Michelle Caffrey / EdWeek Market Brief: Swing Education, which connects schools with substitute teachers, raised a $38M Series C led by Apax Partners and Reach, bringing its total funding to $60.8M  —  Swing Education raised $38 million in a Series C round aimed at helping the company, which connects schools with substitute teachers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google is aware of a “very small number” of Pixel Watch 2 users reporting that the back glass panel falls off and is working to find the cause and fix the issue  —  Several users report the back of the Pixel Watch just falls off after a short time.  —  UPDATE: GOOGLE STATEMENT Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: Seattle-based Hubble Network, which aims to build a global satellite network that any Bluetooth device can connect to, raised a $20M Series A led by Transpose  —  Bluetooth-enabled devices are ubiquitous, but how those devices are used is constrained by the relatively short range provided by Bluetooth technology. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post: Some Montana residents speak up against, or for, the state’s highly politicized TikTok ban, including one of the influencers suing the state to overturn the ban  —  How a highly politicized social media ban in Big Sky Country sparked a nationwide debate over freedom of speech Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wired: Q&A with media scholar Ethan Zuckerman about why Twitter became the de facto digital public square, the politics of attention, the power of federation, and more  —  We talk to media scholar Ethan Zuckerman about why Twitter became the de facto digital public square and what other platforms like Bluesky or Mastodon might offer. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yvonne Lau / Fortune: As TSMC plans to hire 4,500 workers at its Arizona fabs, recruiters say the company’s culture, rigid standards, and overseas training are turning off candidates  —  On the Glassdoor profile of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC—the world’s biggest manufacturer of semiconductor chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme