Sunbird pauses its efforts to bring iMessage to Android amid security worries Sunbird, which aims to bring iMessage to Android users, has halted development and pulled its app from the Play Store amid security issues raised this week. Earlier this week, the company sent a notif...
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Sunbird pauses its efforts to bring iMessage to Android amid security worries | TechCrunch
Sunbird messages has paused the development of its app, which promises to bring iMessage to Android amid security concerns.
FrontEdge raises $10M in debt, equity from TLG, Flexport to facilitate trade for African exporters In the dynamic landscape of African international trade, a prevalent challenge looms large: A mere 30% of trade volumes find financial intermediaries in banks. This glaring gap in financing disproport...
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FrontEdge raises $10M in debt, equity from TLG, Flexport to facilitate trade for African exporters | TechCrunch
Backed by TLG Capital and Flexport, FrontEdge secures $10 million to facilitate cross-border trades for African SMEs.
Cameroonian healthtech Waspito gets $2.5M seed extension to scale, tap offline patients Cameroonian health startup Waspito has secured a $2.5 million seed extension from DP World through Newtown Partners, Saviu Ventures, AAIC Investment, Axian ventures and CFAO’s Health54 to spur its gro...
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Cameroonian healthtech Waspito gets $2.5M seed extension to scale, tap offline patients | TechCrunch
Waspito is introducing a hybrid model to reach offline patients and plans to branch out into Senegal and Gabon too.
Anti-censorship tools are quietly disappearing into thin air in China China — the biggest internet market globally with more than 1 billion users — is no stranger to online censorship. For years, authorities in the country have built out a series of techno-policy restra...
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Anti-censorship tools are quietly disappearing into thin air in China | TechCrunch
China — the biggest internet market globally with more than 1 billion users — is no stranger to online censorship. For years, authorities in th...
Altman won’t return as OpenAI’s CEO after all Capping off a tumultuous weekend at OpenAI that culminated in investors — and a contingent of employees — attempting to convince the company’s board to hire back former Y Combinator president Sam Altm...
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Sam Altman won't return as OpenAI's CEO after all | TechCrunch
Sam Altman won't return as OpenAI's CEO, according to reports. Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear will serve in an interim capacity for the t...
Popular video chat service Omegle shuts down Omegle, a popular online chat service that allowed individuals to connect and chat with strangers, has shut down after 15 years citing growing misuse of the platform, including in committing “unspeaka...
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Omegle shuts down after 14 years | TechCrunch
Omegle, a popular online chat service that allowed individuals to connect and talk with strangers, has shut down after more than 14 years citing gr...
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart says the chat app could introduce ads in Status WhatsApp’s cat-and-mouse game with ads continues. While the company is not planning to show ads in the main inbox, it could still show ads in Status — the app’s Stories-like feature — and channels. In...
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WhatsApp head Will Cathcart says the chat app could introduce ads in Status | TechCrunch
While WhatsApp is not planning to show ads in the main inbox, it could still show ads in Status and channels.