Allow space for yet another play about preventative health: After four years of covert development, Spotify founder Daniel Ek quietly launched a body scanning service in Sweden on Friday, putting an end to rumors about his new “health tech” startup, Neko (via Tech EU). Ek, who described the healthcare system …

In order to raise the funds necessary to maintain its operations, Canoo has agreed to sell 50 million shares at a steep discount. Unidentified investors will purchase 50 million new shares from Canoo for $1.05 per share, a 16% discount from the stock’s closing price on Friday. The warrants, which …

FTX and its affiliated debtors have sent private letters requesting that donations made by the cryptocurrency exchange, which was once valued at $32 billion, be returned to politicians, PACs, and other recipients of funds. According to a statement released by FTX on Sunday, the recipients are being urged to return …

A two-year-old VMware vulnerability is currently being actively exploited by cybercriminals as part of a global ransomware campaign that targets thousands of organizations. Over the weekend, reports surfaced claiming that a ransomware variant known as “ESXiArgs” had infected and scrambled VMware ESXi servers that had been left unpatched and exposed …

To prevent the misuse of its citizens’ data, India is taking steps to block 232 apps, some of which have connections to China and offer betting and loan services in the South Asian market, according to the state-owned public broadcaster on Sunday. In order to preserve the integrity of the …

According to a recent announcement from Netflix, premium subscribers can now download content to more devices and use spatial audio for more than 700 titles. Both of the upgraded features are offered without charge. Netflix titles can be downloaded for offline viewing on up to six devices by premium subscribers. …

Charging a battery In an effort to start up its $1.6 billion gigafactory, Our Next Energy announced this morning that it had closed a sizable $300 million Series B round. The two-and-a-half-year-old company, which closed a $25 million Series A in October 2021 and a $65 million Series A1 in …

Marketo, a company created, among other things, to improve marketing to social media users, was eventually purchased by Adobe. A new startup now seeks to replicate Marketo’s Web2 success in Web3. Digital fingerprinting startup Addressable claims to be able to link social media accounts with anonymous crypto wallets. In fact, …

According to a Bloomberg report, Meta can proceed with its acquisition of virtual reality startup Within. In a sealed decision, Judge Edward Davila reportedly rejected the FTC’s request to proceed with blocking the transaction. The FTC filed a lawsuit against Meta in July to prevent the company from buying Within, …

Now, Netflix is outlining how it intends to keep password sharing within a family while clamping down on unauthorized usage. By charging extra fees for extended usage of the streaming service outside of the home, the company hopes to reduce account sharing this year. The world’s largest streaming service has …