Author: Bilal

Small to medium-sized companies that do a lot of international business have to deal with two big headaches: high foreign exchange fees and corporate expense tracking. Volopay, a Singapore-based financial tech startup with offices in Bangalore, wants to help by integrating into one free-to-use platform prepaid multi-currency corporate cards, expense tracking and accounting tools. Volopay is … Continue reading Singapore-based Volopay wants to be the ‘Brex of Southeast Asia’ Continue Reading →

NASA  is set to launch its newest rover to Mars later this morning. The liftoff is set for 7:50 AM EDT (4:50 AM PDT), with a broadcast beginning at 7:00 AM EDT (4:00 AM PDT). This mission will launch a ULA Atlas V rocket to carry the Perseverance rover to Mars with a trip that will … Continue reading Watch NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover launch live Continue Reading →

Buildots, a Tel Aviv and London-based startup that is using computer vision to modernize the construction management industry, today announced that it has raised $16 million in total funding. This includes a $3 million seed round that was previously unreported and a $13 million Series A round, both led by TLV Partners. Other investors include Innogy Ventures, Tidhar Construction … Continue reading Buildots raises $16M to bring computer vision to construction management Continue Reading →

Japanese new space startup ispace has revealed the final design of its HAKUTO-R lunar lander, a spacecraft set to make its first touchdown on the moon in 2022 if all goes to the updated plan (it had been set to fly in October 2021 until today). Ispace is part of a team led by Draper selected by … Continue reading Ispace reveals the final design of its lunar lander ahead of its first mission to the moon in 2022 Continue Reading →

In the monitoring world, typically when you spin up a new instance, you pay a fee to monitor it. If you are particularly active in any given month, that can result in a hefty bill at the end of the month. That leads to limiting what you choose to monitor to control costs. New Relic wants to … Continue reading New Relic is changing its pricing model to encourage broader monitoring Continue Reading →

While we often focus on the mega rounds that drive big startup valuations, the reality is that every startup has to start somewhere and find that first check that few to no investors are willing to actually write. Notation though has made that first hurdle its key differentiator. Across its first two funds, an $8 million … Continue reading NYC pre-seed powerhouse Notation has a new fund and a new community for founders Continue Reading →

Register now to attend the event on 8/6 at 10 a.m. PDT. Registered attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions via Slido. Next in our series of talks with virtual event masterminds, we’ll be meeting with Johnny Boufarhat, founder of virtual events platform, Hopin, about the virtual venue we’re developing together for Disrupt.  Hopin was founded in 2007 with the aim … Continue reading Talking virtual events and Disrupt with Hopin founder Johnny Boufarhat Continue Reading →

The Galaxy Z Fold 2 gets a slick redesign Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 2 has just gotten its biggest leak yet, showing off the revamped design for the company’s flagship foldable successor, which it’s expected to announce at the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event on August 5th alongside the Galaxy Note 20, via MySmartPrice. The new renders … Continue reading Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 2 leak shows off hole-punch cameras and a bigger external display Continue Reading →

Seriously! As The Verge’s resident live-streaming reporter, I do a lot of streaming on my own time, both because it’s fun and because I want to know a little about what it’s like for the people I cover. That’s meant I’ve gained a healthy appreciation for the various pieces of gear that make streaming possible — because … Continue reading The cheapest Cam Link clone you can buy actually works pretty well Continue Reading →

A ‘delay of a global 5G flagship phone launch’ is imminent Qualcomm’s Q3 earnings report might indicate a delay for Apple’s upcoming 5G iPhones, with the company highlighting a “partial impact from the delay of a global 5G flagship phone launch” for its fourth quarter projections (which covers July, August, and September earnings). Looking at … Continue reading Qualcomm hints that the 5G iPhone might not arrive in September Continue Reading →