Lightdash takes on Looker with an open source BI platform built for dbt

Lightdash, an open source business intelligence (BI) platform that’s setting out to challenge proprietary incumbents such as Looker, is officially launching its core commercial product to the public today backed by $8.4 million in funding. The seed round was led by Accel, with participation from Moonfire, Y Combinator (YC), Snyk founder Guy Podjarny, and Gitlab … Read more

Blizzard gives most Overwatch 1 players a pass on verifying phone numbers to play Overwatch 2

Blizzard Two days into the launch of Blizzard’s revamped and now free-to-play Overwatch 2 experience, a Wednesday night post on its support forum addressed problems players have had with connections, SMS Protect, and missing account items or account merge troubles. In terms of the connection issues and long queues for entry that are keeping many … Read more