A California city councilman and five other people are facing election fraud charges following a June vote-by-mail runoff in which the councilman won re-election by one vote.
Joyce Lee / Reuters : GS Retail-led consortium to buy South Korean food delivery app Yogiyo for $685M; Delivery Hero sold Yogiyo to meet regulatory requirements for acquiring Woowa — SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's GS Retail Co Ltd said on Friday it had partnered with two private-equity firms …
PYMNTS.com : Chrono24, an online marketplace for new and pre-owned luxury watches, raises ~$118M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to ~$236M — Digital luxury watch marketplace Chrono24 announced on Wednesday (Aug. 11) that it has raised more than 100 million euro ($118 million) …
Tony Zerucha / Crowdfund Insider : Cloud-based bill payment tech provider Paymentus to buy Payveris, which provides software for money transfers and bill payments, for $152.2M in cash and stock — Cloud-based bill payment technology firm Paymentus has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Payveris, itself a cloud-based bill payment software provider.
Samreen Ahmad / Tech in Asia : M-DAQ, a Singapore-based SaaS provider for ecommerce and tech companies to facilitate cross border transactions, raises ~$200M Series D from Affinity — Asian private equity giant Affinity Equity Partners has made an investment of US$200 million into M-Daq, a Singapore-based fintech company backed by Ant Group, in a series D round.
The Economic Times : Indian online travel app Ixigo files for an IPO in India to raise $200M+, sources say at a valuation of about $850M — Mumbai: Travel booking app ixigo is looking to raise Rs 750 crore through a primary fundraise and Rs 850 crore via an offer for sale (OFS) from existing investors as part …
Sandra Lee has gotten engaged to her boyfriend Ben Youcef, and the beaming couple hit the town in Paris to celebrate, with a besotted Lee showing off her dazzling new diamond engagement ring, multiple sources sources told The Post.
Former CIA director and retired Army General David Petraeus called the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan “disastrous” and “catastrophic” for not only the U.S. but the world in a Saturday interview.
Bill Hathaway / YaleNews : Study of 12.7M tweets shows social media amplifies expressions of moral outrage, as users learn that such language gets rewarded with more “likes” and “shares” — Social media platforms like Twitter amplify expressions of moral outrage over time because users learn …
Kirstie Alley criticized the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine for encouraging the use of "gender-inclusive language." The actress slammed the decision as "nullifying" of women's ability to breastfeed.
Britney Spears was spotted behind the wheel of her Mercedes on Saturday, days after her father announced his plans to step down as her conservator. The pop star was recently granted permission to drive under her conservatorship.
The alleged murderer's attorney confirmed his client is being held at an Essex County jail and that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed a detainer on him meaning they can apprehend him upon a release from jail.
Lindsay Shookus showed off her port wine birthmark in a recent Instagram post. The "Saturday Night Live" producer emphasized that she is not defined by her birthmark.
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post : Senate's $1T infrastructure bill includes $2B for cybersecurity programs, including $1B to provide federal cybersecurity assistance to state, local governments — A Senate bill intended to shore up the nation's roads, pipes and electric grid includes billions to protect that aging infrastructure from cyberattacks.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., slammed President Biden's "complete mismanagement" of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and called for the U.S. military to continue to provide "close air support" to combat the surging Taliban forces.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts told Fox News on Friday that he would continue fighting critical race theory (CRT) despite the state university's decision to reject a resolution designed to combat the contentious ideology.
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times : In a preliminary ruling, ITC judge finds Google infringed on five patents owned by Sonos; full commission will make a final ruling in December — In a preliminary finding by the United States International Trade Commission, a judge ruled that the internet company infringed on speaker-technology patents.
Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch : Kiddom, which offers a digital curriculum that fits the core standards required by US states, raises $35M Series C led by Altos Ventures — Kiddom, a platform that offers a digital curriculum that fits the core standards required by states, announced today that it has raised …
Reporters confirmed on Friday that the Texas House Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Black is traveling to the homes of the state lower chamber’s members who skirted voting by flying to Washington, D.C.
Rachel Feintzeig / Wall Street Journal : A half-dozen white-collar workers, in industries like tech and banking, say they are stealthily holding multiple remote, full-time jobs — When the pandemic freed employees from having to report to the office, some saw an opportunity to double their salary on the sly.
Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Twitter again pauses applications to its verification program, after admitting that several fake accounts, reportedly part of a botnet, were wrongly verified — It wants to improve the application and review process — Twitter is once again putting a halt on applications to its verification program …
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Apple details its CSAM detection system, says it expects to set a match threshold of 30 known CSAM images before an iCloud account is flagged for manual review — Apple today shared a document that provides a more detailed overview of the child safety features that it first announced last week …
Top Republicans on Friday called on the Biden administration to act on the crisis at the southern border after leaked audio emerged of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling the situation there "unsustainable."
New York Democrats are poised to strengthen their political power in Washington thanks to new census population data that could give them the ammunition to wipe away Republican congressional seats.