Techmeme 2 years ago

London-based SurrealDB, which helps developers consolidate their databases, raised $20M led by FirstMark and Georgian, taking its total funding to $26M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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SurrealDB is helping developers consolidate their databases | TechCrunch

SurrealDB, a startup developing a database architecture of the same name, has closed a new round of funding as it readies a managed service.

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London-based SurrealDB, which helps developers consolidate their databases, raised $20M led by FirstMark and Georgian, taking its total funding to $26M

By Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Xreal unveils the $199+ Beam Pro, a 6.5-inch device that powers Xreal's glasses, runs Android 14-based NebulaOS, uses a Snapdragon chip, and has two USB-C ports (David Pierce/The Verge)

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Xreal’s new gadget is a phone-sized Android tablet just for your AR glasses

The Beam Pro is a camera and a controller, but it’s not a smartphone.

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Xreal unveils the $199+ Beam Pro, a 6.5-inch device that powers Xreal

By David Pierce / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Maryland-based Huntress, an SMB-focused managed security platform, raised a $150M Series D led by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech, and Sapphire at a $1.5B+ valuation (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/articles/cyber-company-huntress-raises-150-million-in-series-d-funding-d76a04f6?st=ctfrhm386o7a9kn&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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Maryland-based Huntress, an SMB-focused managed security platform, raised a $150M Series D led by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech, and Sapphire at a $1.5B+ valuation

By James Rundle / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Blackstone plans to buy Japanese digital comic provider Infocom in a ~$1.7B deal, in its biggest private equity transaction in Japan to date (Lisa Du/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-18/blackstone-taps-steamy-romance-manga-fans-in-1-7-billion-deal

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Blackstone plans to acquire Japanese digital romance comic provider Infocom in a $1.7B deal, in its biggest private equity transaction in Japan to date

By Lisa Du / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Autonomous trucking startup Waabi raised a $200M Series B led by Uber and Khosla Ventures, after an $83.5M Series A in 2021, and aims for a full launch in 2025 (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/autonomous-trucking-startup-waabi-raises-200-mln-2024-06-18/

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Autonomous trucking startup Waabi raised a $200M Series B led by Uber and Khosla Ventures, after an $83.5M Series A in 2021, and aims for a full launch in 2025

By Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Sources: Apple is set to settle a long-running EU antitrust investigation over payments, after the EU accepted measures that Apple committed to in January 2024 (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times) https://t.co/3JSLCKQoNm

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Sources: Apple is set to settle a long-running EU antitrust investigation over payments, after the EU accepted measures that Apple committed to in January 2024

By Javier Espinoza / Financial Times. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Amazon Labor Union members vote to join forces with the 1.3M-member Teamsters union; ALU President Christian Smalls says Teamsters allocated $8M for organizing (Noam Scheiber/New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/business/economy/amazon-labor-union-teamsters.html

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Amazon Labor Union members vote to join forces with the 1.3M-member Teamsters union; ALU President Christian Smalls says Teamsters allocated $8M for organizing

By Noam Scheiber / New York Times. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Margrethe Vestager says Apple has a number of "very serious" issues under the EU's DMA, and the conclusions of an investigation will arrive "hopefully soon" (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

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Apple has 'very serious' issues under sweeping EU digital rules, competition chief says

In March, the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, opened a probe into Apple, under the new Digital Markets Act legislation.

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Margrethe Vestager says Apple has a number of “very serious” issues under the EU

By Arjun Kharpal / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Some Google users, frustrated by the results, turn to Reddit as a search alternative; a weeklong test finds Reddit is best for product recommendations and more (Ann-Marie Alcántara/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/can-you-replace-google-search-with-reddit-i-tried-it-for-a-week-ea1f36c5?st=dnyht7vzp8jzvng&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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Some Google users, frustrated by the results, turn to Reddit as a search alternative; a weeklong test finds Reddit is best for product recommendations and more

By Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Sources: Huawei is considering taking a cut of in-app purchases on its Harmony OS, and has discussed a ~20% fee with developers, below Apple and Google's 30% (Pei Li/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-18/huawei-considers-app-store-fees-as-it-surpasses-iphone-in-china

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Sources: Huawei is considering taking a cut of in-app purchases on HarmonyOS and has discussed a ~20% fee with game developers, below Apple

By Pei Li / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

A look at Apple's upcoming CarPlay updates, which aim to be "a design toolkit for automakers", including feature "layers", "remote UI", and "punch-through UI" (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

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Apple’s fancy new CarPlay will only work wirelessly

And many other notes about the future of Apple’s ideas for the car.

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A look at Apple

By Nilay Patel / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Meta launches its much-awaited Threads API, letting developer publish posts, fetch content, manage replies, and view analytics, after an API beta in March 2024 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

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Threads finally launches its API for developers | TechCrunch

Meta said today that it finally launched its much-awaited API for Threads so developers can build experiences around it.

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Meta launches its much-awaited Threads API, letting developers publish posts, fetch content, manage replies, and view analytics, after an API beta in March 2024

By Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Social media creators say earning a decent, reliable income is getting harder, as platforms pay less for popular posts and brands get pickier about partnerships (Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/social-media-influencers-arent-getting-richtheyre-barely-getting-by-71e0aad3?st=snqhy92nimb59t6&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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Social media creators say earning a decent, reliable income is getting harder, as platforms pay less for popular posts and brands get pickier about partnerships

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Techmeme 2 years ago

A look at Shein's efforts to diversify away from fast fashion, as the company struggles to get third-party merchants to sign up for its marketplace (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times) https://t.co/N5eh5bu9L3

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A look at Shein

By Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Down-ballot campaigns in the US are experimenting with AI, which can help them save money and time, while also raising fears about the threats of AI deepfakes (Associated Press)

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AI experimentation is high risk, high reward for low-profile political campaigns

Text, photos, videos and audio created using artificial intelligence are increasingly making their way into campaigns for state and local office.

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Down-ballot US campaigns are experimenting with AI models, which can help them save money and time, while also adding to fears about the threats of deepfakes

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Techmeme 2 years ago

A look at India's quick commerce market, which has become an important distribution channel for Indian food brands, as Zepto and others expand beyond groceries (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

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Quick commerce targets e-commerce turf in India | TechCrunch

Even as quick commerce startups are retreating, consolidating or shutting down in many parts of the world, the model is showing encouraging signs i...

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A look at India

By Manish Singh / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Google launches Gemini app for Android in India, supporting English and nine other languages; Gemini will be available via Google app on iOS in the coming weeks (Amar Subramanya/Google)

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Gemini in India: Now on Mobile, Multilingual, and More Powerful For Your Everyday Tasks

We're expanding Gemini access in India with the launch of the Gemini app in English and nine Indian languages. We're also expanding Gemini Advanced...

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Google launches a Gemini app for Android in India, supporting English and nine other languages, and says Gemini will roll out to its iOS app in the coming weeks

By Amar Subramanya / Google. View the full context on Techmeme.

Techmeme 2 years ago

Cambridge-based CuspAI, which is developing AI-powered tech for designing new materials, raised a $30M seed and has added Geoffrey Hinton to its advisory board (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-18/ai-legend-geoffrey-hinton-to-advise-uk-green-materials-startup

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Cambridge, UK-based CuspAI, which is developing AI-powered tech for designing new materials, raised a $30M seed and adds Geoffrey Hinton to its advisory board

By Mark Bergen / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.