London-based YuLife, which helps 500+ businesses offer staff gamified life insurance, raised a $120M Series C at an $800M valuation, up from $346M in July 2021
YuLife's clients are companies that want to provide insurance … Brendon Petersen / Ventureburn : YuLife raises $120M in Series C funding round Oliver Smith / AltFi : Insurtech YuLife raises $120m Seri...
UK-based mobile-only bank Atom Bank raises £75M+ at a £435M valuation, after raising £40M in April 2021, as the startup plans its IPO
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Review of email app Superhuman: elegant, detailed interface but you have to live with its fixed hotkeys, inconsistent filtering, and the steep $30/month price
$30 per month is too much for a Gmail app — Superhuman is one of the most in-demand startups right now … Tweets: @aaronklein , @caseynewton , @joshuabaer , @mg , @harrymccracken , @tonyromm , @olive...
EU fines Google a record €4.3B (~$5B) in antitrust case for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search engine
Is it OK to turn my cat vegan? Camila Domonoske / NPR : EU Hits Google With $5 Billion Fine For Pushing Apps On Android Users Don Reisinger / Tom's Guide : Google Just Fined $5 Billion for Abusing And...
Facebook updates mission statement to “give people power to build community, bring the world closer together”, from “making the world more open and connected”
For anyone still wondering if Mark … Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Facebook changes its mission statement Simon Sharwood / The Register : Facebook gives itself mission to ‘bring the world closer’ by gettin...
Amazon debuts Amazon Go, a checkout-less food store in Seattle, where purchases are tracked by computer vision and app, open to its staff now and public in '17
but it could improve ‘dreadful’ self-checkout, investor says Mat Smith / Engadget : The Morning After: Tuesday December 6, 2016 Oliver Smith / The Memo : Amazon's soulless shop of the future spells do...
Tesco Bank, the lending arm of the UK's biggest grocer, halts online payments after money was stolen from 20K accounts
The hacking of Tesco Bank may be a negative … Danny Palmer / CNET : UK bank freezes online transactions after theft Oliver Smith / The Memo : It's time to ditch cash, because it's costing British busi...
Asset management company BlackRock acquires automated wealth management startup FutureAdvisor
Five years ago FutureAdvisor set … Leena Rao / Fortune : Blackrock buys a robo advisor Ian Kar / Quartz : BlackRock's FutureAdvisor acquisition is a ringing endorsement of robo-advising Stephen Foley ...
Mark Zuckerberg praises carriers at MWC, attempts to allay concerns that Internet.org is a threat to their business
Recap Mark Scott / New York Times : Mark Zuckerberg Goes on Charm Offensive for Internet.org Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily : Zuckerberg Says Push to Spread Facebook Helps Phone Companies; Some Telco...