Lightdash takes on Looker with an open source BI platform built for dbt

Lightdash, an open source business intelligence (BI) platform that’s setting out to challenge proprietary incumbents such as Looker, is officially launching its core commercial product to the public today backed by $8.4 million in funding. The seed round was led by Accel, with participation from Moonfire, Y Combinator (YC), Snyk founder Guy Podjarny, and Gitlab…

Google Pixel 7 event live blog – Pixel phones, Pixel Watch and all the big news as it happens

After what seems like an interminable wait, the Google Pixel 7 event will finally introduce us to Google’s latest (and greatest) smartphones, the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. These two flagship phones were first teased at Google IO 2022 back in May, then hidden away again until today (Thursday, 6 Oct), a five-month pause…