Snowflake is buying Samooha, a startup developing a “cross-cloud” data collaboration suite, the companies announced this morning — adding to the list of big tech acquisitions leading up to the holiday season. With the deal, which is expected to close by the end of the […]
Month: December 2023
Saudi shopping and BNPL platform Tamara tops $1B valuation in $340M Series C funding
Tamara, a buy now pay later platform for consumers in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region, has raised $340 million in a financing round that values the fintech at $1 billion. Saudi asset manager and financial institution SNB Capital and Sanabil Investments, a wholly-owned […]
An electric car completed the world’s first-ever drive from the North to the South Pole
Earlier today, Scottish adventurers Chris and Julie Ramsey were finally able to announce their completion of the nine-month, 17,000-mile “Pole To Pole EV” expedition, the world’s first drive from the 1823 Magnetic North Pole to South Pole — on an electric car, no less. The […]
Saudi shopping and BNPL platform Tamara tops $1B valuation in $340M Series C funding
Tamara, a buy now pay later platform for consumers in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region, has raised $340 million in a financing round that values the fintech at $1 billion. Saudi asset manager and financial institution SNB Capital and Sanabil Investments, a wholly-owned […]
Cruise cuts a quarter of its self-driving workforce, another e-scooter startup folds and a special year-end message
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of […]
A One Piece anime remake is in the works from Netflix and Wit Studio
Right now’s a really good time to be a One Piece fan. Netflix announced on Sunday that it’s working with Wit Studio — the animation studio behind the early seasons of Attack on Titan and Vinland Saga — for a new anime adaptation of the […]
Apple tests a way for app developers to bundle subscription discounts
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple announced a pilot program called “contingent pricing for subscriptions” on Friday that will let App Store developers offer discounts for customers with multiple subscriptions. Developers will be able to base this on subscriptions “from one developer or […]
The Rule of X and how cloud leaders should think about growth versus profit
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Illustration: William Joel / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 18, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, hello, happy holidays, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This […]
CES 2024 will highlight consumer AI — and the Goodyear blimp | Gary Shapiro interview
The CES 2024 show is expected to be bigger with perhaps 130,000 attendees and 3,500 exhibitors expected, said Gary Shapiro, CEO of the CTA.