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Twitter buys email newsletter publishing startup Revue
Twitter Inc. has acquired Revue, a Substack Inc. competitor with a service that enables writers to publish email newsletters more easily and sell subscriptions to their content. Under the deal announced today, Revue will continue to operate as an independent business for the time being. Its team, which currently has six people, will be expanded ...
Food delivery startup Wolt raises $530M after tripling revenues
Helsinki, Finland-based food delivery startup Wolt Enterprises Oy today announced that it has raised an additional $530 million from investors, less than a year after closing its previous $100 million funding round. Wolt isn’t as well-known as rivals such as publicly traded Deliveroo Inc. but has a substantial presence in the food delivery market. The ...
Google workers in 10 countries launch global union alliance
Workers at Google LLC and its parent company Alphabet Inc. have formed a global union alliance that includes 13 unions in 10 different countries on launch. The alliance, called Alpha Global, was announced this morning. The news comes just weeks after a group of more than 200 Google workers in the U.S. and Canada formed ...
Google looks to replace third-party cookies with privacy-friendly AI alternative
Google LLC today said that it will soon begin publicly testing Federated Learning of Cohorts, a machine learning technology it believes could help the online advertising industry move away from using third-party cookies to track users. Third-party cookies are a commonly used type of cookie that advertisers rely on to track what websites users visit ...
Apple reportedly planning redesigned MacBook Air with MagSafe port, new chip
The latest report about Apple Inc.’s product roadmap suggests that the company is preparing to launch a redesigned version of the MacBook Air with a streamlined chassis and upgraded silicon. The next-generation MacBook Air is expected to arrive either in the second half of this year or in 2022. It will retain the current model’s ...
Report: Samsung could build cutting-edge $10B+ chip plant in Texas
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is weighing to build a cutting-edge semiconductor plant in Austin, Texas, that would be capable of making processors with smaller transistors than those in today’s most sophisticated chips. That’s according to Bloomberg, which reported on the electronics giant’s plans this morning. The plant is expected to cost more than $10 billion ...
Raspberry Pi Foundation debuts $4 Arm-based Pico chip
The Raspberry Pi Foundation today detailed an internally developed microcontroller chip for “internet of things” projects that will become available to customers starting at a mere $4. Dubbed Pico, the chip will also ship as part of partner-made circuit boards that will add on extra components such as flash storage and sensors. The Raspberry Pi ...
TripActions raises $155M to help companies manage workers’ business trips
TripActions Inc., the startup behind a cloud service of the same name for managing business travel, today announced that it has raised a $155 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, Addition Ventures and venture capitalist Elad Gil. The round values TripActions at $5 billion. TripActions’ service has two main selling points: It promises to ...
Report: Apple developing VR headset with planned 2022 launch date
Apple Inc. is reportedly developing a virtual reality headset that will feature sharper displays than current competing devices and is expected to be far more expensive. That’s according to a report today in Bloomberg, which attributed the information to people familiar with the matter. The upcoming VR headset, which reportedly goes by the internal Apple ...
Amazon says it stands ready to assist with US vaccination efforts
Amazon.com Inc. is ready to assist with the national effort to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Dave Clark, head of the company’s worldwide consumer business, wrote in a letter addressed to U.S. President Joe Biden. “As you begin your work leading the country out of the Covid-19 crisis, Amazon stands ready to assist you in reaching your ...