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Amazon expands its virtual health clinic nationwide

Amazon is expanding its Amazon Clinic virtual healthcare marketplace to all customers nationwide. The online retail giant announced today that customers in all 50 states and Washington, DC will be able to easily access licensed clinicians via video visits for … Continue reading

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Tradeshift raises $70M, launches financing JV with HSBC focused on B2B trade

Global trade has been in a slump, in part due to ongoing economic pressures in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, with some glimmers of recovery on the horizon, a startup that’s built business around tools to enable B2B … Continue reading

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Socket lands $20M investment to help companies secure open source software

Socket, a startup that provides a scanning tool to detect security vulnerabilities in open source code, today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The tranche had participation from Abstract Ventures, … Continue reading

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Uber reports first quarterly operating profit in Q2 2023 results

Uber has reported an operating profit during a fiscal quarter for the first time in its history. The company reported its second quarter earnings for 2023 [PDF] on Tuesday morning, which included a net income of $394 million for the … Continue reading

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Generative AI services pulled from Apple App Store in China ahead of new regulations

Multiple generative AI apps have been removed from Apple’s China App Store, two weeks ahead of the country’s new generative AI regulations that are set to take effect on August 15. The move came after Chinese developers received notices from … Continue reading

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How SaaS architecture impacts pricing and profitability

Ratnesh Singh Parihar Contributor Ratnesh Singh Parihar is principal architect at Talentica Software who has expertise in architecture and design, scaling and handling large systems, solving complex engineering problems, and modernizing legacy applications. Having worked as a solution architect and … Continue reading

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Vanguard cuts Indian ride-hailing giant Ola’s valuation by 52%

The U.S. index fund pioneer Vanguard has cut the worth of its holding in the Indian ride-hailing startup Ola by more than half since original investment, according to an analysis of its filings. Vanguard cut the worth of its shares … Continue reading

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Traction raises $6M seed as Nigeria’s merchant acquiring space continues to heat up

Micro, small, and medium-sized firms (MSMEs) constitute the backbone of the Nigerian economy, accounting for more than 60% of GDP growth and playing a crucial role in job creation. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, there are over 39 … Continue reading

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Reddit updates its site design for logged-out users

Reddit is rolling out a number of updates to its website for logged-out users, including improved performance, a more helpful search results page and better communities and related post suggestions. The company said in a blog post on Monday that … Continue reading

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NATO announces $1B fund to back startups supporting ‘safety, freedom and human empowerment’

After announcing plans nearly two years ago, defense alliance NATO has officially closed its first fund to back startups that are building technology strategic to NATO’s own goals in defense and security. Member nations are collectively committing capital totalling €1 … Continue reading

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