Tuesday’s top tech news: A trio of breakages Happy Tuesday, everything is broken. Most significantly, late Monday night T-Mobile experienced what appears to be a fairly major outage across the US, with…
Month: February 2023
Africa’s smartphone market shrunk by 18% last year
Africa’s smartphone market shrunk by 18% last year Africa’s smartphone market shrunk by 18% in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). The slump was driven…
The Changing Online Language of Hearts
The Changing Online Language of Hearts The Changing Online Language of Hearts Video CreditCredit…Erik Carter How to show a heart — the universal symbol of love — has shifted on the internet…
Bain Capital has closed its second Tech Opportunities fund with $2.4 billion
Bain Capital has closed its second Tech Opportunities fund with $2.4 billion It’s always nice to have a lot of capital to invest, but managing a large new fund can be even…
Amid merger and bankruptcy in the West, lidar maker Hesai nails $190M IPO
Amid merger and bankruptcy in the West, lidar maker Hesai nails $190M IPO Last week, China’s lidar maker Hesai raised an upsized IPO in the U.S. at a time the industry is…
Morocco’s foodtech Terraa raises $1.5M led by FoodLabs
Morocco’s foodtech Terraa raises $1.5M led by FoodLabs Terraa, a Moroccan B2B tech-enabled food distribution platform, has raised $1.5 million pre-seed funding in a round led by FoodLabs, a European early-stage VC…
T-Mobile outage affected thousands of users across the US
T-Mobile outage affected thousands of users across the US Home Reviews Best in Tech Hands-On View all Products Gaming Best Games PlayStation Nintendo Xbox View all Gear Amazon Apple Google Microsoft Samsung…
Akamai reaches for the cloud
Akamai reaches for the cloud A year ago, Akamai acquired Linode for $900 million. At the time, Akamai said it wanted to combine Linode with its edge platform and security services. Unsurprisingly,…
Singapore-based neobank Aspire raises $100M from Lightspeed and Sequoia SEA
Singapore-based neobank Aspire raises $100M from Lightspeed and Sequoia SEA Aspire, the Singapore-based neobank that wants to become the financial operating system for SMEs, has raised an oversubscribed $100 million Series C…
T-Mobile suffers major network outage across US
T-Mobile suffers major network outage across US Thousands of T-Mobile customers in the United States reported significant network problems on Monday night, with many unable to place calls or carry out other…