Author: Daniel Harrison

apple grand central terminal washingtonpost Workers at Apple’s flagship Grand Central Terminal store in Manhattan start formally collecting signatures to form a union  —  If successful, the effort would be the first time an Apple retail location has unionized  —  Workers at Apple’s flagship Grand Central Terminal retail location … Source Keep visiting resentieo.com for the latest news and updates.

bostonbased ai posh canapi ventureswiggersventurebeat Boston-based conversational AI startup Posh Technologies raises a $27.5M Series A led by Canapi Ventures to fuel call center automation  —  As call volumes skyrocketed during the pandemic, contact centers turned to AI to help distribute the workload.  But even before the pandemic … Source Keep visiting resentieo.com for the latest news and updates.

cybersecurity darktrace stock 165.1m ipo 1.7b a16z is raising its third fund focused on cryptocurrencies and crypto startups, aiming to raise up to $1B, twice the size of its previous fund  —  Third crypto vehicle from longtime supporter will be roughly twice the size of the firm’s last one  —  Andreessen Horowitz … Source Keep visiting resentieo.com for the latest news and updates.

disney q1 espn yoy 13.8m hulu Disney+ misses on Q1 subscriber estimates, reaching 103.6M subscribers vs. 109.3M expected; ESPN+ subscribers rose 75% YoY to 13.8M, Hulu grew 30% YoY to 41.6M  —  The jets kept firing for Disney Plus, which reached 103.6 million subscribers worldwide as of April 3, the company reported … Source Keep visiting resentieo.com for the latest news and updates.

github nazi slackschiffer theverge Leaked screenshots show GitHub employees using the term “Nazi” in its internal Slack to protest the unexplained firing of an employee that used the same word  —  Now in protest, they’re using Slack to call Nazis what they are  —  GitHub employees are protesting the firing … Source Keep visiting resentieo.com for the latest news and updates.

ohiobased triple whale series elephant Ohio-based Triple Whale, an analytics platform for Shopify customers, raises a $27.7M extended Series A led by Elephant VC  —  Triple Whale, a Columbus, Ohio – based operating system for Shopify brands, raised $27.7M in an extended Series A funding.  —  Triple Whale’s latest funding round consists … Source Keep visiting resentieo.com for the latest news and updates.

san phoenixwiggersventurebeat Waymo says it has begun testing its autonomous robotaxi service with employee volunteers in San Francisco, its first expansion beyond the Phoenix metro area  —  Waymo today announced that it has begun limited rider testing with employee volunteers in San Francisco to gather feedback and improve its robo-taxi technology. Source Keep visiting resentieo.com for the latest news and updates.

berlinbased lendis 80m Berlin-based Lendis, which helps companies set up and manage employees’ equipment and software for hybrid work, raises an €80M Series A in equity and debt  —  Today, Lendis has just announced an €80 million Series A funding round for its SaaS solution that helps companies to set … Source Keep visiting resentieo.com for the latest news and updates.

inside bitclout twitter robertsdecrypt Inside BitClout, the controversial service that tokenizes Twitter personalities, mostly without permission, and has $170M worth of BTC raised from a16z, others  —  Diamondhands greets me on the encrypted messaging app Signal.  He can see me over video, but his own video is turned off … Source Keep visiting resentieo.com for the latest news and updates.

reflection facebook oculus A reflection on Facebook’s VR efforts as the Oculus Rift turns five: an astonishing number of problems have been solved but many big challenges remain  —  A lot’s happened since Facebook’s first headset brought virtual reality to the masses.  Facebook might have been a first mover, but it also wants to be the last one. Source Keep visiting resentieo.com for the latest news and updates.