Ring, the maker of internet-connected video doorbells and security cameras, said in its latest transparency report that it turned over a record amount of doorbell footage and other information to U.S. authorities last year. The Amazon-owned company said in two biannual reports covering 2021 that it received 3,147 legal demands, an increase of about 65%…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Activision Blizzard, the games giant behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush (to name just a few), has come off a year filled with internal labor and HR challenges. Currently, the company is in the process of being acquired by Microsoft for $68.7 billion, a deal that’s expected to close in 2023…
Coding school Holberton today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by African Leadership Group (ALG). The seven-year-old company, with physical schools across the globe in addition to its core online platform, will split in two. Holberton’s technology platform will become part of ALG’s existing ALX online learning platform and the…
As Ukraine continues to be battered by Russia in an unprovoked war that has sent hundreds of thousands of refugees scattering elsewhere, a language learning startup hatched by Ukrainians has found traction growing outside of the country — and today it’s announcing a round of funding to take its ambitions to the next level. Preply,…
Shota Horii, his twin brother Yuta Horii and Jun Taketani co-founded SmartBank in 2019 after selling their previous startup Fablic, a Japanese online secondhand marketplace, to Rakuten in 2016. While operating Fablic, the trio found that many users still used cash to pay and manage their day-to-day finance. The founders wanted to address the issue in the consumer finance industry…
Knowing how much and which kind of inventory your brand needs involves a complex web of data that companies often keep up with via spreadsheets or legacy systems that don’t provide a full picture of the business. Syrup Tech, now armed with $6.3 million in new funding, is feeding all that data, like transactions, marketing…
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Former White House Director of Strategic Communications Alyssa Farah attends a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing room at the White House June 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Alyssa Farah Griffin, an ex-White House official, discussed the Jan. 6 hearings on CNN. Griffin said Mark Meadows claimed Donald Trump would remain…