After an antitrust lawsuit with the FTC, Meta has officially closed the deal to acquire Within, the VR developer behind fitness app Supernatural. It has taken more than a year for the deal to secure necessary approvals to move forward. The financial terms were not disclosed. The FTC sued Meta in July to block the purchase of […]
Meta acquires Within despite FTC concerns by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
GitLab is the latest tech company to announce a round of layoffs, as the developer operations (DevOps) giant revealed today that it’s reducing its headcount by 7 percent. It has been a tough 2023 so far for the technology industry, with most of the big tech companies announcing staff cutbacks, including Microsoft, Alphabet, and Salesforce. […]
GitLab to reduce workforce by 7% by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Technological breakthroughs in the U.S. never fail to inspire challengers, followers and opportunists in China. It’s ChatGPT’s turn to capture the imagination of the world’s largest internet population. On WeChat, ChatGPT’s “trending index”, an indicator of a keyword’s popularity on the social network, rose 155 folds within the last 30 days. It’s fascinating to watch […]
Amid ChatGPT frenzy, a hundred followers bloom in China by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
Prior to starting Replo, the co-founders launched and sold Berkeleytime.com, a platform that digitized University of California, Berkeley’s course scheduling system.
Replo gives businesses a low-code option for creating Shopify landing pages by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Coincover, a digital asset protection company, has raised $30 million to protect people and their digital assets from hacks or human error.
Coincover raises $30M to help protect digital assets from hacks and human error by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Software may be eating the world, but it’s all still largely running across very physical, and often very expensive, equipment. That is now slowly starting to change, though. Today, a startup called Arrcus — which has built a software alternative for carriers and other major connectivity users looking for more flexible, and cheaper solutions to […]
Arrcus snaps up $50M for a software-based alternative to costly network router equipment by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Without proper government-led public health initiatives, healthcare expenditures, including insurance and pharmaceutical drugs, can burden individuals and households. In recent years, private institutions have played a massive part in the considerable uptake of medical insurance and medicines and also in lowering the costs of getting them across Egypt, the largest producer of pharmaceuticals across the […]
Egyptian health tech Yodawy raises $16M, backed by Delivery Hero Ventures by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch