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Punk singer Shira Yevin pushes for fair pay with InPink, a women-only job marketplace for artists

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Techme101

It’s been 20 years since Shira Yevin, the lead singer of punk band Shiragirl drove a pink RV into the Vans Warped Tour grounds, the now-defunct punk rock festival notorious for being male-dominated. In response to the festival’s lack of … Continue reading →

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Qargo raises $14M to digitize and decarbonize the trucking industry

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Techme101

While the transport industry does use legacy software, many of these platforms are from an earlier era. Qargo hopes its newer technologies can help it leapfrog the competition. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Robinhood acquires global crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200M

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Techme101

Stock-trading platform Robinhood is diving deeper into the cryptocurrency realm with the acquisition of crytpo exchange Bitstamp. Robinhood said it expects the deal to close in the first half of 2025, with the final transaction value to be in the region of … Continue reading →

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Fintech Torpago has a unique way to compete with Brex and Ramp: turning banks into customers

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Techme101

Torpago’s Powered By product is geared for regional and community banks, with under $20 billion in assets, to launch their own branded cards and spend management programs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google’s updated AI-powered NotebookLM expands to India, UK and over 200 other countries

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Techme101

Google on Thursday said it is rolling out NotebookLM, its AI-powered note-taking assistant, to over 200 new countries, nearly six months after opening its access in the U.S. The platform, powered by Google’s multimodal LLM Gemini 1.5 Pro, has also … Continue reading →

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Once serving war-torn Sudan, YC-backed Elevate now provides fintech to freelancers globally

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Techme101

Inflation and currency devaluation have always been a growing concern for Africans with bank accounts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Amazon buys Indian video streaming service MX Player

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Techme101

Amazon has agreed to acquire Indian video streaming service MX Player from the local media powerhouse Times Internet, the latest step by the e-commerce giant to make its services and brand popular in smaller cities and towns in the key … Continue reading →

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Dealt turns retailers into service providers and proves that pivots sometimes work

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Techme101

Dealt is now building a service platform for retailers instead of end customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Hundreds of Snowflake customer passwords found online are linked to info-stealing malware

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Techme101

Snowflake is the latest company in a string of high-profile security incidents and sizable data breaches caused by the lack of MFA. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google acquires Cameyo to bring Windows apps to ChromeOS

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Techme101

Google has acquired Cameyo, a company developing virtualization tools to run Windows apps on ChromeOS devices, for an undisclosed amount. In a blog post, Cameyo CEO Andrew Miller and Google product lead Naveen Viswanatha write that the buy will benefit … Continue reading →

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