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2:59

AudioMob, which serves audio ads inside mobile games,...

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2021/11/09

AudioMob is a startup that provides ‘non-intrusive’ audio ads within mobile games. It turns out that gamers don’t seem to mind little ads like this popping up, and somehow AudioMob seems to have cracked the mechanic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:23

Instagram’s creator subscriptions nearing launch, App...

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2021/11/09

Instagram earlier this year said it would explore the idea of creator subscriptions and was later spotted developing a feature that would offer exclusive Stories that were only visible to a creator’s subscriptions. Now, it seems, the company is poised to launch creator subscriptions into broader testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:56

Edtech startup BrightChamps comes out of stealth mode...

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2021/11/08

BrightChamps, an Indian edtech startup that is attempting to bridge the learning gap left by K12 schools, said on Monday it has raised $51 million in a new financing round and $63 million to date since launching a year ago as the Goa-headquartered firm looks to expand its footprints in over 10 nations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:56

US government offers $10M bounty for DarkSide...

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2021/11/08

The U.S. Department of State is upping the ante in its fight against ransomware by offering a reward of up to $10 million for information that helps identify or track down leaders of the notorious DarkSide ransomware group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:42

An accelerator and fund says it’s giving away its...

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2021/11/05

SciFounders, an accelerator program and fund launched back in January with $6 million in backing, has a new proposition for the scientist founders who it looks to help run their own companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:51

Rivian hit with gender discrimination lawsuit that...

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2021/11/05

Rivian, the electric automaker that recently filed for an IPO, has been sued by a former sales and marketing vice president for alleged gender discrimination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:27

Nintendo releases Animal Crossing update a day early

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2021/11/04

Grab your Nintendo Switches and start downloading theÂ “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” update, because it’s going to be a late night. Nintendo just dropped the update to version 2.0 – a day early. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:29

As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra...

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2021/11/04

Allbirds started with a humble, natural wool shoe, but it is not merely an apparel company today. It has become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:37

Femtech startup illumigyn secures $33M to provide...

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2021/11/03

According toÂ World Health Organization, cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer among women, affected approximately 570,000 women and resulted in about 311,000 death in 2018.Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:57

Facebook says it will delete facial recognition data...

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2021/11/03

Just days after rebranding itself, Facebook announced plans to delete a trove of the most worrisome data that the world’s biggest social network collected on more than a billion individuals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:33

137 Ventures, which buys equity from private company...

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2021/11/02

137 Ventures, a 10-year-old, San Francisco-based investment firm that mostly buys private company shares of founders, executives, early employees, and other large shareholders of private, high-growth tech companies, has closed its fifth fund with $350 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:10

Epic pulls plug on Fortnite in China

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2021/11/02

Epic Games announced today that its work to bring video game mega-title Fortnite to the Chinese market is shutting down. The company said in an official announcement that the long-running test of the popular shooter title in China will conclude on November 15th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:16

Six-month-old Zepto, a 10-minute grocery delivery...

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2021/11/01

Two Stanford dropouts in their late teens, who have previously collaborated on a number of projects including a ride-hailing commute app for school kids, said on Sunday they have raised $60 million to disrupt India’s overcrowded and highly-competitive grocery delivery market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:15

MIT’s CSAIL self-driving water taxis launched in the...

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2021/11/01

Granted, there aren’t many cities where self-driving water taxis are a viable option, but Amsterdam may just be one of those places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:57

Google and Jio’s smartphone with custom Android OS...

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2021/10/29

Google and top Indian telecom network Jio Platforms said on Friday that their much-anticipated budget smartphone, JioPhone Next, will go on sale in the world’s second largest smartphone market on November 4 (to coincide with Big Indian festival of Diwali.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:52

Facebook changes its corporate branding to Meta

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2021/10/29

Well, it’s official. After 17 years of being called Facebook, the social networking parent company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus has a new name. Facebook’s corporate entity is now Meta. Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg announced the change at the company’s AR/VR-focused Connect event, sharing that the new title captured more of the company’s core […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:08

N!CK’S grabs $100M to create better-for-you snacks

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2021/10/28

The new funding will accelerate the company’s goal of doubling its stores in the U.S. and Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:41

Apple now lets you review more default apps like...

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2021/10/28

Apple finally put itself on equal footing with rivals by allowing users to rate and review its own, first-party apps for the first time this fall, amid increased regulatory pressure ahead of a likely antitrust investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:05

Skyryse brings in $200M to make flying an aircraft as...

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2021/10/27

Five-year-old startup Skyryse has raised a $200 million Series B to develop FlightOS, a flight automation technology stack that the company says will help experienced pilots operate new types of aircraft and allow complete novices to quickly learn the ropes of flying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:54

DeHaat raises $115 million in the largest agritech...

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2021/10/27

DeHaat, an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers in India, has raised $115 million in what is the largest funding round for an agritech startup in India. Sofina, Lightrock, and Temasek co-led the 10-year-old startup’s Series D financing round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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