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It’s been several weeks now, and Clubhouse still hasn’t enabled record/replay. Neither has Twitter Spaces. Facebook just announced a live audio entry too, but no record. With all the drama about Facebook, I’m not expecting much soon, but c’mon guys, let’s get it done.

To get a roundup of technewss's biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for October 20, 2021. It's been quite a day, with Facebook making a number of headlines, a blizzard of IPO updates and some

You have less than a week to go before you dive headlong into TC Sessions: SaaS 2021. Expect a full day packed with presentations, panel discussions breakout sessions, Q&As, networking … and demos. Who doesn't love demos? They're the heart and soul of every technewss event, and you c

According to Bloomberg, Netflix’s pre-recorded call to shareholders announcing its third-quarter results gives us another glimpse at how successful Squid Game was. Around 142 million households worldwide watched the Korean-language show about debt-ridden individuals playing a deadly game for

You've heard of neobanks. Meet the neolender. One of the newest is London-based Proportunity. It's now raised a $150 million mixed debt and equity funding round ($7 million equity financing and $143 million in debt), on top of its $10 million debt round in 2020. The round was led by Venture

Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name to focus on building the metaverse, according to a report by The Verge.  CEO Mark Zuckerberg will unveil its new name at the annual Connect conference on October 28, but it could announce the new name earlier, as reported by The Verge.

To get a roundup of technewss's biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for October 19, 2021! We are just over a week away from our SaaS event, which means that we're deep into prep territory. I j

We're less than two weeks out from TC Sessions: SaaS 2021, a day-long exploration of software as a service. If you want to thrive in this tough, competitive market, join your colleagues and tap into current thinking and future trends. Come to hear, meet and engage with the industry's bright

Since 2015, Plaid has helped developers connect users to banking information using an SDK (software development kit) called Plaid Link. As Plaid describes it in its SDK documentation, “The Plaid Link SDK is a quick and secure way to link bank accounts to Plaid in your … app.” Up u

Now that it’s October, it’s officially spooky season. But debut author Calvin Kasulke’s novel “Several People Are Typing” gives us something new to be afraid of — what if you got trapped inside of your office’s Slack workspace, and Slackbot took over your c

Cockroach Labs, the makers of CockroachDB, announced a public beta of a new serverless version of its SQL database today, giving developers an easier way to access database resources that scale up and down without having to explicitly define them. Company co-founder and CEO Spencer Kimball says tha

The UK’s antitrust watchdog will take a close look at the music streaming market. Today the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it will be conducting a market study of music streaming as soon as possible, as its latest piece of work aimed at expanding competition in digital

For independent retailers, inventory financing is often a complicated and lengthy process that ties up their working capital. BondAval, an insurtech startup with offices in London and Austin, Texas, is focused on helping them access better credit terms while providing assurance to suppliers that th

Founded in 2017, Geniebook is a Singapore-based learning platform that uses a combination of machine learning and human teachers to personalize each student's education. The company announced today it has raised $16.6 million in Series A funding led by East Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partn