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Jun 20, 2022 • 5min
Brex, which started out serving startups, now says it is ‘less suited to meet the needs of smaller customers’
Three months after announcing it would make a big push into software and enterprise, fintech giant Brex is apparently abandoning the very segment it started out to serve – small and medium-to-sized businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 17, 2022 • 4min
Immutable launches $500M fund to boost web3 gaming adoption
The crypto gaming industry is continuing to grow in popularity as more capital is deployed in the space and traditional Web 2.0 gaming studios look to enter the web3 market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 17, 2022 • 3min
Reddit is buying machine learning platform Spell
Reddit announced Thursday that it would buy Spell, a platform for running machine learning experiments, for an undisclosed amount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 16, 2022 • 3min
Google Maps has a new Android widget to show live traffic around you
Google Maps is introducing a new widget for Android that will be another use for the functionality that helped make a name for Waze, the other driving and mapping app that Google acquired nearly a decade ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 16, 2022 • 4min
GreyNoise to expand its threat intel collection after securing $15M in funding
GreyNoise Intelligence, a Washington D.C.-based cybersecurity startup that analyses internet scanning traffic to help organizations separate threats from internet “background noise,” has landed $15 million in Series A funding to expand its threat collection capabilities and help protect organizations from emerging vulnerabilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 15, 2022 • 4min
Amazon revamps Fire TV user interface with new home screen, improved navigation and more
Amazon Fire TV revealed an updated user interface that aims to improve the navigation experience for users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 15, 2022 • 4min
Lime is trailing shared electric motorbikes
Shared micromobility giant Lime is piloting electric motorbikes in Long Beach, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 14, 2022 • 5min
Overair nabs $145M to produce eVTOL prototype by 2023
Overair, a California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle startup, has secured $145 million in funding that will go towards the development of Butterfly, the company’s experimental aircraft prototype, by the second half of 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 14, 2022 • 5min
Cereal maker Magic Spoon scoops up $85M as it lands spot on Target shelves
Gaining a place on retail shelves is just the start to Magic Spoon's plan to evolve into an omnichannel brand that eventually goes beyond the cereal box. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 13, 2022 • 4min
Crypto lender Celsius pauses withdrawals, transfers citing ‘extreme market conditions’
Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, recently valued at about $3 billion, told customers Sunday evening that it is pausing “withdrawals, swap, and transfers between accounts." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
