Monthly Archives: May 2023

Amazon’s palm-scanning payment tech will now be able to verify ages, too

Amazon One, the retailer’s palm-scanning payment technology, is now gaining new functionality with the addition of age verification services. The company announced today that customers using Amazon One devices will be able to buy adult beverages — like beers at … Continue reading

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WhatsApp now lets you edit messages with a 15-minute time limit

WhatsApp is finally announced one of the most anticipated features today— message editing. Mark Zuckerberg noted in a post that users can now modify a message within 15 minutes of sending the message. Until now, users had to either delete … Continue reading

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Onyx Private believes affluent professionals need their own bank, so it’s building one

Digital bank Onyx Private announced today $4.1 million in new funding to provide private banking and investment services specifically tailored to high earning Millennials and Gen Zers. Village Global, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, One Way Ventures, 186 Ventures and … Continue reading

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Venmo targets young consumers and parents with new teen accounts and debit card

Venmo announced today that it’s introducing teen accounts, allowing parents and legal guardians to open a Venmo account for their teenagers so they can send and receive money. The account, which has no monthly fees, also comes with a Venmo … Continue reading

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Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Is Teetering on the Glass Cliff

Elon Musk’s appointment repeats a pattern in which companies led into crisis by men suddenly appoint women leaders.

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Opentrons aims to democratize lab access with its Flex robot

Two words jumped out at me while speaking with Opentrons CEO Jon Brennan-Badal and investor Vinod Khosla: reproducibility and repeatability. These are, of course, important concepts in the world of research. They’re keys to successful experimentation, but a lot of … Continue reading

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Fetch founder Melonee Wise joins Agility Robotics at CTO

We’ve discussed Agility quite a bit over the last several years. Most recently, it’s been a focus on the Oregon firm’s push to commercialize. There’s no question that the technology is impressive here. That much was clear when it was … Continue reading

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The Top Oyster Competitors and Alternatives for 2023

Discover the top Oyster alternatives and competitors for 2023 with our comprehensive guide. Compare features, pricing, and benefits to find the best solution for your needs. The post The Top Oyster Competitors and Alternatives for 2023 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Facebook fined €1.2bn for mishandling users’ data

The dispute is over Facebook’s transfer of European data to US servers.

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Learn a new language and more this summer with a special bundle

Get lifetime subscriptions to Rosetta Stone and StackSkills Unlimited for one price. The post Learn a new language and more this summer with a special bundle appeared first on TechRepublic.

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