A day before Apple unveiled its highly anticipated satellite-powered SOS feature for iPhone 14, Huawei announced its own equivalent. The Chinese telecoms equipment and smartphone giant said its flagship Mate […]
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Back to news homeY Combinator alumni raise $80 million for DAO to back crypto startups
Groups of people seeking to invest together have been turning to the crypto-native DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) structure for a collective decision-making framework. While an investment DAO typically can only […]
LocalGlobe becomes Phoenix Court Group, hits $500M first close for new funds, adds an Impact twist
Saul Klein is a busy man. As co-founder, with his father Robin, of LocalGlobe, one of the longest-running VCs in Europe, he has overseen a wide range of initiatives – […]
Oriient raises $11M Series A for its indoor positioning service
Indoor navigation was something we heard about a lot after the launch of the iPhone and during that first wave of location-based apps. But the technology has quietly evolved over […]
How Pillsorted plans to use personalisation to compete with main-street pharmacies
Since the (relatively speaking) easing of the pandemic, pharmacies have come under increasing strain as people clamor for their drugs. This is particularly an issue in he UK where traditional […]
Netflix says it will eventually charge more if you share your account
In light of Netflix’s concerning subscriber losses, the company announced today during its first-quarter earnings call that it will expand its test that charges members a higher price if they’re […]
‘Always on and watching’: A former Xinjiang prisoner describes life inside China’s detention camps
For 10 months in 2018, Ovalbek Turdakun was a prisoner in one of China’s notorious detention camps, where he was tortured, subject to horrific conditions, and under constant surveillance. In […]
Vauban, an AngelList-like platform for VCs and angels to run and raise funds, closes $6.3m
It’s always been a slight puzzle why AngelList never really properly took off in Europe, especially when, a few years ago, there was such a dearth of funding options for […]
u-blox Launches u-center 2, the Next Generation of the Popular GPS Evaluation Software
Thalwil, Switzerland – September 8, 2021 – u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a leading global provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, has announced the launch of its new global navigation […]
Felt raised $4.5 million to get you to ‘think in maps’
From vaccine distribution plans to fire trackers to bar crawls for your best friend’s birthday, maps help people visualize space and express impact. And Felt, a new Oakland-based startup co-founded […]