YouTube to roll out picture-in-picture viewing for all US iOS users, starting with Premium subscribers
Though YouTube has supported picture-in-picture viewing on Android devices since 2018, YouTube told technewss today that it plans to launch the feature to all iOS users in the U.S. on both iPhone and iPad. For now, YouTube is inviting Premium subscribers to test this feature, which lets users watc
To prevent cyberattacks, the government should limit the scope of a software bill of materials
The May 2021 executive order from the White House on improving U.S. cybersecurity includes a provision for a software bill of materials (SBOM), a formal record containing the details and supply chain relationships of various components used in building a software product.
An SBOM is the full list o
Tesla’s redesigned iPhone app features two new home screen widgets
Tesla is rolling out a major update for its iOS smartphone app with new controls, improved management and cool visuals. Version 4.0 also gives you the choice between two different sized widgets for your iPhone home screen. As detailed by Tesla Software Updates, both feature the same information: th
Israel's maturing fintech ecosystem may soon create global disruptors
“Even with its vast local talent, it seems Israel still has many hurdles to overcome in order to become a global fintech hub. [ … ] Having that said, I don't believe any of these obstacles will prevent Israel from generating disruptive global fintech startups that will become game-changing
Otter.ai expands automatic transcription assistant to Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Cisco Webex
AI-powered voice transcription service Otter.ai is expanding its Otter Assistant feature for Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Cisco Webex. Otter.ai first released this feature for Zoom users earlier this year (in May). With this new integration, Otter Assistant can now join and transcribe meetings
Job offer management platform Compa emerges from stealth with $3.9M
If you haven't noticed yet, the hiring market is a hot one — and getting more complicated as enterprise talent acquisition leaders face technology gaps while assessing candidates. This leads to difficulty in determining compensation.
Enter Compa. The offer management platform provides “
Founders Fund backs Royal, a music marketplace planning to sell song rights as NFTs
Founders Fund and Paradigm are leading an investment in a platform that’s aiming to wed music rights with NFTs, allowing users to buy shares of songs through the company’s marketplace, earning royalties as the music they’ve invested in gains popularity.
The venture, called Royal,
Playbook, which aims to be the ‘Dropbox for designers,’ raises $4M in round led by Founders Fund
When Jessica Ko was head of design at Google and then Opendoor, she realized that her teams spent about 90% of their time digging around Dropbox looking for assets.
In many cases, they'd find older versions. Or they couldn't find what they were looking for. Or even worse, they'd acciden
Simbe's robots will be deployed across midwestern grocery chain, Schnucks
St. Louis-based grocery chain Schnucks (one of those “With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good” situations, one imagines) announced this week that it will be deploying technology from Simbe Robotics across its 111 U.S. locations.
The deal comes a year and a half into a global pandemi
Are B2B SaaS marketers getting it wrong?
Which terms come to mind when you think about SaaS?
“Solutions,” “cutting-edge,” “scalable” and “innovative” are just a sample of the overused jargon lurking around every corner of the techverse, with SaaS marketers the world over seemingly singing fr
Picsart raises $130M from SoftBank, becomes unicorn on the back of its visual creator tools
Picsart announced this morning that it has raised a $130 million round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2. The new capital infusion pushes the company’s valuation north of the $1 billion mark, though it declined to get more specific.
Per PitchBook data, the company’s preceding round
Airbnb to allow anyone, not only current hosts, to sign up to house Afghan refugees
Airbnb announced on Thursday it will allow anyone with available space to sign up to provide housing for Afghan refugees. The new initiative aims to build upon Airbnb's initial commitment to provide free temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees.
The company says existing Airbnb hosts and an
Google confirms it’s pulling the plug on Streams, its UK clinician support app
Google is infamous for spinning up products and kling them off, often in very short order. It’s an annoying enough habit when it’s stuff like messaging apps and games. But the tech giant’s ambitions stretch into many domains that touch human lives these days. Including, most direc
I don’t know what to do with those tossed salads and robot legs
One of the most fascinating aspects of Boston Dynamics' transition into a commercial organization is watching the company — and its partners — figure out real-world jobs for Spot. There's no question that the tech is impressive, but there's always been the broader subject of