WhatsApp Business crosses 200M MAUs, introduces personlized messages feature

Meta announced today that WhatsApp Business, its app designed specifically for small businesses, has crossed the mark of 200 million monthly active users — up from 50 million in... Read more »

TikTok’s Family Pairing tool now gives parents personalized control over the content their teens see

TikTok is bringing its content filtering tool to its Family Pairing offering, which lets parents link their account to their teen’s to enable content and privacy settings, the company... Read more »

A tenth of kids claim they could hack you

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DePoly keeps hard to recycle plastic from ending up in landfills

About 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, but less than 10% is recycled, with most of the rest ending up incinerated or in landfills. One reason... Read more »

Supply chain startup Baskit supports Indonesia’s middlemen

Large brand distributors dominate the top of the supply chain, but toward the bottom, there are thousands of middlemen, including wholesalers, who are the ones creating relationships with retailers.... Read more »

Thomson Reuters buys Casetext, an AI legal tech startup, for $650M in cash

Thomson Reuters has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Casetext, a Y Combinator-backed legal tech startup. The deal, valued at $650 million in cash, is expected to close... Read more »

Arkam Ventures targets $180 million to tap ‘middle India’ opportunity with second fund

Arkam Ventures is courting its second fund, aiming for $180 million, nearly doubling the size of its maiden fund, as the Indian venture capital firm gears up to double... Read more »

Kindred Ventures foresees a ‘massive explosion of startups’ courtesy of AI

Last week, we talked with Kindred Ventures, a small, nine-year-old, San Francisco-based early stage venture firm that, despite investing in a lot of nascent startups — more than 100... Read more »

Max Q: Welcome to the era of MaaS (microgravity-as-a-service)

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Atmos Space Cargo’s research and manufacturing space capsule Another anomaly hits Launcher’s Orbiter space tug  News from NASA, and... Read more »

Decentralized social networking app Damus to be removed from App Store, will appeal decision

Damus, a decentralized social networking app backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will be removed from the App Store due to Apple’s strict payment rules. Apple had threatened to... Read more »
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