Friday, November 10, 2023

TikTokers are sharing Palestinian family recipes to raise money for aid

“This is Palestinian falafel, and this is my Palestinian grandmother,” TikTok creator Vegan Bodegacat says in a voiceover as her grandmother blends soaked chickpeas with fresh parsley, then scoops the mixture into hot oil, where it quickly browns. “… I’ve been spending my days feeling helpless and hopeless, but it’s better to focus on small […]

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Meta and Amazon team up on new in-app shopping feature on Facebook & Instagram

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Meta may have abandoned its efforts around live shopping on Facebook and Instagram, but the social networking company still believes in its apps’ potential as a shopping platform. That leads to today’s news that the company is now working with Amazon to allow customers to link their Facebook and Instagram accounts to their Amazon account […]

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Singapore-based startup EduFi raises funding for its student loan platform

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EduFi, a fintech startup that enables financially strapped students to secure loans for their education, has raised $6.1 million in a pre-seed round led by Zayn VC with participation from Palm Drive Capital, Deem Ventures, Q Business and angel investors. The Singapore-based startup has launched an artificial intelligence-powered study now, pay later (SNPL) lending platform […]

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Humane’s Ai Pin up close

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A few hours after this morning’s big unveil, Humane opened its doors to a handful of press. Located in a nondescript building in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood, the office is home to the startup’s hardware design teams. An office next door houses Humane’s product engineers, while the electrical engineering team operates out of a third […]

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The watermelon emoji isn’t just TikTok speak for Palestine

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On Instagram, infographics about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza are punctuated with the watermelon emoji. In captions of TikTok videos calling for a ceasefire, the emoji replaces words like “Palestine” and “Gaza.” X (formerly Twitter) users add the watermelon to their handles to express support for Palestinian independence. The watermelon has long been a symbol […]

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Geely’s Zeekr gears up for US IPO, but China influence remains a concern

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If Zeekr's IPO goes through, it’ll be the first major Chinese listing in the country in nearly two years, following China’s effective ban of foreign IPOs.

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A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs

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Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. The tech industry has seen more than 240,000 jobs lost in 2023, a total that’s already 50% higher than last year and growing. Earlier this year, mass workforce reductions were driven by the biggest names in tech like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Meta and Zoom. Startups across many sectors also […]

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Launch contracts are “basically worthless” until a rocket is proven and flying, Rocket Lab CEO says

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Rocket Lab is waiting until Neutron is more technically mature before signing launch contracts with customers, CEO Peter Beck told investors on Wednesday. The statements provided an inside look on how the space company is thinking about bringing the Neutron next-gen launch vehicle to market – and the lessons learned from selling its first rocket, […]

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Maine government says data breach affects 1.3 million residents

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The government of Maine has confirmed over a million state residents had personal information stolen in a data breach earlier this year by a Russia-backed ransomware gang. In a statement published Thursday, the Maine government said hackers exploited a vulnerability in its MOVEit file-transfer system, which stored sensitive data on state residents. The hackers used […]

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Lightspeed Faction launches $285M early-stage crypto fund

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As the crypto market continues to slog through a fundraising winter, Lightspeed Faction, a blockchain-focused venture capital firm, is betting big on the space. The firm has launched its inaugural $285 million fund, its co-founders exclusively told TechCrunch. Faction will focus mainly on early-stage blockchain projects raising seed or Series A rounds. Before launching publicly, […]

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Chptr, a memorialization app for gathering and sharing memories of loved ones, raises $1.5M

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Chptr, an app for sharing and holding onto memories of lost loved ones, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. The app is designed to give people a way to encapsulate the life of their loved ones by inviting others to share and store stories, images, audio messages, videos and more all in one place. […]

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mogul club raises $3.6M toward its effort to make real estate investing more accessible

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While the idea of owning rental properties is appealing to many Americans, the ability to vet and afford such investments in single-family homes is out of reach for a large part of the population. mogul club is a new startup that wants to help more people achieve their dreams of becoming a landlord. It’s hardly […]

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Secure messaging app Signal moves a step closer to launching usernames

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End-to-end encrypted messaging app, Signal, is getting closer to launching a much anticipated feature that will allow users to share only a username in order to connect with other users, rather than having to reveal the phone number linked to their account, as is the case now. Other secure messaging platforms, such as Telegram and […]

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OpenAI blames DDoS attack for ongoing ChatGPT outage

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OpenAI has confirmed that a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack is behind “periodic outages” affecting ChatGPT and its developer tools. ChatGPT, OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot, has been experiencing sporadic outages for the past 24 hours. Users who attempted to access the service have been greeted with a message stating that “ChatGPT is at capacity right now,” and […]

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Investors double down on Snaptrude in challenging legacy building design platforms

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Snaptrude — a startup aiming to compete against traditional platforms in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) design sector, including Autodesk, Trimble and Nemetschek — with its modern approach and cloud-based offering, has raised $14 million in a Series A round, just 10 months after announcing its seed funding. With Foundamental and Accel leading the […]

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