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Nov 15, 2021 • 3min
Apple offers $30 million to settle off-the-clock bag search controversy
California's supreme court ruled Apple broke the law by failing to pay employees while they waited for mandatory bag and iPhone searches. Now, Apple has offered to pay $30 million to settle the suit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 15, 2021 • 3min
Oxygen, a neobank for freelancers and small businesses, in talks to raise funds at over $500 million valuation
Oxygen, a startup that is bringing digital banking services to freelancers and micro-and small-sized businesses, is in talks to raise a new round at a valuation of over $500 million, two sources familiar with the matter told me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 12, 2021 • 3min
Starlink’s new rectangular satellite broadband dish is smaller and lighter than before
Starlink has introduced a new user terminal customers can get with their starter kit. The company now offers a rectangular option that's smaller and lighter than its original circular one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 12, 2021 • 3min
GM plans to build a military vehicle based on the Hummer EV
The Hummer H1 was based on a military truck, and now it appears GM is ready to return the favor: GM plans to build a military vehicle prototype based on the upcoming Hummer EV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 11, 2021 • 5min
Tencent shares its metaverse vision for the first time
How could Tencent not jump on the metaverse bandwagon when Facebook is hinging its future on the new buzzword? At this stage, Tencent’s approach seems more measured than Facebook’s $10 billion investment into its metaverse division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 11, 2021 • 3min
Ample raises $30M to take battery swapping business to Europe
Ample, a startup developing battery swapping technology for electric vehicles, has scored another $30 million from The Blackstone Group and Spanish multinational financial services company Banco Santander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 10, 2021 • 5min
Digital restaurant startup Zak orders up new capital on mission to be ‘Toast of LatAm’
As food operators themselves, ZAK founders saw first-hand last year the toll it was taking on restaurants that needed to quickly reinvent themselves during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 10, 2021 • 4min
fuboTV to acquire streaming platform Molotov for $190 million
fuboTV is making a significant move in Europe with plans to acquire Molotov, a French startup with a leading television streaming service. fuboTV also operates a TV streaming platform, but it is currently only operating in the U.S., Canada and Spain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 9, 2021 • 3min
AudioMob, which serves audio ads inside mobile games, raises a $14M Series A
AudioMob is a startup that provides ‘non-intrusive’ audio ads within mobile games. It turns out that gamers don’t seem to mind little ads like this popping up, and somehow AudioMob seems to have cracked the mechanic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 9, 2021 • 5min
Instagram’s creator subscriptions nearing launch, App Store listing reveals
Instagram earlier this year said it would explore the idea of creator subscriptions and was later spotted developing a feature that would offer exclusive Stories that were only visible to a creator’s subscriptions. Now, it seems, the company is poised to launch creator subscriptions into broader testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
