FreshBooks reaches $1B+ valuation with $130.75M for its SMB-focused accounting platform – TechCrunch

FreshBooks reaches $1B+ valuation with $130.75M for its SMB-focused accounting platform – TechCrunch

FreshBooks, a Toronto-based cloud accounting software company focused on SMBs, announced today that it has secured $ 80.75 million in a Series E funding round and $ 50 million in debt financing. Existing funder Accomplice led what the company described as “an insider round” that turned FreshBooks unicorn with a valuation of “over $ 1 … Read more

Sony closes $1.175 billion deal to buy Crunchyroll from AT&T

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It is official. Sony now owns both Crunchyroll and Funimation. The company’s Sony Pictures division closed on Monday the acquisition, valued at $ 1.175 billion. And with the deal now closed, Tony Vinciquerra, CEO of Sony Pictures, said the company’s goal was “to get a unified anime subscription as soon as possible.” Sony has not … Read more

More than 99.99% of fully vaccinated people have not had a severe breakthrough case of Covid-19

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As the coronavirus pandemic continues, lambda infections have emerged in the United States, including Texas, where the Houston Methodist Hospital reported its first case last month. There’s still a lot to learn about Lambda, but here’s what we know so far: So far it is rare in the US: The variant is nowhere near as … Read more

New UN climate report emphasizes speed, intensity of warming and benefits of aggressive response

New UN climate report emphasizes speed, intensity of warming and benefits of aggressive response

The planet was at least one degree cooler when our ancestors created these pictograms near the Green River in Colorado about 700 to 2,000 years ago. (Brent Roraback photo) While the world’s leading coalition of climate scientists says the planet is warming faster than ever, with dire human consequences, it also stresses that quick, aggressive … Read more

Amazon’s top Indian seller Cloudtail to cease operations after May 2022 – TechCrunch

Amazon expands its food delivery service across Bangalore – TechCrunch

Amazon and the parent company of its top Indian seller Cloudtail have decided not to continue their joint venture after May 2022, the two companies said in a statement on Monday, hours after India’s highest court ruled that the American e-commerce company and Walmarts Flipkart must be subject to antitrust investigations. Billionaire NR Narayana Murthy’s … Read more

Pediatric hospitals filling up as delta variant surges: COVID updates

Pediatric hospitals filling up as delta variant surges: COVID updates

Children’s hospitals fill with coronavirus patients as schools begin to open amid the recent surge in infections fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant. Children’s hospitals in Tennessee will be full by the end of this week, the state health department predicted, and the number of children admitted to a children’s hospital in Jacksonville, Florida … Read more

Record labels sue Charter over copyright infringement claims

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Charter Communications has been sued by a group of major record labels who alleged they failed to crack down on “blatant and serial” music copyright infringements, The Verge reported. It is the second time in recent years that the group has sued Charter for song piracy. The labels said they sent around 150,000 infringement notices … Read more

Cuomo’s Top Aide, Melissa DeRosa, Resigns as He Fights to Survive

Cuomo’s Top Aide, Melissa DeRosa, Resigns as He Fights to Survive

The Trooper’s new allegation crippled one of the strategies the governor and his allies were trying to employ, and made it next to impossible to dismiss the report as simply heated-up allegations. The attorney general’s office opened the investigation after allegations against several women emerged in February and March. Following the report, Ms. DeRosa stated … Read more