Daily news about tech companies in Silicon Valley.
SAN JOSE – Streaming platform Roku is partnering with NBCUniversal Local to bring several NBC local news channels to The Roku Channel. The channels are now available for users to access through The Roku Channel’s Live TV Guide. Through the partnership, NBCUniversal Local will bring local news channels from its NBC stations in major markets […]
John Doerr, Chairman of top Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, has donated over $1.1 billion to launch the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability this fall. This will be Stanford’s first new school in 70 years. The $1.1 billion gift from John and his wife Ann Doerr [photo above (credit: Edward Caldwell)] is the […]
PALO ALTO — TaskHuman, which operates a digital coaching platform, has raised $20 million in Series B funding to help improve human well-being and productivity in a digital world. Madrona led the round, with participation from Impact Venture Capital, RingCentral Ventures, Sure Ventures, and USVP, alongside new investors Gaingels, PeopleTech Angels, Propel(x), and Zoom Ventures. […]
Google has announced updates with the next release on Chrome on iOS, bringing five new features to iPhone and iPad users. 1. Stronger protection from phishing and malware Enhanced Safe Browsing can give you more proactive and tailored protections from phishing, malware and other web-based threats — and now we’re extending it to iOS. If you […]
Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) have released the July 2022 “Friday Night Baseball” schedule. Scheduled games continue to be available to watch for free, only on Apple TV+. “The 2022 season is off to a great start, and we’re proud to bring all baseball fans a new way to watch their favorite teams each […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Bardeen.ai, a provider of “automation for all” tools, announced an oversubscribed $15.3 million Series A funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors 468 Capital and FirstMark Capital and leading angel investors. The Series A follows Bardeen’s launch from stealth earlier this year with strong adoption and growth […]
MENLO PARK — MyOme, a clinical whole genome platform analysis company, has raised $23 million in an oversubscribed series B financing round led by Healthcare Venture Partners, bringing the total raised to over $36 million. MyOme plans to use the funds to begin commercialization of their clinical whole genome analysis platform technology and clinical reports to health systems. The […]
Bitcoin continues its steep decline dropping below the $18,000 mark on Saturday afternoon. The largest cryptocurrency was down over 12% in the past day according to Coinbase and is down 62% year-to-date. Unlike the stock market which trades primarily during business hours Monday thru Friday, Bitcoin trades round the clock, 365 days per year and […]
In an untimely move, PayPal announced last week that users can now send crypto between accounts. Since then, Bitcoin has plunged by more than 30% and is now under $19,000 as of Saturday. PayPal said it now supports the native transfer of cryptocurrencies between PayPal and other wallets and exchanges. This feature has been consistently […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Fountain, an applicant tracking system (ATS) for high volume hiring, announced an extension of its November 2021 Series C round by $100 million, bringing the total to $185 million. The extension was led by B Capital Group, joined by SoftBank, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, DCM, Origin Ventures, Commerce Ventures, SemperVirens Venture Capital, […]