Bessemer backs SaaS platform that automates billing workflows

Zenskar, a startup that is aiming to help SaaS companies automate their billing workflows, has raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round. Headquartered in New York and Bengaluru, Zenskar is building a platform for SaaS companies to generate bills for their complex pricing plans — whether they are based on usage-based pricing, subscriptions, nuanced…

Drowning in trash: Google opens applications for circular-economy accelerator

Google is spinning up a new, online-only startup accelerator centered around the elusive circular economy. The effort is Google’s latest to help environmentally focused startups grow, while potentially hooking them on its cloud products in the process. In the broadest of strokes, the circular economy represents a colossal shift in how humanity makes and uses stuff….

Activision Blizzard illegally withheld raises from unionizing workers, labor board finds

Gaming giant Activision Blizzard unlawfully retaliated against workers at Raven Software who formed a union, the National Labor Relations Board found. The quality assurance (QA) department at subsidiary Raven Software, who mostly work on “Call of Duty,” announced that they would form a union in January. Activision Blizzard sought to block the union, reasoning that…

Fat Bear Week is back and it’s the best one yet

Large, living legends dwell in the remote Alaskan wilderness. They’re the internet-famous bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve, and they grow impressively fat over the summer on the livestreamed explore.org wildlife webcams. Many of these bears — like the singular, persevering Otis — return to feast on calorie-rich salmon in the park’s Brooks River…

Naver agrees to acquire fashion marketplace Poshmark for $1.2B

Naver, the South Korean search giant, today announced it plans to acquire secondhand apparel marketplace Poshmark for $1.2 billion in cash. The deal values publicly-traded Poshmark’s shares at $17.90 — a 15% premium over today’s closing price — and the companies expect it to close by Q1 2023, subject to approval by Poshmark stockholders and…

Herschel Walker, the Georgia senate candidate who opposes abortion with no exceptions, reimbursed a woman after she got an abortion, The Daily Beast reported

Herschel Walker, GOP candidate for the US Senate for Georgia, speaks at a primary watch party May 23, 2022, at the Foundry restaurant in Athens, Georgia.. Akili-Casundria Ramsess/AP US Senate GOP candidate Herschel Walker has said he opposes abortion with no exceptions. A woman told The Daily Beast that Walker paid her $700 to get…

Secret Netflix codes unlock hidden categories: See the 2022 list of special menus for shows and movies to watch

Netflix codes are special numbers that let you find shows and movies hidden from the homepage. To use Netflix codes, enter “https://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/” with the right code at the end.  Netflix codes can only be used on the website, but you can watch the titles you find anywhere. There are thousands of movies and TV shows…

Japan warned people to ‘seek shelter immediately’ after North Korea fired a missile toward the east following a spate of launch tests

People watch a TV broadcast about a North Korean missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station, June 5, 2022. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Japan warned citizens to seek shelter as it tracked a ballistic missile fired from North Korea. Officials later said the ballistic missile passed over the Pacific Ocean and fell into the water. The…