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Dressing for a virtual world is going to be both enormously liberating and potentially very, very messy.

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: SaaS Labs, which offers business automation tools for sales and support teams at SMBs, raises a $42M Series B, and acquires CallPage and Atolia  —  SaaS Labs has raised $42 million in a new financing round, less than three months after closing its previous funding, and acquired two startups …

Farah Elbahrawy / Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia-based Lean Technologies, which enables companies to access bank data and make payments, raises $33M led by Sequoia Capital  —  Sequoia Capital has made its first investment in the Persian Gulf region by leading a funding round for Lean Technologies, a Saudi fintech firm whose founders include …

Dave Muoio / FierceHealthcare: Big Health, which makes cognitive behavioral therapy apps Sleepio and Daylight to help users improve sleep, raises a $75M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2  —  Big Health, the maker of app-based digital therapeutics for insomnia and anxiety, has locked in a $75 million series C funding round headed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

Will the iPhone SE 3 debut in April or May? What about it's retro iPhone 8-like design? Here's what rumors say.

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Mantra Health, which provides virtual mental health care services to college and university students in the US, raises a $22M Series A led by VMG Partners  —  Mantra Health, a digital mental health startup focused on young adults, has raised $22 million in Series A funding led by VMG Partners.

Alexandra Wilson / Forbes: Spekit, which helps companies train remote employees by adapting and integrating their training manuals within apps that employees use, raises a $45M Series B  —  Last March, 29-year-old Melanie Fellay announced her employee training startup Spekit had raised a $12.2 million Series A. Only ten months later …

Rebecca Torrence / FierceHealthcare: Lyra Health, a mental health service used by employees at companies like Uber and Morgan Stanley, raises a $235M Series F led by Dragoneer at a $5.85B valuation  —  Employer-focused Lyra Health snagged $235 million in series F funding, sending the health tech unicorn's valuation to $5.85 billion …

Ryne Hager / Android Police: Google launches a limited beta of Google Play Games, which brings Android games to Windows 10 and Windows 11, in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan  —  You'll need a relatively powerful computer for now.  And for once, the US isn't getting a Google thing first

Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: This summer the IRS will require users to log in via ID.me, which uses facial recognition in its authentication process, to file taxes, make payments, and more  —  Users will have to submit sensitive government documents, their social security number, credit history, and a facial scan to third-party company ID.me.

We compared the iPhone 13 and iPhone 12, so you don't have to. Here's how they measure up in price, battery life, camera specs and more.

Let's look back at the best movies of the year, from Oscar darlings to indie sweethearts to Bond farewells.

No Way Home is an astounding movie. But how does it stack up against the other best Spidey escapades?

Hack on Red Cross storage contractor follows a separate hacking incident last year.

As long as you live in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, you can take part in the beta for Google Play Games.

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: Internal email: Google is creating a unit under its Labs division for blockchain and other distributed tech, led by engineering VP Shivakumar Venkataraman  —  Google is forming a group dedicated to the blockchain and related technologies under a newly appointed executive who has spent …

The chipmaker is trying to return to the forefront of the processor manufacturing business after losing its lead to Samsung and TSMC.

Sean Lyngaas / CNN: Red Cross says a cyberattack on a vendor for over 60 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies compromised the personal data of 515,000+ “highly vulnerable people”  —  (CNN)A cyberattack on a contractor used by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has compromised …

Activision has a lot of popular games that fit into Microsoft’s plans to build a vast library of titles that can be played on all sorts of devices. The metaverse can wait.

The year delivered gift after gift right through to Christmas.

Showtime's Yellowjackets brought its first season to a spectacular close. Let's dive into every question we can and can't answer.

Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: POAP, or Proof Of Attendance Protocol, which issues NFTs as “mementos” to attendees of real-world events, raises a $10M seed led by Archetype and Sapphire Sport  —  If blockchains are immutable records of our digital history, what kinds of history do we want to inscribe on them?

The carrier's launch of C-band 5G brings its fixed wireless home internet option to hundreds of new cities and millions of potential customers.

Fans of the late actress donated to animal charities to mark what would've been her 100th birthday.

Looking for a set of true-wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation? There are more options than Apple's AirPods Pro.