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Patreon acquires livestream ticketed events startup Moment
Patreon is acquiring Los Angeles-based livestream ticketed event platform Moment, the company announced on Tuesday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Patreon says the acquisition will give creators
Zelus Analytics helps sports teams bring together growing pile of analytics data
If you follow sports even a little, you know the influence of analytics and data has changed the way sports works. As teams build bigger and bigger analytics departments, and data becomes tied to on- and off- field
Google is rolling out new Maps and Camera-based accessibility features
Google is updating Maps, Search, and Assistant with new accessibility features. The company is also releasing a new Magnifier app to help users read text in different places. Google Maps is adding screen reader
Storz & Bickel announces the $448 Venty, its first new dry herb vaporizer in nearly 10 years
Storz & Bickel is the OG maker of cannabis vapes, and the company just revealed its first all-new product since 2014. Called the Venty, the dry herb vape builds on the runaway success of the Mighty and offers
LeapFrog to double down on financial and healthcare sectors in Africa and Asia with the new fund
LeapFrog Investments, a private equity firm that is keen on the financial and healthcare sectors, plans to raise $1 billion for a new fund targeting businesses in “global growth markets”, including Africa. The
Capella Space to replace founder and CEO Payam Banazadeh
Synthetic aperture radar startup Capella Space is replacing founder Payam Banazadeh with a new CEO that will start at the end of the month, the company said Tuesday morning. He will be replaced by aerospace
WhatsApp is launching passkey support on Android
WhatsApp is introducing support for passkeys on Android, the Meta-owned messaging service has announced. With this change, users will no longer have to deal with SMS two-factor authentication as they can instead use
For Roblox avatars, it’s something old and something new
Roblox has been around for a long time. The online game platform first launched in 2006 — just two years after vanilla World of Warcraft hit (the first time) and three years after Second Life, a now-ancient vision
Instagram head says Threads’ blocking of ‘covid’ and related terms is temporary, to lift in ‘weeks or months’
A week after Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the company’s new Threads app will not “amplify news,” saying it’s too risky for the young X competitor, the exec is now saying that one of the app’s more serious issues