Christine Hall / TechCrunch : Brazil-based Favo, a social commerce startup focused on groceries, raises $26.5M Series A led by Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to $37M — Favo, a Brazilian social commerce platform, closed on $26.5 million in Series A funding to continue developing its app that takes grocery orders through local social networks.
Taylor Soper / GeekWire : Esper, a DevOps service that enables companies to deploy and manage fleets of Android-based IoT devices, raises $60M Series C, following $30M Series B in May — Seattle-area startup Esper just raised a second round of investment in less than six months to support growth of its software …
Former President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Iowa on Saturday – his first stop in the competitive central plains state since last year’s election.
Kim Kardashian and estranged husband Kanye West were seen leaving the Ritz Carlton together hours before the reality star is set to host "Saturday Night Live."
Supporters of former President Trump have turned the chant “Let’s Go Brandon” into a massive social media viral trend that has shown up at sporting events, airports, memes, all the way to the former president’s Saturday rally in Iowa.
An education company co-founded by Merrick Garland's son-in-law issued a "resource" for teachers this year which claimed supporters of former President Donald Trump are white supremacists.
A Fresno, California area woman who received a nearly $5 million settlement after the police killed her son has been arrested for using some of that money to buy guns for another son and gang members.
New York Times : Imposition of bitcoin on El Salvador's unwilling population by the increasingly authoritarian ruler Nayib Bukele is testing BTC's promise of financial liberty — As cryptocurrency enters global finance, an experiment in El Salvador could offer clues on whether it will bring a more libertarian economy or greater government control.
Tina Louise is the last surviving cast member of "Gilligan’s Island" and she recently revealed what she really thought about the leading men on the series.
Actor Morgan Freeman broke with the progressive left during a recent interview and said he does not support the movement to strip funding from police departments across the country.
A teenager accused of stealing a phone from an unsuspecting subway rider realized the hard way that he wasn’t fast enough to keep up with a nearby transit cop.
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Leaked marketing site: Pixel 6 phones will include a 50MP primary camera, with 12MP ultrawide and 48MP 4x telephoto lenses on Pro, and a Magic Eraser feature — The Pixel 6 series is set to deliver the biggest camera overhaul the Pixel lineup has ever seen, and now a pair of marketing sites …
Former President Trump’s team in Iowa has their eyes on helping election Republicans in the 2022 midterms, but their presence in the state that kicks off the White House race gives the former president an early 2024 leg up should he run again.
Jen Psaki condemned the acts of immigration activists who followed Sen. Kirsten Sinema, D-Ariz., from her classroom where she teaches at Arizona State University to a bathroom.
Mike Isaac / New York Times : Facebook and its apps were inaccessible for about two hours on Friday afternoon, which the company says was caused by a “configuration” change — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and its family of apps were inaccessible on Friday afternoon, the second time in a week that the social network …
Jonathan Greig / ZDNet : Google announces new efforts to protect journalists and high-risk users from cyberattacks, including providing over 10,000 free security keys through 2021 — The announcement comes one day after the Google TAG team alerted journalists and high-risk groups that could be targets to ongoing attacks.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio did not rule out a mandatory coronavirus vaccine for New York Police Department officers and suggested nothing is off the table.
Bloomberg : Sources: the Biden administration is considering an EO on cryptocurrencies to set up a government-wide approach to the asset class — The Biden administration is weighing an executive order on cryptocurrencies as part of an effort to set up a government-wide approach to the white-hot asset class …
Adele finally addressed the accusations of cultural appropriation she received in 2020 during her first sit down interview since 2016. The star admitted she "totally" understands why her look at the Notting Hill Carnival drew backlash.
The “Fifty Shades” actress, 32, joined Thursday’s telecast of “The Drew Barrymore Show” and was asked about her now-infamous spat with DeGeneres, who vehemently claimed she wasn’t invited to Johnson’s 30th birthday.
An online video shows students at a prestigious American university touting the benefits of socialism and supporting the abolishment of private property rights.
Jen Psaki confirmed that President Joe Biden is “cooperating” with requests from Congress' January 6th Select Committee to investigate former President Donald Trump's activities on that day.
Kris Holt / Engadget : Google says Chrome's Follow button, for sites that support RSS, is now available to all Android users — Google hasn't completely given up on RSS. Earlier this year, it started testing a Follow button in Chrome on Android, which allows users to get updates from websites on the new tab page.
Jay Peters / The Verge : Facebook confirms some of its services are having issues, following a massive outage on Monday — Tough week for Facebook — Instagram has been experiencing issues for many of us here at The Verge, but it turns out that the problem might be broader than that, according to a statement from Facebook.
Chris Welch / The Verge : Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max review: improved performance with Wi-Fi 6 and a large app selection, but the banner ads on the homescreen are not subtle — The improvements are minor but worth the extra cash — The tech industry sure has put a lot of hype behind descriptors like “max” over the last few years.
Former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson is responding after singer Billie Eilish denounced Texas' abortion law at her recent concert in the state.
"Squad" Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., are leading their progressive colleagues in cranking up the pressure on President Biden to release a memo exploring his authority to unilaterally cancel student debt.
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe is facing criticism for not completely rejecting an endorsement from a group that advocates defunding the police.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land : Google confirms bug that causes AMP URLs in Google Search results on devices running iOS 15 to redirect to the original site's page, says it is working on a fix — This bug should be resolved soon according to a Google spokesperson. — With the iOS 15 release on September 20th, AMP URLs in Google Search just stopped working.