Monthly Archives: January 2024

Speedinvest closes fourth fund at $380 million to back early-stage startups in Europe

Vienna-based early-stage VC Speedinvest has closed its fourth early-stage fund, Speedinvest 4, at €350 million (around $380 million at today’s exchange rate), surpassing the initial goal of €300 million ($325 million). This follows the final €50 million close supported by … Continue reading

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India’s central bank slaps Paytm with new curbs

The Reserve Bank of India issued new curbs against Paytm’s Payments Bank, which processes transactions for financial services giant Paytm, prohibiting it from any banking service, including fund transfers, UPI transactions, accepting deposits, credit transactions and top-ups in customer accounts, … Continue reading

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Fitbit denies Charge 5 update made devices unusable

More than 100 users say new software is causing Fitbits to malfunction or stop working altogether.

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Elon Musk sees $56bn Tesla pay deal cancelled in court

The court found the process of deciding Elon Musk’s huge 2018 pay award was “deeply flawed”.

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Gift Yourself a Year of Online Protection for Only $50 Through 2/4

Requesting the removal of your most confidential data from the internet is a complicated process unless you have Incogni, which can do it in a few clicks.

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Microsoft Edge steals your data from Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge is increasingly aggressively snatching your open tabs from Google Chrome in an attempt to get you to switch. The new Microsoft Edge has shown to be a good browser since its release in 2020, but Microsoft has never … Continue reading

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Sundar Pichai says Google One cloud storage service has nearly 100M subscribers

Google CEO Sudar Pichai said that the company’s Google One cloud storage service is ” just about to cross” 100 million subscribers. Speaking during Alphabet’s Q4 2023 earning call, Pichai added that the company is looking to add more AI-powered … Continue reading

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Universal Music to pull songs from TikTok

It would mean the social media platform would no longer have access to songs by Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Drake.

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Accel eyes new India fashion e-commerce bet with Newme

Accel, an early investor in Indian e-commerce giants Flipkart and Myntra, is preparing a new fashion e-commerce bet in India even as competition intensifies with the recent expansion of Mukesh Ambani’s Ajio platform. Accel is in advanced talks to lead … Continue reading

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Wattpad, a storytelling platform, conducts another layoff round

Wattpad, a Toronto-based storytelling platform owned by Naver’s Webtoon Entertainment, conducted another round of layoffs earlier this month.  Wattpad has cut around 30 jobs, or roughly 15% of its workforce, a source familiar with the situation told TechCrunch. According to local … Continue reading

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