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Kate Park / TechCrunch: South Korean startup Rsquare, which uses its wide-ranging data on commercial real estate to help businesses find and rent office space, raises a $72M Series C  —  The commercial real estate brokerage market in South Korea is fragmented, which makes finding a new office for tenants a challenge due … Source … Read more

Daniel Craig MGM James Bond’s No Time To Die has become the biggest Hollywood movie of the pandemic overseas. After seven weeks in cinemas across the world, Bond 25 has crossed the $700 million mark, $558 million of which comes from the international box office (via Deadline). Get the CNET Culture newsletter Explore movies, games, superheroes … Read more

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Pigment, a real-time business planning and forecasting service that integrates data from many platforms including Snowflake and Salesforce, raises $73M Series B  —  The last 20 months of living in the midst of Covid-19, with all its unexpected developments, have been a challenge … Source link

SNL It wasn’t enough that Taylor Swift released her rerecorded version of 2012 album Red on Friday. Not enough that she dominated social media discourse in its wake, with the whole internet going ballistic over her new ten minute version of All Too Well. No, Taylor Swift had to cap it all off with a … Read more

Aisha Counts / Protocol: Report finds that online child sexual abuse material is increasing in sheer volume, growing more complex, and capitalizing on tech’s blind spots  —  Online child sex abuse material has grown exponentially during the pandemic, and tech’s best defenses are no match against it … Source link

This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2021, our list of ideas, by topic, by recipient and by price, to help you discover the perfect gift. Best Buy’s early Black Friday deals are happening right now. The retailer launched what it’s calling “The Wish List Event,” with deals on monitors, fitness trackers, TVs and … Read more

CNBC: Agreements between Apple and some states to offer digital IDs in Wallet, show states covering costs of issuing the IDs and Apple approving marketing efforts  —  – Apple requires states to maintain the systems needed to issue and service credentials at taxpayer expense, according to contracts signed by four states. Source link

Western- and Japanese-style knives have key differences which them better for certain tasks. Here’s why you may want one of each. David Watsky/CNET Knives come in all shapes, sizes and styles. The mighty chef’s knife is the most popular and most versatile kitchen knife and if you’re going to put time, energy, research toward any … Read more

Ted Alcorn / Bloomberg: How Togo, a country where few possess a driver’s license or national ID card, built a digital platform to rapidly disburse relief payments to millions of people  —  In two weeks, Togo designed and launched an all-digital system for delivering monthly payments to millions of people—and made the U.S. program look … Read more