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Propeller, a new climate-tech investor with a focus on the ocean, tells TechCrunch that it has hooked $100 million for its first seed fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pinterest’s TikTok competitor is gaining new music. The company announced today its video-focused “Idea Pins” feature will now include the ability to add popular tracks from top artists, thanks to new licensing deals with Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Merlin and BMG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The kingdom of Eswatini is considering the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), joining the growing list of African countries exploring the viability of an e-currency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rolls-Royce plans to deliver its first EV, the Spectre two-door coupe, to customers late next year as it transitions toward becoming a fully electric brand by 2030. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Continuity Camera was one of the odder additions that arrived in the last round of Apple operating system updates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The stock price of South Korea’s internet giant Kakao tumbled on Monday after a fire at a data center that cut off power on Saturday, causing several service malfunctions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PayPal is taking a step away from the Honey brand, the $4 billion shopping rewards acquisition it made in 2019, with today’s launch of PayPal Rewards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A data breach from 2018 is putting Shein under the spotlight as the ultra-fast fashion e-commerce platform continues to conquer Gen-Z markets across the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Framework is at the vanguard of a growing movement to make electronics more repair-friendly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Social engineering attacks are on the rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Uniswap Labs has raised $165 million in a new funding round as the parent firm of the world’s largest decentralized exchange looks to broaden its offerings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Betterment, a roboadvisory platform which manages over $33 billion in assets, has finally launched its crypto offering after completing a private beta phase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If all goes to plan, Florida’s Space Coast could see two separate lunar missions take off in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The buy now, pay later (BNPL) market was once seen as a bulletproof investment, given the meteoric rise of players like Klarna and Afterpay during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot company Starship Technologies is partnering with food ordering and delivery company Grubhub to provide robotic delivery services on college campuses across the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Samsung has confirmed the first third-party smart TV makers to ship with its Tizen operating system (OS), with several manufacturers preparing to launch Tizen-powered TVs this year across Europe and Australasia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Almost a week after Apple removed The OG App from the App Store, an Instagram client that promised to provide an ad-free and suggestion-free feed, Google followed the suit and booted the app off the Play Store.9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Kenya-based venture studio with a focus on tourism, Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), has raised $1 million pre-seed funding to build the next generation of startups that use technology to modernize the tourism sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Screenshots of tweets are one of the most popular ways to share tweets with friends or post them on your other social media accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that the proposed merger between London-based satellite communications company Inmarsat and its U.S. rival Viasat raises potential competition concerns, and plans to launch a full-scale investigation into the deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Uber’s former head of security has been found guilty of criminal obstruction for attempting cover up a data breach that saw tens of millions of customer and driver records stolen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Party Round wants you to know that the party isn’t over. In fact, it just rebranded, put the music just a little bit lower, and finally put out some appetizers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House this morning unveiled what it’s colloquially calling an “AI Bill of Rights,” which aims to establish tenets around the ways AI algorithms should be deployed as well as guardrails on their applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

VideoLAN, the developer and operator of popular media player VLC, has filed a legal notice to India’s IT and Telecom ministries, alleging that the Indian bodies failed to notify the software developer and did not afford it a chance for an explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple’s App Store suffered a 5% year-on-year dip in net revenue in September according to a note from Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices