Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Oh what a week. What a week. Things are busier than ever at TechCrunch, where we’re coming out of our post-conference stupor and charing straight back into a packed news cycle. Sure, Musk is … Read more
Foreign exchange transactions could drop from a two-day process to less than 10 seconds if central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) were involved, according to an experiment conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Crypto has been highly visible in this election cycle thanks to polls and political action committees. This is a new and unaccustomed role for it with unknown results.
U.K. members of parliament are afraid that NFT speculation may be a “bubble.”
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is being sued in a class-action lawsuit filed by former employees laid off as part of a mass firing instigated by the company’s new owner, Elon Musk. The lawsuit alleges that the workers were not given enough notice of their firing in accordance with both the federal … Read more
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 on November 1, 2021, in Glasgow, United Kingdom. | Photo by Yves Herman – WPA Pool / Getty Images More than 30,000 people representing governments, businesses, and environmental and human rights groups around the world are expected to gather next week to … Read more
The fund was shuttered on Aug. 31 with around $20 million in assets under management.
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Nov. 4, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
“Todos los tokens de GALA en Ethereum y en los puentes están a salvo”, tuiteó una empresa afiliada.
Ashish Kakran Contributor Share on Twitter Ashish Kakran, principal at Thomvest Ventures, is a product manager/engineer turned investor who enjoys supporting founders with a balance of technical know-how, customer insights, empathy with challenges and market knowledge. More posts by this contributor Here’s where MLOps is accelerating enterprise AI adoption Remember the cable, phone and internet … Read more
For its $3,500 price, Samsung left a lot of ambition on the table with the Ark. Its curved, bright, and fast panel doesn’t make up for it not being as rich to look at as a cheaper OLED or as useful with multitasking as a couple of cheap monitors stuck together. Continue reading…
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While there are differing perspectives on the degree to which no-code and low-code development tools could eventually supplant human software developers, it’s clear that any software that takes care of the technical “heavylifting” is having a huge impact within businesses — in terms of opening app-building to more personnel, plugging the talent gap, and helping … Read more
Blockchain startup Elrond has rebranded itself MultiversX to reflect its pivot to metaverse exploration.
A recently presented European Union plan to update long-standing product liability rules for the digital age — including addressing rising use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation — took some instant flak from European consumer organization, BEUC, which framed the update as something of a downgrade by arguing EU consumers will be left less well … Read more
Second Dinner The developers at Marvel Snap have done their job a little too well. In an interview with The Verge, the developers spoke about how, when designing Marvel Snap, they wanted to create a game that could “fit into your life.” Well, it seems like I and millions of others have not only managed … Read more
Is this the 2022 iPad Pro, or is it last year’s model? You can’t tell, and you won’t tell when using it, either. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple’s iPad releases this year have been, well, lackluster to say the least. That isn’t to say the new 10th-gen iPad and the M2-equipped … Read more
Toto Wolff, the 50-year-old Austrian chief executive, team principal and part-owner of the Mercedes Formula 1 team who was recently described by the New Yorker as someone who might breeze “past you in the airport, smelling good, wearing loafers and no socks,” talked openly yesterday about his team’s terrible, no-good year. Sitting with Oliver Steil, … Read more
TikTok owner ByteDance is moving towards a launch its music streaming service TikTok Music, rivaling Spotify and YouTube Music, reports have stated. In addition to recent discoveries of TikTok Music trademarks in global markets, TechCrunch has now discovered newly added references regarding a “TikTok Music” service in the Resso streaming app, owned by TikTok’s parent … Read more
South Korean prosecutors have indicated that the fugitive co-founder of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon, is in Europe, Bloomberg reported Friday.
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Cherry’s new MX Black Clear-Top switches. | Image: Cherry Cherry’s latest mechanical keyboard switch is the MX Black Clear-Top. It’s a design that’s based on a rare linear switch that was produced briefly during the 1980s for Nixdorf keyboards, leading to them being nicknamed “Nixies” by enthusiasts. The retro switches, which are effectively a variant … Read more
