Lyft is expanding its Women+ Connect program to a bunch of new cities. This initiative originally launched in a limited number of locations back in September, but now it’s getting a much larger rollout. Women+ Connect does exactly what the name implies. It connects women […]
Day: February 13, 2024
Macquarie cuts Paytm target on ‘serious risk of exodus of customers’
Macquarie dramatically cut its 12-month price target on One97 Communications, the parent company of digital payments firm Paytm, citing risks of customers leaving the platform in the wake of heightened regulatory scrutiny. Macquarie, which famously predicted the slump at Paytm before the listing, lowered its target […]
FCC commissioner pushes to investigate Apple’s decision to block Beeper Mini
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said Monday that the agency should investigate Apple over the company’s decision to block the Beeper Mini service, which worked on bringing iMessage to Android. Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky’s Beeper launched a new service called Beeper Mini in December, which claimed to […]
African product, global market: Expensya employees cashed out $10M from 2023 acquisition
What’s more rewarding for an angel investor than paper returns in a startup? An acquisition that turns those paper returns into a cash payout while still maintaining shares in the company. “The return after dilution was eight times my investment,” said Selma Ribica in an […]
Amazon Prime Video won’t offer Dolby Vision and Atmos on its ad-supported plan
On January 29, Amazon started inserting ads into the viewing experience of Prime Video subscribers. The company announced the change last year, telling customers that it will start showing “limited advertisements” with its service’s movies and shows so that it could invest “in compelling content […]
AI-powered Estonian QA startup Klaus acquired by Zendesk
Klaus – an Estonian-born startup which emerged in 2019 to aid customer services agents – has been acquired by global customer services platform Zendesk for an undisclosed amount. Last year Zendesk also acquired Tymeshift, a workforce management tool, to fold into its product. It would be […]
How LLMs are learning to differentiate spatial sounds
Researchers have introduced what they call the first spatial, audio-based LLM that can reason about sounds in a 3-D environment.
President Biden has a meme strategy, and it’s leaning on Dark Brandon
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has finally set up shop on TikTok. Despite controversy in Congress over the app, TikTok is an indispensable tool for presidential candidates to reach young voters, experts say. “I wasn’t surprised at all to see that the campaign launched a […]
Lyft expands program that matches women and nonbinary riders to drivers
Lyft is expanding its Women+ Connect program to a bunch of new cities. This initiative originally launched in a limited number of locations back in September, but now it’s getting a much larger rollout. Women+ Connect does exactly what the name implies. It connects women […]
Peloton is getting rid of Apple Watch GymKit support
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In an email sent to users Monday evening, Peloton revealed that starting February 27th, it will start transitioning Apple Watch users from GymKit to Peloton One-Tap tracking. GymKit integration was once marketed by Peloton as an exclusive perk […]