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Era Software CEO Todd Persen. (Era Software Photo) New funding : Seattle-area database architecture startup Era Software , formerly known as EraDB, raised $15.2 million in a Series A round led by Playground Global. The tech:  Era helps companies manage their cloud-native workloads. Its first product, EraSearch, is built for log management and offers an alternative to Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. The idea is to reduce cloud hardware and operational costs. EraSearch is in private beta. Leadership: Era was founded by CEO Todd Persen , co-founder and former CTO of InfluxData, and CTO Robert Winslow , co-maintainer of Google’s FlatBuffers low-latency storage framework in Rust and co-creator of the Time Series Benchmarking Suite. Investors: Other backers in the 20-person company include Foundation Capital, Array Ventures, Global Founders Capital, and angel investors. Total funding to date is more than $22 million.

Internet cat maximalism abounds in ‘Super Mario 3D World,’ first released on Wii U, Nintendo’s poorly received game console. Now it’s back with a cat roar.

Amazon’s settlement with the FTC comes nearly two years after the Los Angeles Times first exposed its tip-withholding practices.

Instacart shoppers with higher ratings get first pick of orders. Those with lower ratings earn less, even when the ratings aren’t fair, shoppers say.

With scientists warning that singing can spread the coronavirus, choirs have fallen silent. Singing over Zoom falls flat, but one inventive baritone has found a way to let many harmonize together.

Labor union SEIU and ride-hail drivers filed a lawsuit challenging Prop. 22, which allows Uber, Lyft and other companies to treat workers as contractors.

Globalization and technology make this pandemic different. Is it a cultural Singularity? COVID-19 unites us all, from villages to cities, and may permanently transform humankind.