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(Innovation/Technology) UI-licious gets $1.5M led by Monk’s Hill Ventures to simplify automated UI testing for web apps (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu UI-licious, a Singapore-based startup that simplifies automated user interface testing for web applications, announced today it has raised $1.5 million in pre-Series A...

Uncategorized March 25, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) H&M removed from Chinese apps over Xinjiang cotton boycott (TechCrunch)

Rita Liao H&M has been removed by major e-commerce and service apps in China after a Communist Party organization barraged it for a statement expressing...

Uncategorized March 25, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) Chinese hackers used Facebook to spy on Uighurs abroad, firm says (Al Jazeera)

Facebook says hackers used the site to lure activists, journalists, dissidents to others containing links to malware. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/25/chinese-hackers-used-facebook-to-spy-on-uighurs-abroad-firm-says

Uncategorized March 25, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) It is time to negotiate global treaties on artificial intelligence (Brookings)

John R. Allen and Darrell M. West The U.S. National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence recently made the news when its members warned that America faces a...

Uncategorized March 25, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) What the leaked FTC memos on Google really teach us (AEI)

Mark Jamison Politico did well for itself in producing five articles based on leaked internal Federal Trade Commission (FTC) documents related to the agency’s decision...

Uncategorized March 25, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) Ketch raises $23M to automate privacy and data compliance (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha Ketch, a startup aiming to help businesses navigate the increasingly complex world of online privacy regulation and data compliance, is announcing that it...

Uncategorized March 24, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) Crypto wallet and exchange company Blockchain.com raises $300 million at $5.2 billion valuation (TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet As Coinbase is about to go public in the U.S., another cryptocurrency company is having a blockbuster first quarter of 2021. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/24/crypto-wallet-and-exchange-company-blockchain-com-raises-300-million-at-5-2-billion-valuation/

Uncategorized March 24, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) Chord, a headless commerce startup led by former Glossier execs, raises $18M (TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha Last year, former Glossier executives Henry Davis and Bryan Mahoney unveiled a new e-commerce startup called Arfa. Today, they’re announcing a new vision for...

Uncategorized March 24, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) Bevy raises $40M Series C with 20% coming from Black investors (TechCrunch)

Ron Miller You might expect that a startup that makes community building software would be thriving during a pandemic when it’s so difficult for us...

Uncategorized March 24, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) Google isn’t testing FLoCs in Europe yet (TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas Early this month Google quietly began trials of ‘Privacy Sandbox’: Its planned replacement adtech for tracking cookies, as it works toward phasing out support for...

Uncategorized March 24, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) LA’s socially conscious bank challenger, Aspiration, launches a carbon offset credit card (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Aspiration, the financial services business for socially conscious consumers, is back with another environmentally friendly offering for its customers — this time, it’s a...

Uncategorized March 24, 2021

(Innovation/Technology) Australian lidar maker Baraja collects $31M B round to illuminate the future of autonomy (TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey Lidar companies across the planet are going SPAC, but Baraja isn’t in a hurry to go public. The Australian lidar maker has raised a...

Uncategorized March 24, 2021

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