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Construction tech upstart Assignar adds a Fifth Wall with $20M Series B; Super raises $50M to cover home repairs and maintenance via a subscription model; Review: Apple’s 2021 iPad Pro is great, again, but… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everything Google announced at I/O; Extend raises $260M on a $1.6B valuation to expand its warranty and protection plan services; Explorium scores $75M Series C just 10 months after B round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday.com is going public; Telda raises $5M for Egyptian neobanking; Ankorstore raises $102M to supply indie stores Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coding school drama; Stripe acquires Bouncer, will integrate its card authentication into the Radar fraud detection tool; Airbnb managed a roughly 2.5% gain after reporting its own earnings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google hit with $123M antitrust fine in Italy over Android Auto; Legionfarm, pairing pro gamers with amateurs, raises $6 million Series A; Elon Musk, Technoking of Tesla, orders a halt to bitcoin car payments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Salesforce is bringing drag and drop interactive components to its low-code toolkit; Stampli raises $50 million in Series C to help companies intelligently manage invoices; Prime today, gone tomorrow: Chinese products get pulled from Amazon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube announces a $100M fund to reward top YouTube Shorts creators over 2021-2022; Samsung withdraws from in-person MWC; TransUnion led blockchain fintech Spring Labs’ $30M Series B Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at Expensify ahead of its IPO; Neobank 'Fair' is launching to the public; 'Snack,' a ‘Tinder meets TikTok’ dating app is opening to Gen Z investors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A mega-exit for American fintech; Walmart’s Flipkart to cover insurance for all sellers in India; 5 investors discuss the future of RPA after UiPath's IPO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Freemium is the future of SaaS; Google reveals slate of Chromebook docks; Chinese EV maker Nio steps outside of China Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peloton apologizes, agrees to treadmill recall; Emergence rounds up nearly $1 billion; A look at the modern chief marketing role Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter acquires Scroll; Multicoin Capital debuts new $100 million fund; London’s Stride VC raised its second $138.6 million seed fund Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We take a look at the Duolingo EC-1; Twitter Spaces opens up more broadly; Epic Games acquires ArtStation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple faces an antitrust complaint in Europe; TikTok has a new CEO; YouTube TV disappears from Roku Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Biden administration hints at gig economy changes; Blue Origin will be taking passengers; We interview Jim Belushi about weed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Uber unveils half a dozen new features; Samsung announces a new flagship laptop; Zomato files to go public Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spotify launches paid podcast support; Amazon announces new tablets; We unveil the agenda for TC Sessions: Mobility Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple’s latest software upgrade brings a big change; Roku accuses Google of anti-competitive behavior; Brex raises a big funding round Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We get up close with a robotic Groot; SpaceX has a successful astronaut launch; Cryptocurrency prices tumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We test out Apple’s lost item finder; Google Fi gets a new unlimited plan; Facebook tests new video ad targeting features Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google announces upgrades to Google Meet; Amazon is bringing its palm scanner to Whole Foods; Microsoft looks at the effect of video calls on our brains Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple announces new devices; Amazon opens a hair salon; Venmo adds cryptocurrency support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Facebook reveals its Clubhouse competitor; Parler will return to Apple’s App Store; A helicopter flies on Mars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Squarespace is going public; Apple shares some music payment details; Twitter bans the founder of the right-wing media organization Project Veritas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google Earth gives users a new look at a changing planet; Facebook tests new business discovery features; Autodesk acquires Upchain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coinbase makes an impressive public debut; Dell spins out VMware; Ford announces a new hands-free driving system Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spotify wants to have a bigger presence in your car; Apple hints at iPad-centric announcements; Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop goes on sale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft makes a big healthcare tech acquisition; Twitter is building a presence in Africa; Apple may be cooking up some new smart home products Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Efforts to unionize an Amazon warehouse in Alabama appear to have failed; Facebook takes down fake review groups; Monkey plays Pong with its brain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Box gets some financial ammunition against an activist investor; Samsung launches the Galaxy SmartTag+; A look at the history of CryptoPunks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google announces its I/O plans; Facebook tests an audio Q&A feature; Patreon triples its valuation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

European regulators have questions about a Facebook data breach; Clubhouse adds payments; Robotics company has SPAC plans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Supreme Court announces several tech-related rulings; LG will shut down its smartphone business; A deep dive into the story of StockX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple adds classic titles to Apple Arcade; Microsoft experiences an outage; Coinbase is going public Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tiger Global closes a $6.65 billion fund; Facebook gives users more tools to encourage COVID vaccination; iPhone app spending continues to grow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Facebook has some thoughts and updates about its News Feed; Siri gets some new voices; Tonal becomes a unicorn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google tries out new ad targeting technology; PayPal adds cryptocurrency support; Substack raises additional funding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’ve got the details on Boston Dynamics’ upcoming warehouse robot Stretch; Apple releases security patches; Cazoo is going public via SPAC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon pushes back against unionization; WeWork eyes the SPAC route; New spyware on Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tech executives face Congress; Spotify gets a redesign; Snapchat is developing a new Remix feature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Slack launches a new direct messaging feature; Amazon Web Services gets a new leader; A round up of our favorite Y Combinator startups Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OnePlus unveils new hardware; Apple updates its educational offerings; Facebook reveals plans for its next developer conference Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dispo is in the midst of a sexual assault controversy; Zoom introduces an SDK; Android owners will have to continue waiting for Clubhouse access Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Facebook develops a new way to interact with AR; Uber’s facial recognition policy faces scrutiny; SpaceX’s Starship rocket booster hits a major milestone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube Shorts comes to the U.S.; Amazon starts testing electric delivery vans in San Francisco; New data suggests the impact of Google Play’s recent changes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Uber changes driver classification following a legal defeat in the U.K; Facebook says it will crack down on rule-breaking Groups; Snap makes an e-commerce acquisition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google is letting developers keep more of their Play revenue; Instagram adds teen safety features; We examine the global distribution of venture funding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stripe gets a mind-boggling valuation; Facebook promotes COVID vaccines; Elon Musk has an interesting new title Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A prominent Republican senator weighs in on Amazon’s labor disputes; Microsoft reports a security vulnerability in Exchange; We examine ByteDance’s gaming strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The artist Beeple scores a huge NFT sale; Twitter Spaces are coming soon; Seth Rogen’s weed startup launches in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices