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Vestwell raises $125M to help businesses power workplace savings programs

December 21, 2023

Vestwell, which provides the infrastructure for employers to power workplace savings programs, has raised $125 million in what the company describes as a “preempted” round of funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round, which included participation from existing backers Fin Capital, Primary Venture Partners and FinTech Collective, as well as new investors Blue Owl and […]

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Elon Musk’s X is down for users globally in its latest outage

December 21, 2023

Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is suffering an outage globally that is preventing users from seeing tweets, according to user complaints. X Pro, formerly known as TweetDeck, is also facing the outage. DownDetector, a web monitoring tool, reported receiving over 65,000 complaints from users starting roughly half an hour ago. […]

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The first annual VTuber Awards was a win for VR

December 20, 2023

On stream, Filian took the stage at the center of a colossal arena, lit with violet spotlights and surrounded by crowds of fans holding lightsticks. The streamer opened the show dressed in a vivd purple skirt, magenta bow tie, and high white boots that matched her jacket — a ritzy version of her avatar’s usual […]

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