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 …

The companies said on Tuesday that Warners Bros. Discovery has agreements with Roku and Tubi to license 2,000 hours of movies and TV shows. The agreement will add free, ad-supported Warner Bros. channels to the two streaming services. Many well-known films will be shown on the channels, including HBO’s “Westworld,” …

To expand the cross-border payment and remittance markets, Strike, a financial app and payment network based on Bitcoin, is entering the Philippines. According to Jack Mallers, CEO of Strike, “the Philippines is one of the largest remitting markets in the world, especially from the United States.” According to Statista data, …

One of the major players in cloud data management, NetApp, announced today that it would lay off 8% of its workforce, blaming the current market’s “reduced spending environment” and “macroeconomic challenges.” According to estimates, the company employs about 12,000 people worldwide, meaning that 960 people will be affected. NetApp announced …

In an effort to reduce expenses, Groupon announced last week that it had fired another 500 employees. In August 2022, the e-commerce company had already eliminated 500 jobs, or about 15% of its total workforce. This new round of layoffs, according to the company, will be spread out over the …

A data breach has been confirmed by Google Fi, the company that runs Google’s mobile network, and it’s likely connected to the recent security incident at T-Mobile that allowed hackers to steal the personal information of millions of users. The primary network provider for Google Fi recently alerted the company …

A mobile phone advertisement from the 1940s has recently been rediscovered by Open Culture. Long before the iPhone or the brick from the 1980s Wall Street guy, it depicts a functioning mobile phone. The first part of the advertisement tries to explain the advantages of being mobile and able to …