March 13, 2026

Travis Kalanick reportedly starting a new self-driving company backed by Uber

Kalanick reportedly wants to be more aggressive in pursuing the technology than industry-leader Waymo.

Netflix announces interactive story game for ‘Love is Blind’ fans

August 22, 2023
Netflix just announced a new mobile game that many “Love is Blind” fans will want to know about. Netflix Stories is an upcoming interactive fiction story game designed to let viewers experience the worlds and characters from popular Netflix films and series. The first game launching on the app is Netflix Stories: Love is Blind, […]

Sidus Space acquires Exo-Space to ramp up on orbit data offerings

August 22, 2023
Sidus Space is taking another step toward full vertical integration with the acquisition of California-based Exo-Space, a startup that offers edge computing on orbit. While the exact financial details were not disclosed, Sidus is paying cash for 15% of Exo-Space, in return for the startup’s contract revenues. The remainder of the acquisition is being paid […]

Meta confirms AI ‘off-switch’ incoming to Facebook, Instagram in Europe

August 22, 2023
Meta has confirmed that non-personalized content feeds are incoming on Facebook and Instagram in the European Union ahead of the August 25 deadline for compliance with the bloc’s rebooted digital rulebook, the Digital Services Act (DSA). Meta’s move follows a similar announcement by TikTok earlier this month. The DSA requires larger platforms and search engines […]

The Download: spying keyboard software, and why boring AI is best

August 22, 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. How ubiquitous keyboard software puts hundreds of millions of Chinese users at risk For millions of Chinese people, the first software they download onto devices is always the same: a keyboard app. Yet…

Moniepoint cleared to acquire Kenyan fintech Kopo Kopo

August 22, 2023
The competition regulator in Kenya has given Moniepoint, the Nigerian fintech that provides business payments and banking platforms, the green light to acquire Kopo Kopo, a Kenyan-based company offering payments services and credit to businesses. Following the approval by Competition Authority of Kenya (CA), Moniepoint (formerly TeamApt) will expand its services to Kenya continuing its […]

Grip Security raises $41M to help enterprises manage their SaaS identity risk

August 22, 2023
Grip Security, which provides businesses with the tools to protect their SaaS applications and describes itself as the “industry’s first SaaS security control plane,” today announced that it has raised a $41 million Series B funding round led by Third Point Ventures. Previous investors YL Ventures, Intel Capital and The Syndicate Group also participated in […]

Cerby lands $17M to manage access to ‘nonstandard’ enterprise apps

August 22, 2023
Bel Lepe, a former Google software engineer, tells me that it always seemed risky to him that there were apps business users needed and used, but that IT and security teams were unwilling to approve them because of their lack of support for identity standards. It’s a legitimate issue. According to a Ponemon Institute survey, […]