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Last week, WhatsApp announced it was adding support for HD photos, allowing the messaging app users the option to preserve the high-def resolution of the phones they wanted to share…
Enterprise
The 6 most important things to know about SaaS+ product architecture
10:30 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Being aligned on these concepts will drive product roadmap, core technical architecture, pricing strategy and product marketing.
Tesla shareholders who claimed to face financial losses after CEO Elon Musk tweeted about taking the company private might be on the verge of receiving compensation from a $42.3 million…
Featured Article
OnlyFans’ profitability proves the creator economy boom was real enough
Quibbles aside, OnlyFans has proved that the creator economy is just as real (and profitable) as many founders and investors hoped.
10:00 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Transportation
Uber, squeezed by insurance, increases minimum age for new drivers in California
9:32 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Uber has raised the minimum age requirement for new rides-hailing drivers in California to 25 years old due to what it described as “baselessly higher” commercial insurance costs in the…
Apps
YouTube demystifies the Shorts algorithm, views and answers other creator questions
9:13 am PDT • August 25, 2023
YouTube this week put out a new video meant to address creators’ questions over its short-form video platform, YouTube Shorts. The questions it answered ranged from how the algorithm for…
Apps
Dropbox drops unlimited storage, blames crypto miners and resellers for the change
9:10 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Dropbox is ending its unlimited option because some customers were using it for purposes like crypto mining, pooling storage for personal use cases and even reselling storage. The company’s highest-tier…
Transportation
Joby Aviation narrows down to Ohio or North Carolina for new air taxi factory
9:06 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Joby Aviation is on the verge of choosing the location for its electric aircraft factory, with the choice now between Ohio and North Carolina, according to multiple sources who spoke…
BusRight’s pitch deck is well-designed and full of careful touches.
Featured Article
MOVEit, the biggest hack of the year, by the numbers
The mass-exploitation of MOVEit Transfer software has rapidly cemented itself as the largest hack of the year so far. While the full impact of the attack will likely remain untold for months to come, there are now more than 1,000 known victims of the MOVEit breach, according to cybersecurity company Emsisoft. This milestone makes the…
8:45 am PDT • August 25, 2023
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Transportation
Polestar 4 to feature Mobileye’s hands-off, eyes-off driving tech
8:44 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar wants to bring Mobileye’s Chauffeur, a hands-off, eyes-off autonomous driving technology, to its Polestar 4 electric SUV coupe. The Polestar 4, which launched Friday in…
Qase, an Austin-based platform for managing software quality assurance testing and reporting, today announced that it raised $7.2 million in a Series A round led by Chrome Capital with participation…
Startups
Alloy, Synctera and Unit discuss the future of embedded finance at TC Disrupt
8:00 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Banking-as-a-service (BaaS), embedded finance and open banking are among the hottest topics in fintech today. The promise? Make opening a bank account, storing money, receiving a payment card and lending…
Space
Orbital Composites lands new government contracts to advance in-space manufacturing
8:00 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Advanced manufacturing startup Orbital Composites is expanding its in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing development work with three new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts valued at more than $3 million…
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Apps
YouTube to support RSS uploads for podcasters by year-end, plus private feeds in YouTube Music
7:05 am PDT • August 25, 2023
YouTube is growing its commitment to hosting podcasts on its platform. This week, at the Podcast Movement conference, YouTube product lead Steve McLendon confirmed the platform will be rolling out…
Security
Byju’s exposed sensitive student data, including loan details
6:50 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Byju’s, the edtech giant and India’s most valuable startup, has fixed a server-side misconfiguration that was exposing sensitive data of its students. The Indian startup exposed some students’ names, phone…
Startups
Luxury Presence, which builds marketing tools for realtors, raises $19.2M
6:00 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Real estate marketing is no walk in the park. Not only do realtors have to weather market volatility, but they need to meet buyers where they shop — creating compelling…
AI
All hail the new EU law that lets social media users quiet quit the algorithm
4:40 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Internet users in the European Union are logging on to a quiet revolution on mainstream social networks today: The ability to say ‘no thanks’ to being attention hacked by AI.…
Venture
Zepto becomes India’s first 2023 unicorn with $200 million fresh funding
1:24 am PDT • August 25, 2023
Instant grocery delivery startup Zepto has raised $200 million in a new funding round at a valuation of $1.4 billion, it said Friday, at a time when most other firms…
