December 2022

Tinder launches ‘Relationship Goals’ to follow in sister dating app Hinge’s footsteps

December 14, 2022

Today, Tinder launched a new “Relationship Goals” feature that allows users to display their dating goals on their profile, whether they’re looking for a “long-term partner,” “long-term, but open to short-term,” “short-term, but open to long,” “short-term fun,” “new friends,” or “still figuring it out.” Tinder’s new addition aims to help users find connections that […]

Tinder launches ‘Relationship Goals’ to follow in sister dating app Hinge’s footsteps by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: fusion breakthrough and decoding depression

December 14, 2022
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What fusion’s breakthrough means for clean energy The news: After decades of trying, scientists have reached a milestone in fusion research, finally running a reaction that created more energy than was put in…

Bollywood star Deepika Padukone’s skincare startup attracts VC backing

December 14, 2022

Deepika Padukone’s skincare startup 82°E, pronounced Eighty Two East, said Wednesday it has raised $7.5 million in seed funding, as the Bollywood star becomes the latest high-profile celebrity to enter the startup world. DSG Consumer Partners and IDEO Ventures are among those who backed 82°E, said the startup, which began offering self-care products such as […]

Bollywood star Deepika Padukone’s skincare startup attracts VC backing by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Nerdio lands $117M to build management tools on top of Azure Virtual Desktop

December 14, 2022

In 2005, three entrepreneurs — Vadim Vladimirskiy, Stuart Gabel and Niall Keegan — co-founded Adar, a Chicago-based company providing “streaming IT” and IT-as-a-service products mainly to small- and medium-sized businesses. Just over a decade later, Adar created an internal division, Nerdio, focused on helping other managed service providers move their customers to the cloud. Recognizing […]

Nerdio lands $117M to build management tools on top of Azure Virtual Desktop by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Meta sued by Ethiopians and Kenyan rights group for fueling Tigray War

December 14, 2022

A lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company Meta was filed earlier today in Kenya’s High Court over its alleged role in fueling violence and hate in eastern and southern Africa. The case claims that Meta has failed to employ enough safety measures on Facebook, which has in turn fueled conflict that has led to deaths, including […]

Meta sued by Ethiopians and Kenyan rights group for fueling Tigray War by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

WhatsApp Pay India head departs after only four months in the top job

December 14, 2022

WhatsApp Pay India head Vinay Choletti has left the firm, he said, the latest in a series of executive departures for parent firm Meta in the company’s largest user market. Choletti took over the top role for WhatsApp Pay in India in September this year following the departure of Manesh Mahatme, who joined WhatsApp from […]

WhatsApp Pay India head departs after only four months in the top job by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

How to live-tweet the Cultural Revolution, 50 years later

December 14, 2022
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. The big news in China this week is how the country is reacting to a surge of coronavirus infections as it abandons most of its zero-covid measures. There are spiking infections in Beijing, fever relief…

CoinSwitch: An Insight Into Ashish Singhal’s Digital Currency

December 14, 2022
Ashish Singhal, co-founder and CEO of CoinSwitch started the company in 2017. Growing up in a middle-class family in a small town in Uttar Pradesh, Singhal saw the lack of right opportunities around Indians to grow money and wanted to do his bit.