Monthly Archives: June 2024

EU accuses Microsoft of competition breach over Teams bundling

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Techme101

The European Union accused Microsoft of breaching competition rules Tuesday. In a formal statement of objections the bloc said it suspects the software giant of abusing antitrust rules by bundling its real-time comms and collaboration tool, Teams, with popular productivity … Continue reading →

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Snapchat introduces new safety features to limit bad actors from contacting users

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Techme101

Snapchat on Tuesday announced a new suite of safety features, including updates to its account blocking functionality and enhanced friending safeguards, making it difficult for strangers to contact users on its platform. The new move comes amid concerns over predators … Continue reading →

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The US Is Being Flooded by Chinese Vapes

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Techme101

The US government vowed to crack down on the sale of illegal nicotine vapes. They only got cheaper, fancier, and more potent.

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Cisco is ‘very optimistic’ about its expanding business with China EVs

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Techme101

Cisco is “very optimistic” about its growing business with Chinese electric car companies as they expand overseas, Cisco’s Greater China head Ming Wong told CNBC.

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SkyCell nabs $59M more for its greener smart pharma transport containers

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Techme101

The most urgent moments of the Covid-19 pandemic may be in the past, but the need for fast and secure ways to send valuable, fragile medicines and their components around the world is still very current. SkyCell has developed hardware … Continue reading →

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Chift lets SaaS companies integrate with dozens of financial tools with a unified API

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Techme101

Pennylane, Qonto, Agicap, Pleo and Mollie have one thing in common. They all use Chift in one way or another to manage integrations with other services. And this relatively young Belgium-based startup just raised a €2.3 million seed round ($2.5 … Continue reading →

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Amazon to hold Prime Day sales on July 16 and 17

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Techme101

Amazon said today that its annual Prime Day sales event will take place on July 16 and 17. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Connect Money scores $8M to enable non-bank businesses to offer embedded finance services

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Techme101

Banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platforms are instrumental in driving access to digital financial services by introducing fintech capabilities to non-bank businesses. Multiple businesses are tapping these platforms to circumvent the need to build their own tech infrastructure and the bureaucratic processes of … Continue reading →

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Apple shelved the idea of integrating Meta’s AI models over privacy concerns, report says

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Techme101

Days after the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple and Meta were in talks to integrate the latter’s AI models, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that the iPhone maker was not planning any such move. Apple briefly held talks with Meta … Continue reading →

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TechWolf raises $43M to take an AI-sized bite out of the internal recruiting game

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Techme101

TechWolf has built an AI engine that ingests data from internal workflows to learn about the people doing that work. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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