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E-commerce-as-a-service platform Cart.com picks up $98M to give brands scaling tools

Cart.com, a Houston-based company providing end-to-end e-commerce services, brought in its third funding round this year, this time a $98 million Series B round to bring its total funding to $143 mill

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Japan’s TechnoPro acquires Indian app development studio Robosoft for $108 million

Robosoft Technologies, an India-headquartered app development studio, said on Tuesday it has reached a definitive agreement to sell the business to Japan’s IT services firm TechnoPro for $108 million.

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Car-sharing startup Turo has filed confidentially for an IPO

Turo, the peer-to-peer car-sharing startup, has initiated the confidential process of filing for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.The number of shares to be offe

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Bluecore lands $125M Series E on $1B valuation as e-commerce personalization grows

During the pandemic, especially when we were in lock down, just about every retailer had to build its online presence and do it quickly. As people move to shop online in larger numbers, being able to

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Japanese startup ispace raises $46M to support planned moon missions

Japanese startup ispace has raised $46 million in a fresh round of Series C funding as it looks to complete three lunar lander missions in three years.The funding will go toward the second and third o

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Iran warns of 'prompt, strong' response after oil tanker incident

The Mercer Street, an oil tanker managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime, is seen in Cape Town, South Africa, January 2, 2016. /Reuters Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed on Monday British and

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Iran warns of 'prompt, strong' response after oil tanker incident

Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed on Monday British and U.S. allegations regarding a reported drone attack on an Israeli-managed oil tanker in the north of the Arabian

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Demand Curve: Questions you need to answer in your paid search ads

Around 15% of website traffic comes through paid search ads. But to turn passive searchers into active shoppers, your ads should answer their question and entice them to click.We’ve tested thous

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Indian automobile marketplace Droom valued at $1.2 billion in $200 million pre-IPO funding

An online marketplace for automobiles has become the latest Indian startup to attain the coveted unicorn status.Gurgaon-headquartered Droom said on Wednesday it has raised $200 million in what it desc

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Joby Aviation, aiming to go to market in 2024, completes 154-mile test flight

Santa Cruz, California-based Joby Aviation has completed the longest test flight of an eVTOL to date: Its unnamed full-sized prototype aircraft concluded a trip of over 150 miles on a single charge, t

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Kaseya acquires decryption key 'from trusted third party' after ransomware attack

The software company says it is working with more than 1,000 businesses who were impacted by the incident to get their systems unlocked.

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Several high-profile websites including HSBC, Airbnb and British Airways hit by outages

The websites of several high-profile companies including HSBC, Airbnb and British Airways were hit by outages on Thursday.A message on the BA website read: "Service Unavailable - DNS failure. The ser

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Treasure of Nature: A 'natural paradise' featuring mudflats

China's Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf (Phase I) was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a natural site on July 5, 2

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NHTSA urges some Chevy Bolt owners to park their car away from home, citing fire risk

Chevrolet Bolts are back in the news — this time for another consumer alert issued by the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, less than a year after the agency issued a recall fo

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End-to-end moving startup Updater buys on-demand moving startup Dolly

Moving services giant Updater is bringing on the team from Dolly as the New York company looks to expand its scope of offerings with the acquisition of the on-demand startup known for helping consumer

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Elon Musk defends Tesla’s $2.6B acquisition of SolarCity in Delaware court

Elon Musk is testifying Monday morning in a lawsuit over Tesla’s 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, a $2.6 billion transaction that a group of shareholders allege was a “bailout” of the failing solar comp

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DPRK accuses U.S. of using humanitarian aid for political purposes

A pupil receives hand sanitizer as part of anti COVID-19 procedures before entering a school in Pyongyang, DPRK, June 22, 2021. /CFP The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of