After being delisted from the NYSE, regaining investor confidence won’t be easy It’s been over a year since shared micromobility startup Bird warned shareholders that it might get delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. On Monday, that warning became a reality. The news comes about a week after Bird closed a deal to acquire…
When Meta rebranded from Facebook two years ago, the word “metaverse” went mainstream. Even people outside the tech world wondered if we would soon start to socialize via virtual reality headsets. But, at least according to public opinion and the stock market, the metaverse proved itself to be pretty mid. Propelled by founder and CEO…
When Meta rebranded from Facebook two years ago, the word “metaverse” went mainstream. Even people outside the tech world wondered if we would soon start to socialize via virtual reality headsets. But, at least according to public opinion and the stock market, the metaverse proved itself to be pretty mid. Propelled by founder and CEO…
Meta’s VR subscription service, Quest+, is now being bundled with the company’s Quest 3 mixed-reality headset. The subscription, which provides VR device owners the ability to two handpicked games from the Quest library each month, will now be included as a free, 6-month trial with the 512GB model ($650) of the Quest 3 headset. In…
The electronic payments industry has undergone a radical change over the past several years with the proliferation of convenient digital payment options such as contactless cards and smartphones/smart watches with mobile payment capabilities and apps. These contactless payment options are increasingly supported at payment terminals, vending machines, EV chargers and kiosks as well as for…
After three years of consistent support, LG is planning to ditch ATSC 3.0 tuners due to a patent dispute with a company called Constellation Designs LLC. At the heart of the dispute, summarized in a letter from LG to the FCC, is that because of the patent case, there will be a price increase in…
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max review: second-generation success MSRP $59.99 Pros Same great Fire TV experience Double the storage Improved processor Faster Wi-Fi Price is right Cons Doesn’t include the best Alexa remote Waiting on some new AI features Laggy interactions This Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max review is one of those in…
Cloud detection and response company Gem Security today announced that it has raised a $23 million Series A round led by GGV Capital, with participation from IBM Ventures, Cisco and Silicon Valley CISO Investments. It was only in February that Gem announced its $11 million seed round led by Team8, which also participated in this…
French grocery delivery startup La Belle Vie is acquiring Frichti, another food delivery service that was placed under court-ordered receivership. TechCrunch can confirm that the court picked La Belle Vie’s offer over three other offers, as Les Échos reported earlier. This is yet another chapter in the tumultuous story of quick commerce and food delivery…
Yuval Brisker Contributor Yuval Brisker is CEO and co-founder of Alviere, an embedded finance company. He previously co-founded TOA Technologies, a SaaS firm acquired by Oracle in 2014. The technologies underlying fintech point to a world of empowerment and access, transparency and efficiency. And yet the past few years tell a story in which fintech’s…
