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Owner.com grabs $33M Series B to improve online guest experiences for mom-and-pop restaurants

Owner recently tapped into AI technology for its new email marketer feature that produces an email in the restaurant owner’s style and tone. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Lawmakers to grill CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media firms at hearing on child safety

Meta has been hit with a number of lawsuits in recent months over the well-being of children on its apps like Facebook and Instagram.

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Wall Street punishes Alphabet and Microsoft despite earnings beats after stocks hit record

Investors were left wanting more from Microsoft and Alphabet after recent rallies lifted their stock prices to all-time highs.

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Despite glimmers of profit, most African neobanks remain in the red

It was only just over a year ago that McKinsey described Africa’s financial technology landscape as a “hotbed for investment.” Fast forward to today, and startups on the continent are facing many of the same problems plaguing fintechs in more mature … Continue reading

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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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