Move over Apple, Step launches 5% savings account

Step, the digital banking service geared toward teens and young adults, is now offering a 5% rate on its savings accounts. With just 1 in 3 Americans having adequate... Read more »

Figure’s humanoid robot takes its first steps

Toward the rear of the office, an engineer is working on a metal hand. It looks human enough — roughly the same size with four fingers and a thumb.... Read more »

SoftBank rebrands Opportunity Fund, will invest $150 million in Black and Latino-led startups

SoftBank has launched a second fund under its Opportunity Growth Fund to raise and invest $150 million in Black and Latino-led startups. The Japanese conglomerate is also rebranding the... Read more »

Twitter now allows paid users to upload two-hour long videos

Twitter has made changes to its paid plan allowing subscribers to upload two-hour-long videos — expanding the previous 60-minute limit. The company also modified its Twitter Blue page and... Read more »

1Password’s new service lets businesses quickly adopt passkeys

Password manager 1Password today launched a new service, Passage by 1Password, that’s designed to allow businesses to build passkey authentication into their apps and websites without having to maintain... Read more »

Google will disable third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users in Q1 2024

Google’s Privacy Sandbox aims to replace third-party cookies with a more privacy-conscious approach, allowing users to manage their interests and grouping them into cohorts based on similar browsing patterns.... Read more »

FTC says popular fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive data with Chinese analytics firms

A popular fertility tracking app shared users’ sensitive health information with third-party advertisers without their consent, a new Federal Trade Commission complaint alleges. The FTC’s investigation into Premom, a... Read more »

Percent lands $30M investment to connect investors with private credit

In 2018, Nelson Chu founded Percent with the goal of bringing investors, borrowers and underwriters together to modernize private credit. Seeing an opportunity to tackle the lack of risk... Read more »

Retail media targeting on the AI maturity curve

Hugh Cameron Contributor Share on Twitter Hugh Cameron is head of data for Zitcha and has worked in the martech space for 15 years. As the retail sector grows... Read more »

Beijing calls on cloud providers to support AI firms

As large language models from Western tech firms show the potential to disrupt everything from marketing, teaching, to coding, China is rushing to cultivate its home-grown AI pioneers by... Read more »
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