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SAN FRANCISCO — Angle Health, a digital-first, fully-licensed health insurance provider, has landed $58 million in Series A funding led by Portage. Its latest round also included participation from PruVen Capital, Wing Venture Capital, SixThirty Ventures, Mighty Capital, Wormhole Capital, Mindset Ventures, Crew Capital, Aloft VC, and Pilot founder Waseem Daher; and support from existing investors Blumberg Capital, Correlation Ventures, […]
SANTA CLARA – Netskope, a cloud security company, has raised $401 million in an oversubscribed investment round. The financing was led by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Tactical Value, with participation from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and CPP Investments. Netskope plans to extend its technology and platform advantages and market reach […]
Apple has introduced the second generation of HomePod, a smart speaker that delivers next-level acoustics priced at $299. Packed with Apple innovations and Siri intelligence, HomePod offers advanced computational audio for a groundbreaking listening experience, including support for immersive Spatial Audio tracks. With convenient new ways to manage everyday tasks and control the smart home, […]
Apple TV+ announced that its two-time Emmy-winning series “Ted Lasso” will return for its third and final season this spring. “Ted Lasso” stars Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, an American football coach hired to manage a British soccer team — despite having no experience. But what he lacks in knowledge, he makes up for with […]
Are you getting too many notifications on Instagram? Well now there is a quieter solution. The photo and video social network is launching Quiet mode on Instagram to help people focus and to encourage people to set boundaries with their friends and followers. Once it’s enabled, you won’t receive any notifications, your profile’s activity status […]
Meta is looking to thwart scrapers that collect data from users of Facebook and Instagram. The social media company recently filed a lawsuit against Voyager Labs in federal court in California. Voyager Labs is a scraping and surveillance service that improperly collected data from Facebook, Instagram and other websites. Meta says it has disabled Voyager’s […]
CUPERTINO — Apple has updated its laptop lineup for professionals with the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro featuring the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, Apple’s next-generation state-of-the-art processors. With M2 Pro and M2 Max — the world’s most powerful and efficient chip for a pro laptop — MacBook Pro tackles demanding tasks, like […]
The founder and majority owner of a cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), was arrested earlier this week in Miami for his alleged operation of a money transmitting business that transported and transmitted illicit funds and that failed to meet U.S. regulatory safeguards, including anti-money laundering requirements. Anatoly Legkodymov, 40, a Russian national who resides in […]
Apple TV+ is launching a new country music reality series in March. The company says it has added country singer-songwriters, including 2021’s CMA New Artist of the Year Jimmie Allen, four-time Grammy nominee Mickey Guyton and critically acclaimed songwriter, country recording artist and activist Orville Peck to its new music competition series, “My Kind of […]
The nation’s leading coffee chain — Starbucks — is expanding its partnership with DoorDash with new delivery service launching today in Northern California, Texas, Georgia, Florida and other select markets. Starbucks delivery via DoorDash will expand to additional markets over the coming months, with full nationwide availability anticipated in all 50 states by March 2023. […]
Apple has introduced Apple Business Connect, a free tool that allows businesses of all sizes to claim their location place cards and customize the way key information appears to more than a billion Apple users across Apple Maps, Messages, Wallet, Siri, and other apps. “We created Business Connect to provide Apple users around the world […]
AMSTERDAM & SANTA CLARA — Archer Aviation Inc. has announced an agreement with Stellantis to significantly expand their partnership by joining forces to manufacture Archer’s flagship electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight. Stellantis, based in the Netherlands, is one of the world’s leading auto companies and the parent of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep Peugeot, […]