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Ample raises $30M to take battery swapping business to Europe Nov 11, 2021

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Ample, a startup developing battery swapping technology for electric vehicles, has scored another $30 million from The Blackstone Group and Spanish multinational financial services company Banco Santander.

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Digital restaurant startup Zak orders up new capital on mission to be ‘Toast of LatAm’ Nov 10, 2021

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As food operators themselves, ZAK founders saw first-hand last year the toll it was taking on restaurants that needed to quickly reinvent themselves during the pandemic.

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fuboTV to acquire streaming platform Molotov for $190 million Nov 10, 2021

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fuboTV is making a significant move in Europe with plans to acquire Molotov, a French startup with a leading television streaming service. fuboTV also operates a TV streaming platform, but it is currently only operating in the U.S., Canada and Spain.

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AudioMob, which serves audio ads inside mobile games, raises a $14M Series A Nov 09, 2021

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AudioMob is a startup that provides ‘non-intrusive’ audio ads within mobile games. It turns out that gamers don’t seem to mind little ads like this popping up, and somehow AudioMob seems to have cracked the mechanic.

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Instagram’s creator subscriptions nearing launch, App Store listing reveals Nov 09, 2021

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Instagram earlier this year said it would explore the idea of creator subscriptions and was later spotted developing a feature that would offer exclusive Stories that were only visible to a creator’s subscriptions. Now, it seems, the company is poised to launch creator subscriptions into broader testing.

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Edtech startup BrightChamps comes out of stealth mode with $63 million funding Nov 08, 2021

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BrightChamps, an Indian edtech startup that is attempting to bridge the learning gap left by K12 schools, said on Monday it has raised $51 million in a new financing round and $63 million to date since launching a year ago as the Goa-headquartered firm looks to expand its footprints in over 10 nations.

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US government offers $10M bounty for DarkSide ransomware hackers Nov 08, 2021

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The U.S. Department of State is upping the ante in its fight against ransomware by offering a reward of up to $10 million for information that helps identify or track down leaders of the notorious DarkSide ransomware group.

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An accelerator and fund says it’s giving away its voting rights to scientist founders: “They lose control” Nov 05, 2021

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SciFounders, an accelerator program and fund launched back in January with $6 million in backing, has a new proposition for the scientist founders who it looks to help run their own companies.

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Rivian hit with gender discrimination lawsuit that alleges toxic ‘bro culture’ Nov 05, 2021

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Rivian, the electric automaker that recently filed for an IPO, has been sued by a former sales and marketing vice president for alleged gender discrimination.

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Nintendo releases Animal Crossing update a day early Nov 04, 2021

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Grab your Nintendo Switches and start downloading theÂ “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” update, because it’s going to be a late night. Nintendo just dropped the update to version 2.0 – a day early.

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