Apple Wallet is getting Verifiable COVID-19 Vaccination Cards There’s a good chance you’ll need documentation of a COVID-19 vaccine to get into some places, and Apple is trying to save you the trouble…
Adventr uses patented voice-control tech to allow anyone to Create Interactive Videos We’ve all been there: you’re watching a horror film and you know the main character shouldn’t go into that frightening house, but no matter how…
Ransomware: A Market Problem Deserves a Market Solution R Evil is an excellent choice for a villain’s moniker. Revil. It’s both evil and amusing. I can see Black Widow, Hulk, and Spider-Man banding…
VC Mark Suster: “The Bet we’re Making Now is on Founder skills,” Instead of Customers or Products We recently spoke with Mark Suster of L.A.-based Upfront Ventures, which raised both an early-stage and a growth-stage fund some years ago and is currently…
Tiger’s Bullish Robotic Investments Tiger Global announced its participation in two large funding rounds on Tuesday, including a $26 million Series A for Ambi and a $50 million Series…
Sorare raises $680 Million for its Fantasy Sports NFT Game Sorare, a French startup, has announced the completion of a substantial fundraising round. The company has raised $680 million in a Series B financing spearheaded…
Paralympians Bring Home gold Medals, but we’re Failing them on Web Accessibility I went out with the swim team for a celebratory supper after winning my first gold medal in the 1972 Paralympics. I’ll never forget seeing…
Alan acquires Jour and Launches Mental Health Service Alan Mind Alan is best recognized for its health insurance products, which today cover 200,000 people in France. However, it has been gradually transforming into a health…
Xata is a Database Service for Serverless apps Meet Xata, a novel perspective on managed databases from a startup. Your database is managed by the company, which converts it into an API that…
Salesforce Backs Indian Payments Startup Razorpay Razorpay, a six-year-old Bangalore fintech that was valued at $3 billion in a funding round earlier this year, has attracted yet another high-profile investor: Salesforce…
Roku Debuts New Streaming Stick 4K bundles, Software Update with voice and Mobile Features Roku today announced its own rival devices in a battle to capture consumers’ attention before the holiday shopping season, weeks after Amazon announced an enhanced…
Andreessen Horowitz’s Crypto Boss Katie Haun is coming to Disrupt Especially if the crypto space has grown so much in such a short period of time, it still faces the existential threat of aggressive regulation…