YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app. Step, which raised half a billion in funding and has grown to over 7 million users, offers financial services geared toward Gen…
Lidar manufacturer Ouster has acquired StereoLabs, a company that makes vision-based perception systems for robotics and industrial applications. The deal is valued at a combination of thirty-five million dollars and 1.8 million shares of Ouster stock. This acquisition is the…
OpenAI announced on Monday that it is beginning to test advertisements for users in the United States on its Free and Go subscription tiers. The newer Go plan is a low-cost subscription priced at eight dollars per month in the…
A shadowy industry exists for people who want to monitor and spy on their families. Multiple app makers promote software often called stalkerware to jealous partners, who can use these apps to remotely access their victims’ phones. Yet, despite the…
Lyft has launched teen accounts, a new service that allows minors as young as 13 to hail a ride without an adult present. The service is now available in 200 U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and New York. This…
Workday announced a significant leadership change on Monday. Chief executive Carl Eschenbach has stepped down and left the company’s board, effective immediately. Co-founder and former CEO Aneel Bhusri will return to lead the company as CEO. Carl Eschenbach originally joined…
The legal AI startup Harvey continues its remarkable growth trajectory, with venture capitalists consistently investing heavily. According to sources, the company is currently in talks to raise an additional $200 million. This new funding round, reportedly led by Sequoia and…
Musicboard, an app for music discovery and recommendations, has been struggling according to its users. Over the past several months, users reported the app experienced outages, the website went offline, and the Android app disappeared from the Play Store. This…
According to a recent report, Anthropic is in the final stages of raising twenty billion dollars in new capital. This funding round would value the company at three hundred and fifty billion dollars. Investor demand has been so strong that…
A hacktivist has scraped more than half-a million payment records from a provider of consumer-grade “stalkerware” phone surveillance apps. This exposure reveals the email addresses and partial payment information of customers who paid to spy on others. The transactions include…
