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Ello Again… The social networking platform splashed onto the tech scene promoting itself as an ad-free rival to Facebook. Soon millions of people (including yours truly) signed on just to see what all

Zego picks up £6M Series A led by Balderton for its gig economy worker insurance Zego, the London-based startup that appears to have spotted a gaping insurance hole in the so-called gig economy, has raised

MoviePass drops pricing to under $7 per month, if you opt for the annual plan MoviePass, the subscription service that lets consumers pay a monthly fee to see unlimited movies in theaters across the U.S.,

Facebook kills App Invites, the native app Like button and other dev features It’s been a while since my Facebook notifications feed was filled to the brim with invites to play FarmVille, but I’ve been

Google launches a paid enterprise edition of its Dialogflow chatbot builder Google today announced the beta launch of its enterprise edition of Dialogflow, its tool for building chatbots and other

Code2040 raises $5.6 million from The Knight Foundation and others Code2040, founded by Laura Weidman Powers and Tristan Walker, recently raised $5.6 million to advance its diversity and inclusion efforts

Stitch Fix set to raise $120M from downsized IPO There’s been plenty of appetite for Stitch Fix’s upcoming NASDAQ listing, but concern around disappointing listings from Snap and Blue Apron may explain

Facebook kills App Invites, the native app Like button and other dev features It’s been a while since my Facebook notifications feed was filled to the brim with invites to play FarmVille, but I’ve been

Facebook launches Creator app for influencers to build video communities Facebook wants to turn mindless, passive video consumption into “time well spent,” and now it’s giving social media stars a powerful

Airbnb acquires ad tech startup AdBasis It looks like accessibility isn’t the only thing that Airbnb wants to upgrade on its platform. On the same day that Airbnb announced that it acquired Accomable,

Adeptmind raises $4.5M from Fidelity to bring smarter search to retailers If you’ve ever searched for a product on any website that’s not Amazon or Google, you’ve probably had a bad time trying to find

Twitter details how it reviews and enforces rules around hate speech, violence and harassment Twitter has been under fire lately (slash always) for its methods to deal with harassment and abuse on its

iUNU aims to build cameras on rails for growers to keep track of their crop health You’ve probably spent a lot of time keeping track of your plants and all the minor details, like the coloration of the

iUNU aims to build cameras on rails for growers to keep track of their crop health You’ve probably spent a lot of time keeping track of your plants and all the minor details, like the coloration of the

Lofelt raises $5.4M to develop next-gen haptic tech for gaming, AR, VR, automobile, and more Lofelt, a Berlin-based startup that is developing ‘next-generation’ haptic technology for use in a range of

Facebook launches collaborative Stories for Groups and Events Facebook is combining its Snapchat Stories clone with features Snapchat can’t match in a bid to boost usage. Starting today, users of Facebook

The OpenStack Foundation starts to look at projects beyond OpenStack Over the last few years, we’ve seen the launch of a number of open source foundations like the Cloud Native Compute Foundation, the

Bike-share platform Spin poaches Seattle transit regulator and launches in a dozen new cities Spin, one of several bike-sharing companies now vying for dominance in a number of U.S. cities, has a new weapon

Robin goes all in on robotic lawn care and focuses on franchising Robin, which pitched a combined “Uber for lawn care” and robotic-lawnmower-as-a-service at Disrupt SF’s Startup Battlefield last year,

Essential Phone can now stream live to Facebook from the 360 camera add-on The Essential Phone just got a camera software update that will allow owners of the device to broadcast live, 360-degree video