Volt, an open banking fintech for payments and more, raises $60M at a $350M+ valuation

June 21, 2023

Open banking — where traditional banks enable payments and other new services by way of APIs that give access to financial data previously locked up in their systems — has led to a rush of startups looking to build the links to make it a reality. Today one of the hopefuls in open banking — […]

Volt, an open banking fintech for payments and more, raises $60M at a $350M+ valuation by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

The iPad was meant to revolutionize accessibility. What happened?

June 21, 2023
In December 2022, a few months after learning that he’d won an Iowa Arts Fellowship to attend the MFA program at the University of Iowa, David James “DJ” Savarese sat for a televised interview with a local news station. But in order to answer the anchorman’s questions, Savarese, a 30-year-old poet with autism who uses…

How Amazon beat Walmart — and who might beat Amazon: talking with reporter Jason Del Rey

June 21, 2023

Jason Del Rey has spent the last 15 years reporting on e-commerce businesses, including Walmart and Amazon. Now, in a new book that hit shelves today called Winner Sells All, he tells the broader story of Walmart — which long focused on preserving what it had built — and its epic battle with Amazon, whose […]

How Amazon beat Walmart — and who might beat Amazon: talking with reporter Jason Del Rey by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Roblox invites its community to build mature experiences for 17+ users

June 21, 2023

Roblox is well aware that its young users are getting older, and the company is making every effort to grow up along with them. The platform, once synonymous with younger kids, announced Tuesday that it would allow creators to build mature content designed for users age 17 and up. To create or enjoy those experiences, […]

Roblox invites its community to build mature experiences for 17+ users by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Instagram now finally allows users to download public Reels

June 21, 2023

Instagram is finally letting users download Reels posted by others so they can share them outside the app. Rival short video app TikTok has had this feature for years and gained popularity by people watching short videos with the app’s watermark outside the platform. On Tuesday, the company’s head Adam Mosseri said on his Instagram […]

Instagram now finally allows users to download public Reels by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Musk says looking to bring Tesla and Starlink to India after meeting with PM Modi

June 21, 2023

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk says the firm is looking to invest in India and bring the electric carmaker to the country “as soon as humanly possible.” Musk said he had a “very good” conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and is hopeful that they will be able to “announce something in […]

Musk says looking to bring Tesla and Starlink to India after meeting with PM Modi by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch