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Paystand Inc., a blockchain-enabled payment network for business, today announced it has raised $50 million in a new funding led by NewView Capital. SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund, King River Capital, Industrious Ventures and Transform Capital also participated in the Series C funding round. …
Akamai Edge DNS outage knocks out multiple major websites
A widespread internet outage briefly took down multiple major websites this morning, including those of FedEx, McDonald’s, UPS, AT&T and Airbnb. The apparent cause of the disruption was reported at about 11 a.m. EDT by Akamai Technologies Inc., an internet security and …
Passwordless authentication startup Magic raises $27M in funding
Magic Labs Inc., a startup that provides decentralized passwordless authentication for websites, said today that it has raised $27 million in an early-stage funding round led by Northzone. The Series A funding round brings the total raised by Magic to $31 million …
Google Cloud rolls out Healthcare Data Engine to bring interoperability to health records
Google LLC today announced the launch of Google Cloud’s private preview of Healthcare Data Engine, an end-to-end cloud solution for healthcare and life sciences organizations aimed at enabling advanced interoperability for health records. The objective of the Healthcare Data Engine is to …
OpenSea raises $100M on $1.5B valuation to scale up NFT marketplace
Digital collectible marketplace OpenSea today announced that it has raised $100 million in funding on a $1.5 billion valuation to scale up its marketplace for crypto collectibles and nonfungible tokens. Andreessen Horowitz led the Series B funding round with participation from Coatue …
Google Cloud: New healthcare survey shows better interoperability improves patients’ lives
Google Cloud and Harris Poll recently surveyed more than 300 physicians across the United States about their access to critical patient data to get a better picture of how doctors see technology making healthcare better through interoperability. According to Joe Corkery, M.D., …
Jolocom launches new GDPR-compliant blockchain identity management app SmartWallet 2.0
Jolocom GmbH, a digital application provider that uses blockchain technology for proof of identity, announced Sunday the launch of its SmartWallet 2.0 solution, a new version of its app for storing digital assets and identification that’s compliant with the General Data Protection …
Square is making a decentralized finance platform based on bitcoin called ‘TBD’
Digital payments company Square Inc. has announced plans to launch an open-source, bitcoin-focused decentralized financial services project that will be named “TBD.” Square’s Chief Executive Jack Dorsey took to Twitter in a series of tweets late Thursday to outline the plans. He said …
Blockchain smart contract auditor CertiK raises $37M in funding
Blockchain security startup CertiK has raised $37 million to innovate its smart contract auditing capabilities to correct blockchain security vulnerabilities. The Series B funding round, announced Wednesday, was co-led by Coatue Management LLC and Shunwei Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures. CertiK audits …
Android 12 Beta 3 debuts improved functions and finalized APIs
Google LLC today announced the third Beta of Android 12 for developers that includes the finalized version of its application programming interfaces and the official software development kit. This release also included a number of feature enhancements such as scrolling screenshots, privacy …