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Blackbird gobbles up $50M for its blockchain-based payment-loyalty app for restaurants
- By West virginia digital
- . April 8, 2025
A founder who has carved out a name for himself building products to help restaurants connect better with would-be diners

Apple might import more iPhones from India to side-step China tariffs
- By West virginia digital
- . April 8, 2025
Apple is considering importing more iPhones from India to side-step the 54% additional tariffs on goods imported from China that

Meta introduces restricted Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger
- By West virginia digital
- . April 8, 2025
Meta is introducing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger. The feature, which automatically enrolls young users into an app experience

Turkey’s Sipay raises $78M to expand its Stripe-like services into emerging markets
- By West virginia digital
- . April 8, 2025
Billing itself as “Stripe for emerging markets,” Turkish Fintech Sipay has raised a $78 million Series B funding round, claiming

IBM acquires Hakkoda to continue its AI consultancy investment push
- By West virginia digital
- . April 8, 2025
IBM on Monday said it has acquired Hakkoda, a data and AI consultancy based in New York. The acquisition would

Krea raises $83M to be the one-stop shop for GenAI creatives
- By West virginia digital
- . April 8, 2025
Overwhelmed with trying to keep up with the different AI models you can use to make content? A startup called

UK’s demand for Apple backdoor should not be heard in secret, says court
- By West virginia digital
- . April 8, 2025
The U.K. government has lost its bid to keep secret the details of a surveillance order it brought against Apple,

Nintendo says it is ‘actively assessing’ the impact of US tariffs
- By West virginia digital
- . April 8, 2025
Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser said that the company did not factor in possible tariffs from the U.S. when

IBM releases a new mainframe built for the age of AI
- By West virginia digital
- . April 8, 2025
IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption. The

Shopify CEO tells teams to consider using AI before growing headcount
- By West virginia digital
- . April 8, 2025
In a recent memo to employees, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke made a bold policy change: teams must demonstrate why AI