
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Former Citi exec Matt Zhang announces Hivemind Capital Partners, a $1.5B VC fund to invest in blockchain startups, selects Algorand as a strategic partner (Brandy Betz/CoinDesk) TECH REVIEW
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk : Former Citi exec Matt Zhang announces Hivemind Capi…
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Quinyx, which helps companies with gig work scheduling, raises a $50M Series C led by Battery Ventures at a $550M valuation, bringing its total funding to $89M+ (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat) TECH REVIEW
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Quinyx, which helps companies with gig work sch…
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Twitter's new CEO has to steer a company that has underperformed the market, haltingly introduced new products, and struggled to moderate harmful content (Bloomberg) TECH REVIEW
Bloomberg : Twitter's new CEO has to steer a company that has underperfo…
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Endowus, a Singapore-based robo-advisor app, raises $25.6M to bring its total funding to $49M, as it looks to speed up its hiring for geographic expansion (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch) TECH REVIEW
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch : Endowus, a Singapore-based robo-advisor app, ra…
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Twitter employees speculate why Jack Dorsey stepped down and what to expect from Parag Agarwal, who is among the company's most crypto-focused executives (Casey Newton/The Verge) TECH REVIEW
Casey Newton / The Verge : Twitter employees speculate why Jack Dorsey stepp…
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Filing: HashiCorp sets an IPO range of $68-$72 per share at a $13B valuation, reveals $82.2M in revenue, up 49% YoY, and a $22M net loss in its latest quarter (Ari Levy/CNBC) TECH REVIEW
Ari Levy / CNBC : Filing: HashiCorp sets an IPO range of $68-$72 per share a…
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Upbound, which created the open-source multi-cloud management project Crossplane, raises a $60M Series B led by Altimeter Capital (Ron Miller/TechCrunch) TECH REVIEW
Ron Miller / TechCrunch : Upbound, which created the open-source multi-cloud…
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Profile of Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal, little known to the public and a Jack Dorsey confidant who has been involved in many big strategic initiatives (New York Times) TECH REVIEW
New York Times : Profile of Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal, little know…
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Researchers find Google Play apps with 300K+ downloads that stole bank credentials, posing as QR and PDF scanners, exercise apps, and cryptocurrency wallets (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica) TECH REVIEW
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Researchers find Google Play apps with 300K+ dow…
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The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union says the NLRB has authorized a new election for Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama (Annie Palmer/CNBC) TECH REVIEW
Annie Palmer / CNBC : The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union says …
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Yassir, an Algerian startup with 3M+ users that provides on-demand services such as ride-hailing and last-mile delivery, raises a $30M Series A (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch) TECH REVIEW
Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch : Yassir, an Algerian startup with 3M+ users t…
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Amazon launches AWS IoT RoboRunner to simplify building management apps for robot fleets and AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator for AWS credits and expert advice (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat) TECH REVIEW
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Amazon launches AWS IoT RoboRunner to simplify …
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Citing "alleged serious breaches" of data protection laws, UK's ICO notifies Clearview AI of its provisional intention to fine the company over £17M (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch) TECH REVIEW
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch : Citing “alleged serious breaches” of data prote…
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Chegg acquires Busuu, an online language learning startup that has reached 120M+ users across 160+ countries, for approximately $436M (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch) TECH REVIEW
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch : Chegg acquires Busuu, an online language learnin…
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Documents: China's Henan province is asking companies to develop a 3,000-camera surveillance system to track journalists, international students, and others (Reuters) TECH REVIEW
Reuters : Documents: China's Henan province is asking companies to devel…
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Analysis: Amazon has built more than 450 warehouses in the US since the end of 2019, doubling its fulfillment capacity to over 930 facilities (Wall Street Journal) TECH REVIEW
Wall Street Journal : Analysis: Amazon has built more than 450 warehouses in…
