Apple Store employees in Townson, Maryland, voted to authorize a strike after negotiations with the company over work-life balance, scheduling, and wages. The unionized store is the first to have a recognized union, and the strike date is yet to be determined.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/
Business | Rating: 50 | 2024-05-13 03:05:17 PM |
Instagram expands its creator marketplace to 10 new countries, including South Korea, Germany, and Mexico, to facilitate paid partnerships between brands and creators. The marketplace was first introduced in the US in 2022 and has since added thousands of creators and brands.
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Tech | Rating: 60 | 2024-05-13 02:25:04 PM |
Aplazo, a four-year-old Mexican fintech startup, provides buy-now-pay-later services to offline and online merchants in Mexico, catering to the underbanked population. The platform facilitates fractionated payments and offers a virtual card for users to buy now and pay later in many stores.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/
Fintech | Rating: 41 | 2024-05-13 02:05:04 PM |
Disrupt 2024 has narrowed down 19 session finalists and is now seeking audience votes to determine the speakers. Voting is open, allowing attendees to choose their favorite sessions. The top-voted sessions will earn a spot on the agenda for the October conference.
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Technology | Rating: 64 | 2024-05-13 01:05:13 PM |
Pepper, an e-commerce platform, expands its services for independent food distributors, providing an ordering system and enabling them to launch mobile apps and websites for online ordering and payments. Co-founder and CEO Bowie Cheung, previously from Uber Eats, aims to support these companies with a technology advantage.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/
E-commerce | Rating: 42 | 2024-05-13 01:05:13 PM |
Cybercriminals are tricking victims into revealing one-time passwords by posing as the PayPal security team, calling victims and asking them to enter a six-digit security code sent to their mobile device. This scam allows criminals to hijack online accounts and drain digital wallets.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/
Cybersecurity | Rating: 64 | 2024-05-13 12:15:05 PM |
Booking.com has been designated a gatekeeper under the EU's Digital Markets Act, requiring the online travel agency to comply with regulations, including up-front rules and a ban on self-preferencing. Failure to comply may result in fines of up to 20%. The company has six months to comply with the requirements.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/
Business | Rating: 62 | 2024-05-13 12:15:05 PM |
Permira, a UK-based private equity firm, acquires Squarespace, a website building software provider, in an all-cash deal valued at $6.6 billion. Founded in 2004, Squarespace is known for its no-code platform for SMEs and freelancers. The acquisition values the company at $6.9 billion enterprise valuation.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/
M&A | Rating: 53 | 2024-05-13 11:25:10 AM |
Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, partners with Google Cloud to develop and deliver cloud and generative AI products to Indian businesses. The partnership aims to tap Airtel's 2,000 large enterprises and a million emerging businesses, offering AI solutions and training generative AI using vast data sets.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/
2024-05-13 07:55:04 AM |
AI-powered tools like OpenAI's Whisper have enabled apps to integrate transcription features for personal note-taking. Apps like AudioPen, Cleft Notes, and TalkNotes have proliferated, offering recording and transcription capabilities, with some featuring summarization features.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/
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