Nigerian startup Autochek, which offers a marketplace for car sales, raises a $13.1M seed, following a $3.4M pre-seed in November 2020 — African automotive company Autochek has secured a $13.1 million seed round almost a year after raising $3.4 million pre-seed in November 2020.
Stripe partners with Klarna to let retailers in the US, UK, and Europe more easily offer a buy now, pay later option — Tie-up will allow retailers easily to add option for customers to pay in instalments at checkouts — Online payments processor Stripe has entered a strategic partnership with …
Uber and French grocery chain Carrefour partner to launch rapid grocery deliveries from nine micro-fulfillment centers across Paris — - Partnership is latest step in competitive local grocery sector — Uber's EMEA grocery orders up 620% in September year-on-year
Nine UK schools pause plans to use facial recognition to take payments for lunches, following criticism from the UK's ICO — Nine schools in North Ayrshire have paused use of facial recognition technology days after introducing it, following UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) inquiries.
Docs: Facebook tested turning off News Feed ranking for 0.05% of users in Feb. 2018 and found engagement dropped, Groups content rose, and ad views increased — New leaked Facebook documents show what happened when Facebook tried to remove feed ranking. It didn't go well.
Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...
