Upbound, which created the open-source multi-cloud management project Crossplane, raises a $60M Series B led by Altimeter Capital (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Upbound, which created the open-source multi-cloud management project Crossplane, raises a $60M Series B led by Altimeter Capital  —  Companies today want to avoid the lock-in they faced in the past with a single vendor.  As a result, they are hedging their bets with a multi-cloud […]

UK-based Motorway, a second-hand car auction site used by 4K+ car dealers, raises a $190M Series C at a $1B+ valuation after raising a $67.7M Series B in June (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: UK-based Motorway, a second-hand car auction site used by 4K+ car dealers, raises a $190M Series C at a $1B+ valuation after raising a $67.7M Series B in June  —  It was only in June that Motorway – a U.K. platform on which professional car dealers […]

Spotify confirms it is retiring the Car View mode in its mobile apps, offering no replacement, but says it is working to improve how users listen while driving (Arol Wright/Android Police)

Arol Wright / Android Police: Spotify confirms it is retiring the Car View mode in its mobile apps, offering no replacement, but says it is working to improve how users listen while driving  —  Everyone likes listening to music in their car, so it’s little surprise that Spotify had a […]

Gartner: global chip makers are projected to spend $146B this year, about 50% higher than before the pandemic and double the amount five years ago (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)

Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: Gartner: global chip makers are projected to spend $146B this year, about 50% higher than before the pandemic and double the amount five years ago  —  Samsung’s $17 billion bet on Texas mirrors large spending increases in Asia and elsewhere  —  SEOUL—Investment in U.S. […]