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Sometimes you go in for a Handshake, but they refuse to let go and end up buying your entire company. Well, at least that seems to be the case with European virtual and hybrid recruiting platform Talentspace, which just got acquired by a talent network Handshake. It is Handshake‘s first acqui

Over the course of the last few years, IDrive, the company best known for its backup service, has slowly been adding more cloud computing features to its platform. It launched a developer-focused face recognition service back in 2019, for example, and then launched IDrive Compute, a VPS hosting ser

With Facebook, Twitter and Instagram banned by the Kremlin, TikTok is the last global social media platform still operating in Russia. In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it announced it had banned new uploads on March 6 to protect users from the Russian “fake news” law. But a new r

The NFT marketplace is a sector of the crypto ecosystem that saw exponential growth in the past year. But as sales have decreased in recent months, blue-chip NFT holders are looking for other opportunities to scale. NFT global sales volume hit $4.6 billion in January, but declined almost 50% to $2.

Last August, Adobe acquired Frame.io, an online video review and collaboration platform for creative professionals, for $1.275 billion in cash. At the time Adobe signaled that it would build out deeper integrations between its existing Premiere Pro and After Effects video tools and Frame.io, so it&

The number of applications for international visas in the U.K. and elsewhere, in order to leave Russia, has exploded following the latter’s invasion of Ukraine. It's estimated that since February over 200,000 people have fled the country, with many observers calling it a “brain drai

SoftBank Latin America Fund announced today that it is spinning out its early-stage Latin American investment arm into a new autonomous entity, dubbed Upload Ventures. The new fund will back early-stage companies in the region at a pace of about $100 million per year. Last September

The technewss Global Affairs Project started with a simple premise: that technology is increasingly intertwined with global affairs and that we ought to examine what that means for both. From crypto to climate, international development to defense procurement, I hope we've done just that. Refl

What happens when you're out of content to scroll through and react to on the internet? What's there to keep you engaged whether the content makes you angry, sad, happy or all of the above at once? What can a company like Facebook, Google or Twitter do to keep their hooks in so you keep co

"attachment_2007661" aria-describedby="" style="width: 1024px">Image Credits: technewss We're just one week away from kicking off technewss Early Stage in San Francisco on April 14. Not only is this day-long summit the ultimate educational resource for new or aspiring founders, it's our f

Update: Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel offered technewss the following statement about the current state of the Bessemer election, “We've said from the beginning that we want our employees' voices to be heard, and we hope the NLRB counts every valid vote.”  The Retail, Wholesale and

If you're looking to integrate video or audio calls into your product, you don't necessarily have to build it out from the ground up. Unless you've got some super-specific needs, there are SDKs that can help with much of the heavy lifting if your budget allows. One such SDK is Dyte, whi

Lauren Berson originally left Andreessen Horowitz to help Weight Watchers grow past weight loss. What the growth strategy expert didn't know, though, was that she'd soon stumble upon inspiration for her first startup, digital health company Conceive. Upon joining Weight Watchers, Berson spe

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their dreams,” says