Daily Archives: November 12, 2021

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: The latest iOS 15.2 beta adds a manual Macro mode toggle to the Camera app on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max  —  The second beta of iOS 15.2 adds a toggle for Macro mode on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 […]

Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: Canada-based Knak, which offers a codeless campaign creation service for marketing teams, raises a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners  —  Knak, an Ottawa, Canada-based startup that offers a campaign creation platform for marketing teams, today announced it has raised $25 million in a series […]

Bloomberg: A labor group seeking to organize at Amazon’s Staten Island facility have withdrawn their petition to the NLRB, saying they need more time to collect signatures  —  – Group says it needs more time to collect additional signatures  — Backing from 30% of workers required to force union vote

Enlarge / The new version of Dishy McFlatface. (credit: Starlink) Starlink has replaced its user terminal with a new model that’s smaller and cheaper to produce, and the company updated the Wi-Fi router that ships in hardware kits sent to new subscribers. The $499 price that new Starlink users must […]

(credit: javelinnl) Microsoft is pushing another bug-fix update for Windows 11 out to its Beta and Release Preview Insider channels today, and like all the Windows 11 bug-fix updates released so far, the list of resolved issues is more than long enough to vindicate anyone who decided to stay on […]

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Texans will be paying for the effects of last February’s cold snap for decades to come, as the state’s oil and gas regulator approved a plan for natural gas utilities to recover $3.4 billion in debt they incurred during the storm. The regulator, the Railroad Commission, […]

Enlarge / Frontline workers of the Medical Center of Aurora gather in front of the hospital for a COVID-19 memorial in Aurora, Colorado, on July 15, 2021. (credit: Getty | Denver Post) More states are activating crisis standards of care, and at least two have expanded access to COVID-19 vaccine […]

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: A look at lawsuits against Amazon over crashes caused by rushing delivery drivers; Amazon denies responsibility, saying one driver worked for a contractor  —  The company’s algorithms were blamed for a crash that paralyzed an aspiring doctor.  Amazon says it’s not liable.

Maxwell Strachan / VICE: Interview with Sam Lessin and YouTuber Marina Mogilko about a $1.7M investment in her, in exchange for 5% of her creator-related earnings for the next 30 years  —  She gets $1.7 million.  Sam Lessin’s venture firm gets 5% of her creator earnings for 30 years. “it’s […]

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Blackshark.ai, the Austrian startup that developed the replica-Earth in Microsoft’s Flight Simulator, raises a $20M Series A led by M12  —  Blackshark.ai, the Austrian startup behind the digital globe you fly over in Microsoft’s Flight Simulator, has raised a $20 million round A to develop and […]