♻️ Funds for recycling: Glacier, a startup that has developed robotic arms that use computer vision to sort recycling, has raised a $16 million Series A round led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund. The company helps prevent incorrectly recycled items from being turned into trash.
🎪 Side show: Google announced a change to its upcoming annual developer conference, Google I/O, which is scheduled for next month. This year, Google's updates on Android will come at a separate virtual event that will take place before the broader conference.
💡 With the lights out! The widespread power outages in Spain and Portugal today have knocked some of YouTube's customer support team offline. The company wouldn't confirm how much of its team was affected and said it's working to support its teams in the region.
🏡 More money for mortgages: Sprive is a U.K. fintech company looking to help people pay off their mortgages faster. The app helps people overpay for their mortgages through cash-back and automation opportunities. The company just raised $7.3 million.
🏷️ That'll cost ya: Chinese e-commerce platform Temu is responding to Donald Trump's tariffs against goods from China by adding a 145% import charge to orders. This means these import charges will generally cost more than the items users were buying to begin with.
