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Hey guys! Chromecasts have been a hacker and nerd favorite for a moment or two, and we’re psyched (remotely) to see the price drop to $30. hardware, Brian And Kirsten They just published our first look review of the Apple Watch Ultra, so we’ve been enjoying that too. – Christine And came
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- Love gadgets? Love today’s newspaperGoogle’s new Chromecast is a quadruple threat: it has 4K HDR support, 10,000 apps, a $30 price tag, and a remote control. Ivan He wrote. yes please.
- The first cut is very deepWhen Indian hotel chain Oyo thought it was safe to go public, SoftBank cut its valuation by 73 percent to $2.7 billion. Manish Reports.
- There is no closing time here.E-commerce company owner OpenStore is both doing well in this economy and trying to capitalize on e-commerce crowdfunding opportunities. Christine He wrote. The 1-year-old company, launched by Founders Fund’s Keith Rabois and Atomic’s Jack Abraham, has raised $32 million in a $970 million funding round.
Startups and VCs
Anyone who uses a wheelchair on a regular basis is at increased risk of circulatory injury. Kalogon believes it can reduce this common but life-threatening condition with a smart pillow that prevents any part of the body from being compressed for long periods of time — and it’s already caught the eye of the VA, Devine reports.
Tracking cryptocurrency tax compliance can be difficult, especially since many laws are new (or not yet written). This is why Binocs was founded. Users integrate their transactions and wallets, and Binocs provides tax reporting and other accounting details. The startup announced today that it has raised $4 million to expand. Catherine Reports.
And a few from around the world:
VCs and CEOs have to do their jobs when it comes to startup board participation
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If birthday cake decorating goes wrong, “you had one job” might be fun, but when we’re talking to executives who don’t show up for board meetings, the stakes are higher, writes company founder and CEO Matt Bloomberg. Encouragement
“Scheduled or underpowered boards aren’t bad for CEOs and LPs. They’re bad for everybody,” says Bloomberg, an insight that prompted him to adopt a new meeting format that includes follow-up surveys.
“It’s a lot of moving pieces to manage, but I find that doing this keeps the meeting fresh and well-paced.
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Get ready to bite into a big apple. Brian He put his reviewer’s hat on the AirPods Pro, which he said were “some welcome additions to one of the best headphones out there.” And Brian And Kirsten They tested the Apple Watch Ultra, and one of their concluding observations was that the “Ultra is better than the Apple Watch in a rugged case.”
Meanwhile, buy-now-pay-later giant Klarna has confirmed it will have to take some further cuts from its workforce of up to 100 people, although 500 have warned of cuts. Connie He wrote.
- Adam Levine wishes this existed already.: Ivan Instagram is reportedly testing a nudity protection filter for direct messages to prevent users of the social media app from seeing unsolicited nudity messages. Unfortunately, there is no feature yet to warn against sending certain messages…
- Do not lock: Natasha L He wrote about Mozilla’s research on the ability to choose our own web browser on the devices we want to use and the ability to come up with pre-installed devices.
- Not playing gamesIndia’s Department of Telecommunications has proposed regulations requiring platforms to obtain a license before operating Internet communications services. Jagmet It has more.
- Single and ready to joinAlibaba Cloud plans to double its cloud services overseas and is set to spend $1 billion on “global partner ecosystem upgrades.” Rita He wrote.
- That’s a big piece of the “chain”.Authorities in South Korea recover another $680 million from “unusual” crypto-related foreign exchange transactions Kate Reports. If you’re keeping score at home, it now totals $7.2 billion as of June.
