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Substack expands its subscription platform with discussion threads
Jun 03, 3:02PM
Substack is launching a new feature called “community” — namely, the ability for newsletter publishers to create discussion threads, which can either be open to anyone or limited to subscribers. The idea of starting a discussion thread where readers can argue about things like the season finale of “Game of Thrones” isn’t new — and […]
How Marcin Kleczynski went from message boards to founding anti-malware startup Malwarebytes
Jun 03, 2:58PM
Marcin Kleczynski is a shining example of the American dream. A Polish-born immigrant turned naturalized citizen, Kleczynski grew up in the Chicago suburbs spending much of his time on computers and the early days of the world wide web. He couldn’t afford to buy computer games; instead, he downloaded them from the internet — and […]
Flexible housing startup Anyplace raises $2.5M
Jun 03, 2:17PM
Anyplace, a startup offering furnished rooms and apartments to anyone who’s not interested in signing a long-term lease, is announcing that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. CEO Satoru Steve Naito said he co-founded the company to meet his own needs as a “digital nomad” who likes to move from city to city […]
Amazon says over 10 million items are now available for one-day shipping
Jun 03, 2:02PM
Amazon on its latest earnings call announced it was working towards making one-day shipping the new standard for Prime members. This morning, the retailer touted a milestone related to those efforts with news that now over 10 million items are now available for one-day shipping to Prime members. The news was largely a shot at […]
Live from WWDC 2019
Jun 03, 2:00PM
Greetings from sunny San Jose. Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference officially kicks off this morning at the McEnery Convention Center with a big keynote. While the rest of the week is focused on developers, today’s show is all about what’s the come from the company, and after relatively low key events from Google and […]
Lenovo Smart Clock review
Jun 03, 2:00PM
Before it got into the smart screen market with the Nest (nee Home) Hub, Google opted to let its hardware partners do the heavy lifting. Last year at CES, it announced a trio of devices from JBL, LG and Lenovo . All three were built around the same smart home user experience, but Lenovo was […]
A look at the many ways China suppresses online discourse about the Tiananmen Square protests
Jun 03, 1:44PM
Every year before the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, the Chinese government begins to exert even more control over what information people can access online. This year is the 30th anniversary of the day the protests ended when the government sent troops to fire on students, activists and other people demonstrating […]
Twitter bags deep learning talent behind London startup, Fabula AI
Jun 03, 1:27PM
Twitter has just announced it has picked up London-based Fabula AI. The deep learning startup has been developing technology to try to identify online disinformation by looking at patterns in how fake stuff vs genuine news spreads online — making it an obvious fit for the rumor-riled social network. Social media giants remain under increasing […]
Fluree grabs $4.7M seed round to build blockchain-based database
Jun 03, 1:02PM
Fluree, a North Carolina startup that wants to bring the immutability of blockchain to the database, announced a $4.7 million seed round today led by 4490 Ventures with participation from Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. As CEO and co-founder Brian Platz explains, the database combines blockchain and graph database technologies to offer a […]
Review: Ring's new outdoor lighting products are brilliant
Jun 03, 12:53PM
Ring's new outdoor lighting products are impressive. It's rare, even in 2019, for something to work out of the box, but that's what happened when I installed Ring's outdoor lighting products. They just worked. You know the drill. You get a gadget and go to install it. Somewhere during the installation, it fails or hiccups. […]
Global Fashion Group plans to raise €300M in Frankfurt IPO
Jun 03, 12:10PM
The ongoing evolution of the startup factory known as Rocket Internet continues apace. Today, the Global Fashion Group, which is made up of a number of regional e-commerce fashion commerce sites — operating under the names Zalora, Dafifi, The Iconic and La Moda — originally incubated in the Berlin outfit, announced that it is planning a public listing […]
Apple macOS security protections can easily bypassed with 'synthetic' clicks, researcher finds
Jun 03, 12:00PM
A security researcher has disclosed a new flaw that undermines a core macOS security feature designed to prevent apps — or malware — from accessing a user’s private data, webcam or microphone without their explicit permission. The privacy protections, recently expanded in macOS Mojave, were meant to make it more difficult for malicious apps to […]
US/China trade uncertainty adds to global smartphone growth woes
Jun 03, 11:33AM
Analyst Canalys has updated its forecast of global smartphone shipments — saying it expects just 1.35 billion units to ship in 2019, a year-on-year decline of 3.1%. This follows ongoing uncertainty around US-China trade talks and the presidential order signed by Trump last month barring US companies from using kit by Chinese device makers, including […]
Oppo and Xiaomi tease under-screen selfie cameras for smartphones
Jun 03, 10:29AM
The next innovation in mobile is peeking its head for all to see today after Chinese companies Oppo and Xiaomi both showed off under-screen cameras. Apple’s notch set the ball rolling as a new way to pack a front-facing camera without compromising on the screen size, but it is already feeling date. The industry has […]
Amazon sellers to hit UK high streets in year-long pop-up pilot
Jun 03, 10:21AM
Internet shopping has been blamed for boarding up high streets across the UK. So it looks politically judicious for Amazon, the original ecommerce behemoth, to now be attaching its brand name to a pilot project aimed at sparking a little commercial life in denuded UK towns and cities by parachuting online SMEs into pop-up shops […]
How to watch the live stream for today's Apple WWDC keynote
Jun 03, 10:11AM
Apple is holding a keynote today on the first day of its developer conference, and the company is expected to talk about a ton of software updates. At 10 AM PT (1 PM in New York, 6 PM in London, 7 PM in Paris), you'll be able to watch the event as the company is […]
PropTech startup Kodit.io raises $13M to automate house buying and selling
Jun 03, 10:01AM
As anyone who has ever tried to buy or sell a home knows, the entire process can be the most stressful of one's life. Traditional real estate agents rarely make the process any less stressful, leaving the industry ripe for disruption by tech companies which can automate many of the existing processes. Startups like Offerpad […]
WorldRemit raises $175M at $900M+ valuation to help users send money to contacts in emerging markets
Jun 03, 9:25AM
The value of remittances globally continues to rise, and today a startup that has built a business targeting money transfers into emerging markets has raised a large round of growth funding to capitalize on that. WorldRemit, the London startup that has focused on enabling competitively-priced, quick money transfers from migrant workers and immigrants living in […]
China says it will 'soon grant' 5G licenses for commercial use
Jun 03, 8:57AM
There’s a widely accepted method to interpret China’s official announcements: the shorter the news, the heavier it is. Today, in one concise sentence, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China’s telecom regulator, announced that it will “soon grant 5G licenses for commercial use.” That’s according to the Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily. TechCrunch reported […]
Registration for Disrupt Berlin 2019 is now open
Jun 03, 8:00AM
A big shout out to all you savvy startuppers — the day you've been waiting for has finally arrived. Yup, registration for Disrupt Berlin 2019 is officially open for business. We're kicking things off with a super early-bird special, and that means only one thing — serious savings. Buy your passes now, and you can […]
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