Month: March 2021
Attend Disrupt 2021 for less than $100
If three jam-packed days of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021, the mother of all tech conferences that takes place on September 21-23, wasn’t enough to get your startup motor running, listen up. You can attend the all-virtual TC Disrupt 2021 for less than a $100. Your eyes do not deceive. Read on!…
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Fetcher raises $6.5M to automate parts of the recruiting process
Fetcher, a startup that promises to make the recruiting process easier while also diversifying the candidate pool, is announcing that it has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. Originally known as Scout, the New York startup was founded by CEO Andres Blank, CPO Chris Calmeyn and engineering directors Javier…
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Mozilla, Reddit, and Vimeo urge FCC to bring back net neutrality
Tech companies like Mozilla, Reddit, and Vimeo called on the Federal Communications Commission Friday to reinstate the net neutrality rules repealed by the Trump administration. In a letter to FCC Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel on Friday, internet companies Dropbox, Eventbrite, Reddit, Wikimedia, and Vimeo joined onto a letter led by…
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Brian Brackeen returns as an advisor to facial recognition startup Kairos following his ouster as CEO
Brian Brackeen, the founder and former CEO of facial recognition startup Kairos, has made his way back to the company following his ouster in 2018. Brackeen is now chairing the company’s scientific advisory board, where he’ll help to address and eliminate issues of racial bias from the technology. While that’s…
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Starfield could come to Xbox Series X this year Starfield
We really don’t know all that much about Starfield, Bethesda’s upcoming science fiction RPG, but thanks to a VentureBeat reporter, we might finally have some insight into when the game will release on Xbox Series X – and it could be this year. Reporter Jeff Grubb shared his knowledge about…
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Gartner: Top trends in retail for 2021 Gartner: Top trends in retail for 2021
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is driving global retailers to fundamentally reassess how they do business. Due in part to its many challenges and threats, 2020 has accelerated digital transformation across the retail industry. According to Gartner’s 2021 CIO survey, nearly two-thirds of retail CIOs said their relationships with their CEOs…
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