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Less than 48 hours left to save on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

August 10, 2023
This is the final 48-hour countdown to serious savings on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, which runs September 19–21 in San Francisco. Take five minutes now to secure the best price on passes to the startup world’s mothership. This is a move-it-or-lose-it situation, people. Buy your pass by 11:59 p.m. PDT on Friday, August 11, […]

Buy or Sell: Evaluating 3 Specialty Retailer Stocks

August 10, 2023
The specialty retail industry is poised for growth due to robust consumer spending, easing inflation, and a stable supply chain environment. In this scenario, let’s find out whether retail stocks…

Instacart now accepts EBT SNAP payments in all 50 states

August 10, 2023
Instacart now accepts Electronic Benefits Transfer for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT SNAP) in Alaska, the company announced on Thursday. With this expansion, Instacart now accepts SNAP in all 50 states and Washington D.C. Today’s announcement comes a year after Instacart committed to making EBT SNAP payments available nationwide. Instacart now offers online SNAP acceptance […]

Incident response management platform Rootly secures $12M

August 10, 2023
Rootly, a startup developing a platform to help automate companies’ responses to incidents like website outages, today announced that it raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Renegade Partners with participation from Google Gradient Ventures and XYZ Ventures. Bringing Rootly’s total raised to $15.2 million, the new funds will be put […]

Spearbit raises $7M to improve security audits in crypto through its open marketplace

August 10, 2023
Security is paramount in crypto, but as regular coverage of hacks and other exploits make plain it is not taken seriously enough. Spearbit wants to change that, and it just raised a new round to accelerate its efforts. The startup raised $7 million in a funding round led by Framework Ventures with participants including Nascent, […]

The Download: medical ethics, and AI watermarks

August 10, 2023
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. Who gets to decide who receives experimental medical treatments? There has been a trend toward lowering the bar for new medicines, and it is becoming easier for people to access treatments that might…