Lawmakers ask Department of Justice to investigate Warner Bros. Discovery merger

Four Democratic lawmakers have written to the Department of Justice to investigate Warner Bros. Discovery and launch an inquiry into alleged anti-competitive behavior. Democratic representatives Elizabeth Warren, Pramila Jayapal,... Read more »

FTC orders supplement maker to pay $600K in first case involving hijacked Amazon reviews

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order in its first-ever enforcement action over a case involving “review hijacking,” or when a marketer steals consumer reviews... Read more »

In edtech, history matters: Reach Capital just closed its largest fund to date

Reach Capital, one of the first venture firms to focus exclusively on edtech, closed its last investment vehicle during an unprecedented boom within tech. The San Francisco-based venture firm... Read more »

Uber sells $400m stake in Careem super app business

Careem, the Middle East-based ride-hailing company that Uber bought in 2019, is spinning out its super app business into a new startup backed with $400 million from Emirates Telecommunications... Read more »

UK regulators could be right about cloud portability obstacles

U.K. communications watchdog group Ofcon reported last week that it was investigating cloud infrastructure vendors — paying particular attention to Amazon and Microsoft — for making it too difficult... Read more »

1 month left to submit nominations for Startup Battlefield 200

Here’s your shot across the bow — there’s a little over one more month left to nominate your startup for Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt. Take the opportunity to... Read more »

Have startup valuations fallen enough to feel sane again?

Welcome to the new week. While recording Equity this morning, I noted with surprise an interesting bit of data that got me wondering about the current premium that venture... Read more »

Poe’s AI chatbot app now lets you make your own bots using prompts

An app called Poe will now let users make their own chatbot using prompts combined with an existing bot, like ChatGPT, as the base. First launched publicly in February,... Read more »

You can now access Snapchat Lenses during Microsoft Teams meetings

Tired of using virtual backgrounds to spice up your Microsoft Teams calls? Well, you now have a new way to express yourself during meetings. Microsoft and Snap have today... Read more »

Meta Verified is under fire in sex work circles for revealing users’ legal names

With Meta Verified, users can pay for an enviable blue check next to their name. But the feature also requires users to use their legal name as their profile... Read more »
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