EU’s USB-C mandate approval puts pressure on Apple to replace Lightning port

Enlarge / EU’s USB-C charging mandate is moving forward across 13 device cateogories (credit: Getty) The European Union is moving forward with legislation requiring USB-C charging on a variety of consumer electronics. Today, the EU Parliament formally approved the agreement that it and the EU Council agreed upon in September. The EU Council has to…

Factorial adds $120M and doubles valuation to $1B to build enterprise-quality HR for SMBs

Small and medium businesses, long overlooked in the building of innovative technology, have lately become a key focus in the world of B2B software. Now, a startup called Factorial — one of the bigger players in the area of building HR technology for SMBs — is announcing a big fundraise at a “unicorn” valuation that…

All-time low pricing on Roomba robot vacuums during Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale

Amazon‘s recent acquisition of cleaning kingpin iRobot is iffy for privacy, but great from a deal-hunting standpoint: The retail giant will use any excuse to put its own hardware on sale. We’re already seeing this pan out during the Prime Early Access Sale (running from Oct. 11 to 12), which has ushered in some especially…