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TikTok is bringing its content filtering tool to its Family Pairing offering, which lets parents link their account to their teen’s to enable content and privacy settings, the company announced on Tuesday. Content filtering allows users to filter out videos with words or hashtags they don’t want to see in their For You or Following […]

TikTok’s Family Pairing tool now gives parents personalized control over the content their teens see by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

About 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, but less than 10% is recycled, with most of the rest ending up incinerated or in landfills. One reason is that it is difficult for conventional recycling processes to handle contaminated plastics, like those that are made up of several different types of plastics, combined […]

DePoly keeps hard to recycle plastic from ending up in landfills by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Large brand distributors dominate the top of the supply chain, but toward the bottom, there are thousands of middlemen, including wholesalers, who are the ones creating relationships with retailers. Founded last year, Baskit wants to provide them with tools to digitize the management of their inventory and services to help them get better prices. The […]

Supply chain startup Baskit supports Indonesia’s middlemen by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Arkam Ventures is courting its second fund, aiming for $180 million, nearly doubling the size of its maiden fund, as the Indian venture capital firm gears up to double down on the expanding ‘middle India’ opportunity. The firm’s partners said in an interview that they are hopeful to retain support from high-profile international institutional investors […]

Arkam Ventures targets $180 million to tap ‘middle India’ opportunity with second fund by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Damus, a decentralized social networking app backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will be removed from the App Store due to Apple’s strict payment rules. Apple had threatened to remove Damus earlier this month over the app’s tips feature, claiming that it could be used by content creators to sell digital content on the platform. […]

Decentralized social networking app Damus to be removed from App Store, will appeal decision by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch