Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Indonesia has lifted its ban on Steam and Yahoo now that both companies complied with the country’s restrictive laws that regulate online activity (via @ZhugeEX). The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) announced the news in a translated update on Twitter, noting that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski. | Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images FIFA 23 isn’t even out yet, but Electronic Arts is already preparing for its post-FIFA future. Today, the publisher announced a new deal with Spain’s LaLiga — which is home to iconic clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona — for a “one of…
Daybridge is trying to be a smarter, more thoughtful take on time management. | Image: Daybridge Hypothetical question: would you send your date a calendar invite? You’ve been out, let’s say, twice, and you’re going to meet for dinner on Friday at 7:30PM. You’d text them that info — you might even tell them over…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has acknowledged an issue where Outlook on Windows will stop responding or crash when you view Uber receipt emails. The issue started recently in what Microsoft calls the Current Channel Version of Outlook that’s available for Microsoft 365 subscribers. Microsoft is developing a fix, but it won’t…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Uber reported $382 million in free cash flow for the first time ever, an indication that the rideshare company’s “hardcore” effort to rein in costs is starting to pay off, even in the midst of a cooling economy. Uber is still burning a lot of money but mostly in the…
Hello and welcome back to Found, the podcast where we share the stories behind the startups. In this episode, we’re talking about the crseator economy and one of the most neglected creator categories—the comic book. Comics are the foundation for so many movies, TV shows, and video games however creators still struggle to be fairly…
During the pandemic as businesses moved online, Spinach.io co-founder and CEO Matan Talmi observed that engineering teams had a specific set of needs for online meetings than other teams. At about the same time, he noted that Zoom was releasing Zoom Apps to help developers build meeting-focused applications on top of the Zoom platform. He…
Over the past decade and a half, Spread has become the most recognizable name in Japan’s vertical framing ecosystem. The Kyoto-based firm opened its first farm in 2007 and six years later claimed to be the first company in the space to achieve profitability. That’s no mean feat, given the considerable overhead that goes into…
Uber plans to sell its 7.8% holding in Indian food delivery firm Zomato as early as Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The ride-hailing giant, which acquired stake in the Indian firm when it sold its local Uber Eats business to Zomato in early 2021, plans to sell its stake through a…