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The new funding will accelerate the company’s goal of doubling its stores in the U.S. and Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple finally put itself on equal footing with rivals by allowing users to rate and review its own, first-party apps for the first time this fall, amid increased regulatory pressure ahead of a likely antitrust investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five-year-old startup Skyryse has raised a $200 million Series B to develop FlightOS, a flight automation technology stack that the company says will help experienced pilots operate new types of aircraft and allow complete novices to quickly learn the ropes of flying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DeHaat, an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers in India, has raised $115 million in what is the largest funding round for an agritech startup in India. Sofina, Lightrock, and Temasek co-led the 10-year-old startup’s Series D financing round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chalo, an Indian startup that is digitizing bus commutes in India and which recently raised $40 million in a financing round, has acquired Amazon-backed app-based office commute bus aggregator Shuttl in an all-cash deal, the two said on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube is rolling out a designated “New to you” tab on its platform after testing the feature earlier this year. The new tab is now available on the YouTube homepage across mobile, desktop and TV devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new firm brings together a foursome with operator, venture capital and private equity expertise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The era of private space stations is officially here as Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin announce plans to launch a commercial station in 2027, but it’s just the next logical step for developing the new space economy, the companies say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the Climate Crisis looming, lots of companies want to do their part. But asking customers to “offset the CO2 emission of this delivery” is usually a hammer to crack a nut. There is very little transparency around carbon offsets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After steadily expanding access over the course of the year, Twitter announced today its audio chatroom feature known as Twitter Spaces is now open to anyone who wants to host a Space across iOS and Android. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Small and medium-sized exporters in India struggle to communicate their designs with buyers. They can’t list those designs publicly on their website or sell through popular e-commerce platforms as doing so would risk giving away the proprietary property to rivals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An “ongoing” cyberattack against the Japanese technology giant Olympus was caused by a Russian ransomware group sanctioned by the U.S. government, according to two people with knowledge of the incident. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA and Boeing provided an update on the beleaguered Starliner capsule Tuesday, confirming that the earliest the spacecraft will fly will be sometime during the first half of next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Buried in Biden’s 2021 tax plan are new amendments to the U.S. Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) program, which, if passed, will impact early-stage startup employees, founders and investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Micromobility companies that aim to turn a profit have to juggle running a tight ship, adhering to constantly shifting local  regulations and getting as many riders on vehicles as possible. Boston-based Zoba, a micromobility fleet optimization startup, has developed a platform to help with that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple has unveiled some new MacBook Pro models at a virtual conference today. And the company is timing the release of the next major release of macOS with the new laptop. Mac users will be able to update to macOS Monterey on Monday, October 25. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The pandemic forced the legal profession to cobble together remote work strategies, often through a combination of video conferencing and emails. Founded in Melbourne, Immediation provides a tailor-made solution with digital courtrooms and mediation tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SiriusXM-owned Pandora is partnering with SoundCloud to launch ‘The Lookout by SoundCloud,’ a new station available on Pandora that aims to showcase music from the “hip hop superstars of tomorrow.” Today’s announcement comes as Pandora’s parent company, SiriusXM, recently partnered with SoundCloud to launch a show of the same name on its Hip-Hop Nation channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Clubhouse added a new “music mode” this week, doubling down its commitment to centering social audio in all its permutations. The new music mode will give musicians who play live on the social network their own special set of tools to optimize sound quality and will hit iOS first before rolling out to Android. Clubhouse […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After announcing a deal with Beyond Meat back in February, McDonald’s this morning announced that it is set to start selling plant-based Beyond Meat burgers in select locations next month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SumUp, a European-based competitor to Square, PayPal/iZettle and others that provide mobile-powered card readers and other sales technology to merchants and small businesses, has made an acquisition in the U.S. to dig deeper into that market, and to expand the kinds of services that it provides to customers globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Instagram today announced the launch of a couple of new tools aimed at addressing the needs of Live creators. Now, creators will be able to build up buzz for their upcoming Live by scheduling it up to 90 days in advance, then share the news across Instagram to alert their fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Embedded finance continues to be a major theme in the world of fintech, with a wide swathe of new financial services companies tapping APIs built by others to power payments and other financial transactions, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After testing last month, Twitter is rolling out a feature to all web users that will let them remove followers without blocking them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google has invested in Bangalore-based Open, becoming the latest high-profile investor to back a neobanking platform. Open said on Tuesday it has raised $100 million in a Series C financing round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices