Microsoft makes a preview version of Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 11 available in the Microsoft Store, decoupling the app from the Windows image (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet)

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: Microsoft makes a preview version of Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 11 available in the Microsoft Store, decoupling the app from the Windows image  —  Microsoft is taking the first step toward making WSL available as a decoupled app available via the Microsoft Store […]

A look at Pix, a mobile payments system launched 11 months ago by Brazil’s Central Bank and used at least once by half of Brazil’s population (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: A look at Pix, a mobile payments system launched 11 months ago by Brazil’s Central Bank and used at least once by half of Brazil’s population  —  One year ago the Pix platform didn’t exist.  Now half the population uses it, showing just how quickly adoption of digital payments […]

Esper, a DevOps service that enables companies to deploy and manage fleets of Android-based IoT devices, raises $60M Series C, following $30M Series B in May (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Esper, a DevOps service that enables companies to deploy and manage fleets of Android-based IoT devices, raises $60M Series C, following $30M Series B in May  —  Seattle-area startup Esper just raised a second round of investment in less than six months to support growth of […]