
Amazon has started offering its cashierless checkout system to other retailers
Amazon has begun marketing its cashierless checkout technology directly to other retailers, offering a system that allows customers to simply walk out of stores, paying for their purchases automatically, according to The Verge. Amazon explains in its website FAQ: “We built...
Cloud-based banking services platform Thought Machine raises $83m in Series B funding
The London-based fintech startup Thought Machine has raised $83 million in a Series B funding round, for its cloud-based platform providing digital banking services for both challenger and legacy banks, according to TechCrunch. Both conventional, legacy banks and newer banking startups...

Bill Gates steps down from the Microsoft board, to focus on philanthropy
Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates announced Friday that he’s stepping down from the company’s board, planning to “dedicate more time to his philanthropic priorities” in global health, education, and climate change, according to BBC News. His philanthropic work has...
Amazon has started offering its cashierless checkout system to other retailers
Amazon has begun marketing its cashierless checkout technology directly to other retailers, offering a system that allows customers to simply walk out of stores, paying for their purchases automatically, according to The Verge. Amazon explains in its website FAQ: “We built...



Google will remove news previews from search results in France, to avoid paying publishers
Google has opted to no longer display excerpts of news articles from European publishers in its search results in France, in order to avoid paying the publishers, as required by new EU copyright rules, according to Politico. Article 15 of the...
#FRENCHTECHFRIDAY: Why France’s startups can no longer “Pitch”
A strange battle is taking place in France right now. A cake maker is threatening startups of legal action for using the word “pitch”. This could seem like a comical slip-up if it weren’t, in fact, tragic for France’s image...
