April 29, 2025

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APPLE’S CONCESSION TO RUSSIA TO PROMPT USERS TO INSTALL STATE-APPROVED APPS SETS A PRECEDENT THAT OTHER AUTHORITARIAN COUNTRIES MAY SEEK TO FOLLOW (LILY HAY NEWMAN/WIRED)

Apple’s concession to Russia to prompt users to install state-approved apps sets a precedent that other authoritarian countries may seek...

HOPIN, WHICH DEVELOPS SOFTWARE FOR HOSTING DIGITAL EVENTS, ACQUIRES LIVESTREAMING STARTUP STREAMYARD FOR $250M (ALEX WILHELM/TECHCRUNCH)

Hopin, which develops software for hosting digital events, acquires livestreaming startup StreamYard for $250M (Alex Wilhelm/TechCrunch) Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: Hopin,...

AMAZON CONFIRMS IT HAS ACQUIRED AUSTRALIAN E-COMMERCE STARTUP SELZ, A SHOPIFY COMPETITOR THAT EMPLOYS LESS THAN 50 PEOPLE AND HAS RAISED $11M (TAYLOR SOPER/GEEKWIRE)

Amazon confirms it has acquired Australian e-commerce startup Selz, a Shopify competitor that employs less than 50 people and has...

PROMISE, WHICH ALLOWS US CONSUMERS TO MANAGE AND BUDGET THEIR BILL PAYMENTS ONLINE TO UTILITIES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, RAISES $20M SERIES A (DEVIN COLDEWEY/TECHCRUNCH)

Promise, which allows US consumers to manage and budget their bill payments online to utilities and government agencies, raises $20M...

STEWART BUTTERFIELD SAYS SLACK WILL INTRODUCE AUDIO MESSAGES AND A CLUBHOUSE-LIKE FEATURE THAT WILL ALLOW USERS TO DROP INTO ROOMS WITHOUT AN INVITATION (OWEN THOMAS/PROTOCOL)

Stewart Butterfield says Slack will introduce audio messages and a Clubhouse-like feature that will allow users to drop into rooms...

SOURCES: CLUBHOUSE IS IN TALKS TO RAISE FUNDING FROM INVESTORS IN A ROUND VALUING THE BUSINESS AT ABOUT $4B, FOLLOWING ITS REPORTED VALUATION OF ~$1B IN JANUARY (KATIE ROOF/BLOOMBERG)

EXPERTS SAY LESSONS MARKETED BY DIGITAL EDUCATION PLATFORMS LIKE BYJU’S AND YUANFUDAO ARE MORE AN INNOVATION IN TEST-PREP DELIVERY THAN IN LEARNING OUTCOMES (MEAGHAN TOBIN/REST OF WORLD)

Experts say lessons marketed by digital education platforms like Byju’s and Yuanfudao are more an innovation in test-prep delivery than...

THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL SPARKED A TENSE DEBATE AMONG ONLINE EXTREMISM RESEARCHERS ABOUT CROWDSOURCED EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY THE RIOTERS AND “ETHICAL DOXXING” (ISSIE LAPOWSKY/PROTOCOL)

MATILLION, WHICH PROVIDES ENTERPRISE CLOUD DATA INTEGRATION TOOLS, RAISES $100M LED BY LIGHTSPEED VENTURE PARTNERS (CHRIS O’BRIEN/VENTUREBEAT)

Matillion, which provides enterprise cloud data integration tools, raises $100M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (Chris O’Brien/VentureBeat) Chris O’Brien / VentureBeat:...

REPORT: HACKERS SCRAPED DATA OF 500M LINKEDIN USERS AND POSTED IT FOR SALE ONLINE; LINKEDIN CONFIRMS THE DATASET INCLUDES PUBLICLY VIEWABLE INFO FROM ITS SITE (KATIE CANALES/INSIDER)