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Instagram and Facebook will force their checkout experience on Shops soon

April 27, 2023

Meta announced today that it will be phasing out onboarding of new Shops without checkout on Facebook and Instagram enabled. Beginning June 5, onboarding of new shops via Commerce Manager and Shopify will only be with checkout on Facebook and Instagram enabled. By August 10, onboarding of new shops via all other partners will only […]

Instagram and Facebook will force their checkout experience on Shops soon by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Dropbox lays off 500 employees, 16% of staff, CEO says due to slowing growth and ‘the era of AI’

April 27, 2023

Cloud storage giant Dropbox today joined the fray of tech companies announcing layoffs. The company today announced that it would be laying off 16% of its staff, equivalent to about 500 employees, due to slowing growth, and — in the words of CEO Drew Houston — because “the AI era of computing has finally arrived.” […]

Dropbox lays off 500 employees, 16% of staff, CEO says due to slowing growth and ‘the era of AI’ by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Uber Freight offers carriers a fuel card powered by startup AtoB

April 27, 2023

Uber Freight, the logistics business spun out of Uber in 2018, is partnering with transportation fintech startup AtoB to offer carriers fuel cards and spend management software. AtoB, a four-year-old company that has been described as Stripe for transportation, offers an integrated financial platform based around its core product of a fuel card for truckers. Unlike […]

Uber Freight offers carriers a fuel card powered by startup AtoB by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch