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After Netflix, Disney is cracking down on password sharing

Disney is preparing to crack down on password sharing on its streaming services, following similar move from Netflix that kicked off a few months ago. The company’s CEO Bob Iger said that password sharing among Disney Plus has been “significant,” … Continue reading

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Uber, Nvidia-backed delivery robot startup Serve Robotics to go public

Serve Robotics, the autonomous sidewalk delivery robot startup that spun out of Uber’s acquisition of Postmates, is going public via a reverse merger with a blank check company. The reverse merger with Patricia Acquisition Corp was completed this month, according … Continue reading

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Moove takes in $76M equity, debt from Mubadala and BlackRock at a $550M valuation

Moove, an African mobility fintech that provides vehicle financing to drivers of ride-hailing platforms like Uber and other gig networks, has raised $78 million in new financing. It includes $28 million in equity from new and existing investors led by … Continue reading

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Unveiling the winning formula: How B2C fintechs conquer customer acquisition

Ian Sherman Contributor Ian Sherman advises PE/VC-backed portfolio companies at Sagard on growth marketing. He has a prior executive track record of driving profitable, eight-figure revenue expansion for consumer brands. In the fast-paced world of B2C (business-to-consumer) startups, mastering marketing … Continue reading

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Belarus hackers target foreign diplomats with help of local ISPs, researchers say

Hackers with apparent links to the Belarusian government have been targeting foreign diplomats in the country for nearly 10 years, according to security researchers. On Thursday, antivirus firm ESET published a report that details the activities of a newly discovered … Continue reading

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VLGE opens SDK for its no-code virtual world builder aimed at fashion, beauty and art industries

We’ve seen the rise of no-code and low-code platforms being applied to any number of applications and use-cases. What would happen if this thinking was applied to metaverse-style virtual worlds? What would be built? Certainly, with Apple’s recent announcement of … Continue reading

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Disney+ announces another price hike, says ad-supported tier is coming to more countries

Disney is raising prices for its online streaming services across the board amid a declining subscriber base. This is the company’s second price hike in the last 12 months after it increased subscription fees for different offerings including Disney+ and … Continue reading

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Ask Sophie: As an immigrant to the US, how can I create and work for my own startup?

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the … Continue reading

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SAEKI’s “microfactories” help large manufacturing scale up

The architecture, engineering and construction industries involve giant concrete molds that are expensive, slow to manufacture and often only used a few times before being disposed. Robots-as-a-service startup SAEKI says its tech not only makes creating these molds faster, but … Continue reading

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Meta adds ability to verify your Threads profile on Mastodon

Meta on Wednesday took a small step toward supporting the so-called fediverse — a network of decentralized servers — by adding the ability to verify your Threads profile on Mastodon. The company announced that it is adding support for “rel=me” links … Continue reading

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