Southeast Asia’s Creative Galileo wants to make learning fun with popular cartoon characters

Prerna A Jhunjhunwala and Nikhil Naik, founders of Creative Galileo People who work with kids know how difficult it is to keep them engaged with online learning content. Creative Galileo keeps children hooked by adding in their favorite cartoon characters. The Singapore-based edtech platform announced today that it has raised $7.5 million in Series A…

Zipmex pauses withdrawals “until further notice”

Zipmex, a digital assets exchange with operations in Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand, said on Twitter that it “would be pausing withdrawals until further notice.” The Singapore-headquartered company cited a “combination of circumstances beyond our control including volatile market conditions, and the resulting financial difficulties of our key business partners.” Due to a combination of…

A Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate in Arizona is urging her supporters to use mail-in ballots — a form of voting that Trump has baselessly labeled a ‘scam’

Kari Lake, a Trump-backed candidate running for the GOP nomination in Arizona’s gubernatorial race, is now asking people to use mail-in ballots. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Controversial GOP candidate Kari Lake is urging her supporters to use mail-in ballots.Lake tweeted an urgent reminder for supporters to mail in their completed ballots immediately.Trump has railed against mail-in voting…

London Heathrow Airport boss says airlines are the ones to blame for travel chaos because they slashed baggage-handling jobs and underpay workers

The aviation industry is dealing with a messy summer travel season as demand has returned to pre-pandemic levels — but staffing has not. Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images London Heathrow Airport’s chairman, Lord Paul Deighton, blamed airlines for the travel chaos. Airlines cut ground-handling staff during the pandemic and aren’t able to replace them now, he said….

Engineer who put USB-C on an iPhone did the same with AirPods this time

We’ve covered two of Ken Pillonel’s viral modifications here on the site before. Back in November, Pillonel successfully modified and iPhone X with a fully functioning USB-C port. Then in April, Pillonel fitted a Samsung Galaxy A51 with a Lighting port. The projects show that products can indeed use universal connectors even if the company…

Google Now Lets Apps Use Third-Party Billing in EU, Apple Yet to Announce Plans

In response to the Digital Markets Act receiving final approval from the Council of the European Union this week, Google today announced that it now allows developers of non-gaming apps to offer alternative billing systems to users in the European Economic Area (EEA), including countries in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. Google will…