June 2023

The Federal Trade Commission has accused Amazon of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule) in regard to its data deletion practices.

Some high-profile venture capital and private equity firms are slashing the valuation of their holdings, causing billions in apparent profits to evaporate as the economic downturn undermines the sustained growth of the last 13 years. The California Pension System, the largest pension system in the U.S. whose investments are sprinkled across the globe, injected $368.8 […]

Tech investment portfolios suffer write-downs amid global economic slowdown by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Stripe wants to make it easier for businesses to access credit. The private financial infrastructure giant announced a new charge card program today from Stripe Issuing, its commercial card issuing product, Denise Ho, head of product for BaaS at Stripe, told TechCrunch exclusively. The company originally launched its Issuing product in 2018 and since then, […]

Fintech giant Stripe is getting into the credit game by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

The co-founders and co-CEOs of Brainiac Foods share what they’re doing to support brain development, cognitive function and overall brain health through their product line of functional snacks and supplements.

Germany’s antitrust watchdog made some interesting comments vis-a-vis the programmatic advertising market yesterday — which question the appropriateness and sustainability of the (still dominant) tracking-and-profiling ad targeting business model. In a statement accompanying publication of a sectoral report (the full report is here in German), the Federal Cartel Office’s (FCO) president, Andreas Mundt, wrote: We […]

Germany’s antitrust watchdog questions the future of behavioral advertising by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

This Chilean startup used the side door to break into the mining industry, which is slow to adopt new technologies.

Ceibo unearths $30M Series B to extract more copper out of existing mines by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch

The Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said that hackers working for a government targeted its employees’ iPhones with unknown malware. On Monday, Kaspersky announced the alleged cyberattack, and published a technical report analyzing it, where the company admitted its analysis is not yet complete. The company said that the hackers, whom at this point are unknown, […]

Kaspersky says attackers hacked staff iPhones with unknown malware by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

Here are a few authentic ways businesses can support and serve as allies to the Black community on Juneteenth.

Verizon announced Thursday a new streaming bundle through its +Play subscription-aggregation hub that will combine Netflix’s premium plan and Paramount’s upcoming merged streaming service, Paramount+ with Showtime. This marks the first time that rivals Netflix and Paramount+ have been offered in a bundle together. The limited-time deal will cost $25.99 per month– a 19% discount […]

Verizon’s +Play is the first to bundle Netflix and Paramount+ with Showtime by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch