Month: November 2022
The best early Black Friday deals you can already get
The iPad Mini is just one of many Apple devices currently on sale in the run-up to Black Friday. | Image: Dieter Bohn / The Verge Want to get a head start on your holiday shopping before the Black Friday madness begins? Despite the fact it’s still a few weeks away, many major retailers are … Read more
Hulu set to raise the cost of the Hulu Live TV bundle in December
A month after Hulu raised the subscription prices of its on-demand streaming service, it is now targeting the subscribers of its live TV streaming bundle. Parent company Disney announced in August that it would increase the cost of the Hulu Live TV bundle later in the year. Starting on December 8, Hulu Live TV subscribers … Read more
Use Github Samples with Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler
Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler is a UI-based data preparation tool that helps perform data analysis, preprocessing, and visualization with features to clean, transform, and prepare data faster. Data Wrangler pre-built flow templates help make data preparation quicker for data scientists and machine learning (ML) practitioners by helping you accelerate and understand best practice patterns for … Read more
Why ButcherBox built two dry ice factories during the pandemic
As a startup, when you’re trying to stay as lean as possible, outsourcing is the name of the game; if you can get someone else to do the work for you (and manage the team, deal with hiring and HR, etc.), that’s a win. The major exception is anything that creates core intellectual property and … Read more
Argentine Fintech Uala Launches Bitcoin, Ether Trading Feature
The service will be available to 4.5 million users in the South American country in the coming weeks.
Uber withdraws petition to annul new ride-hailing regulations in Kenya
Uber has applied to withdraw a petition in Kenya challenging the new ride-hailing regulations that capped commissions at 18%, and required taxi apps operating to acquire licenses. Coulson Harney, the law firm representing Uber, filed the notice of withdrawal, bringing to an end its push to have the new digital ride-hailing regulations annulled. “Take notice … Read more
Transfer learning for TensorFlow object detection models in Amazon SageMaker
Amazon SageMaker provides a suite of built-in algorithms, pre-trained models, and pre-built solution templates to help data scientists and machine learning (ML) practitioners get started on training and deploying ML models quickly. You can use these algorithms and models for both supervised and unsupervised learning. They can process various types of input data, including tabular, … Read more
CFTC Issues Order Against Fraudulent Crypto Arbitrage Company
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order against the CEO of a fraudulent crypto trading firm “Abritraging.co.”
Transfer learning for TensorFlow text classification models in Amazon SageMaker
Amazon SageMaker provides a suite of built-in algorithms, pre-trained models, and pre-built solution templates to help data scientists and machine learning (ML) practitioners get started training and deploying ML models quickly. You can use these algorithms and models for both supervised and unsupervised learning. They can process various types of input data, including tabular, image, … Read more
Etsy begins rolling out visual search, starting with iOS users
Etsy is launching a new image search feature that is designed to help users find what they’re looking for faster. Up until now, the only way to search on Etsy was through keywords. Now, users on iOS can tap the new camera icon in the search bar and upload or take a photo, after which … Read more
Surfe brings your CRM data to LinkedIn — and vice versa
Surfe, the startup that was originally named Leadjet, is an interesting browser extension if you spend a lot of time on LinkedIn and are tired of switching between your CRM and the professional social network. When you install Surfe’s browser extension, you get some nifty syncing features between your CRM and LinkedIn. For instance, you … Read more
Take off with us at TechCrunch Sessions: Space in Los Angeles
TechCrunch Sessions: Space is back! Happening December 6 — our third dedicated space event. This is a live, in-person event featuring the most influential people in the space industry, across public, private and defense. 2022 was a year that saw the commercial space industry undergo a lot of change, including significant consolidation, as well as … Read more
Elon Musk tries to distract from Twitter layoffs by claiming advertisers are fleeing the platform
Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images We’re one week into Elon Musk’s stewardship of Twitter, and according to Musk, it has already spurred a “massive drop in revenue.” Or not, and that’s just what Musk is saying to distract everyone from the absolutely heartless layoffs of thousands of people that have already spurred one … Read more
CloudWalk es la primera empresa cripto en Brasil en obtener una licencia para pagos
La empresa, que ya cuenta con una stablecoin vinculada al real brasileño, consiguió la licencia del banco central de ese país.
Fully’s standing desks and other work-from-home accessories are 20 percent off today
Fully’s Jarvis Bamboo Standing Desk is discounted by 20 percent right now. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Fully is joining the growing list of retailers kicking off their Black Friday-adjacent sales. It’s having a site-wide sale this month, taking 20 percent off everything ranging from standing desks to office chairs. Fully makes … Read more
AfroTech Conference heads to Austin for first in-person event since 2019
The AfroTech Conference, one of the nation’s most prominent Black tech gatherings, will touch down in Austin on November 13 for its first in-person event since 2019. The event is put on annually by the publication AfroTech, with this year’s theme being web3. High-profile speakers for the conference include NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, billionaire Mark … Read more
Goodbye, CoinDesk 20 – Hello, CoinDesk Market Index
Our aging list of the crypto assets that matter most to the market has a spiritual successor: the CoinDesk Market Index.
Bitcoin sets new 7-week high as BTC price jumps past $21K on US jobs
Just like that, BTC price action marks its highest levels since mid-September as U.S. unemployment data hints Fed rate hikes are working.
Cómo configurar una billetera en MetaMask
MetaMask es un software gratuito de billetera de criptomonedas que puede conectarse a prácticamente cualquier plataforma basada en Ethereum.
Watch Rocket Lab attempt a mid-air Electron rocket booster recovery live
Rocket Lab will try to catch a spent Electron rocket booster mid-air using a helicopter in a few hours, a technique that could be central to driving down rocket production costs and increasing launch cadence. The mission will take place just five months after Rocket Lab conducted its first (partly) successful attempt, during which a … Read more
Elrond rebrands as MultiversX, shifts focus to the metaverse
The blockchain developer announced it will transform into MultiversX, as it shifts focus on metaverse development and introduces three new products.
WhatsApp crash: Are decentralized blockchain messengers a real alternative?
Centralized communication apps share one crucial feature: They crash often. Cointelegraph investigates to see if decentralization can offer a solution.