The circular economy, in which consumers themselves are both providers and buyers of goods and services, has emerged as a popular and trusted way of buying and selling things over the last year of the lockdown life. Now one of the bigger players in this system – the clothing and homeware marketplace Vinted – is … Read more
Project Connected Home over IP (Project CHIP) is now referred to as matter. The Connectivity Standards Alliance, an organization made up of more than a hundred device manufacturers, including giants such as Apple, Amazon, Google and Samsung, announced the rebranding on Tuesday. These companies came together in 2019 to work on CHIP, hoping to develop … Read more
The Seattle mobile remittance startup has received Remitly an undisclosed equity stake from Visa. The companies already entered into a partnership in 2019 and extended this partnership. Visa cited the deal in its call for profits last month. The investment comes as Remitly is reportedly preparing to go public. Total funding for the 10-year-old company … Read more
Israeli security startup Cycode, which specializes in helping companies secure their DevOps pipelines and prevent code tampering, announced today that it has received a Series A funding round of Has launched $ 20 million. Seed investor YL Ventures also participated in this round, bringing the company’s total funding to $ 24.6 million. In its beginnings, … Read more
This week viewers can purchase some 4K catalog titles such as Saw, as well as versions of the Shrek Edition and the first Fast and the Furious film in the 20th Anniversary Edition. However, this week’s main launch is Bioware’s revamped version of the Mass Effect trilogy, now available for all generations of consoles and … Read more
Jeff Bezos in Seattle in 2016. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) It’s not exactly the type of ship that would frolic near the shores of Amazon’s South Lake Union campus in Seattle, but Jeff Bezos reportedly plans to set sail on his own boat. But at Bezos’ level of prosperity, boats are actually referred … Read more
Years after opening a Pandora’s box of bad behavior, social media companies are trying to find subtle ways to reshape the way people use their platforms. Similar to Twitter, Facebook is trying out a new feature to encourage users to read a link before sharing it. The test will reach 6 percent of Facebook Android … Read more
Ubisoft will be releasing a standalone free game in its ongoing Tom Clancy Division series called The Division Heartland. And while it didn’t provide many details, it is said that Red Storm Entertainment, studio writer Tom Clancy co-founded in 1996, is developing Heartland. The company will release the game to consoles, PCs, and the cloud … Read more
The news: Melinda Gates has been working with divorce lawyers since 2019, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. Bill and Melinda Gates announced last week the decision to end their marriage after 27 years. The details: It’s still unclear what caused the split, but WSJ and The Daily Beast shared how … Read more
Clubhouse finally has an Android app that you can download from the Play Store – assuming you live in the US The voice-based social network released its beta Android app on the Play Store for users in the US on Sunday, stating that the new app will gradually be available in other English-speaking countries and … Read more