Month: November 2022
How low liquidity led to Mango Markets losing over $116 million
An attacker took advantage of low liquidity to steal over $116 million from Mango Markets.
All the smart home news from the Matter launch event
Image: Connectivity Standards Alliance The smart home is entering a new phase of interoperability, and these are the first product announcements Continue reading…
Stripe, Payments Processor Dabbling in Crypto, Cuts Over 1000 Jobs: Bloomberg
The firm is cutting 14% of its staff.
For some, Amazon Music’s big Prime expansion comes with big frustrations
Illustration: The Verge This week, Amazon announced that it would open up its entire catalog of streaming music to Prime subscribers instead of the limited, downsized library they’d previously had access to. The number skyrocketed from 2 million songs up to 100 million. On its face, that sounds like great news. Who wouldn’t want more … Read more
Fidelity Opens Waiting List for Retail Crypto Product
The firm has opened the waiting list for Fidelity Crypto, its retail focussed investment product.
MATIC price eyes 200% gains on Polygon adoption by Instagram, JPMorgan
Polygon’s list of high-profile partners is getting longer, with Disney, Starbucks and Robinhood already boarding its blockchain.
Meta India head Ajit Mohan departs to join Snap
Ajit Mohan, the head of Meta in India, has left the firm and joined rival Snap, according to sources familiar with the matter. At Snap, Mohan will serve as the President of the APAC business, two sources said. Mohan joined Meta, called Facebook then, in January 2019 as a VP and MD of the India … Read more
Loop lassos ex-Uber talent and money to finally fix freight invoicing
Matt McKinney was a data science manager at Uber, helping launch Uber Freight, along with software engineer Shaosu Liu. One of the main problems the pair saw there was that while they were able to grow the top line, they found it difficult to grow the bottom line because they were “losing a bunch of … Read more
Quinio’s $40M equity, debt raise shows LatAm is strong market for e-commerce aggregators
Quinio, an e-commerce aggregator that acquires, operates and builds consumer packaged e-commerce brands across Latin America, secured a $40 million boost in both equity and debt. It’s an interesting time for e-commerce aggregators. Over the past year, the market went from hot, hot, hot to cool, though some aggregators still held on and were even … Read more
Philips Hue Bridge is now Matter certified
Image: Philips Hue The Philips Hue Bridge is now Matter certified. Although parent company Signify hasn’t announced anything yet, the Hue Bridge was published in the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s Matter certification database early Thursday morning, just as the Matter launch event kicked off in Amsterdam. The listing confirms that the Hue Bridge will support Matter … Read more
Labrador Systems deploys its first assistive elder-care robots
We’ve been keeping tabs on Labrador Systems since we caught a very early demo of its elder care-focused technology in a hotel suite several CESes ago. Today the California-based robotics firm announced that it’s begun deploying its Retriever Pro system to a handful of early clients, including, On Lok PACE, Nationwide Insurance, Masonic Homes of … Read more
Snapchat now lets you share your Strava activities in snaps and stories
Snapchat is partnering with activity and fitness tracking platform Strava to launch a new Lens that lets users share their fitness journey on Snapchat. The new Strava Activity Lens works by connecting directly to your Strava profile, giving you access to stats and activity maps from your recent workouts. Each time you a workout, it … Read more
Port internal development platform gives visibility into DevOps architecture
In a typical large organization DevOps tasks have become so complex, and involve navigating so many tools, it has become difficult to understand the current state of affairs, and to add resources when needed. It’s gotten to the point where developers often need to submit a ticket, even for a routine operation, which is adding … Read more
6 key metrics that can help SaaS startups outlast this downturn
Sudheesh Nair Contributor Share on Twitter Sudheesh Nair is CEO of ThoughtSpot, a business intelligence company that has built an intuitive Google-like interface for data analytics. Before ThoughtSpot, Sudheesh was president at Nutanix. More posts by this contributor A blueprint for building a great startup founding team With the economy slowing and businesses tightening their … Read more
Dataloop secures cash infusion to expand its data annotation tool set
Data annotation, or the process of adding labels to images, text, audio and other forms of sample data, is typically a key step in developing AI systems. The vast majority of systems learn to make predictions by associating labels with specific data samples, like the caption “bear” with a photo of a black bear. A … Read more
Life360 to now integrate its service with Tile, following last year’s acquisition
Following last year’s $205 million acquisition of AirTag competitor Tile by family locator service Life360, the two companies today will now integrate their products and services. With an update arriving soon to Life360’s app, members will be able to see the location of the Tile Bluetooth trackers on the same in-app map where they also … Read more
Now Life360’s location monitoring app will keep tabs on your Tile trackers, too
See your family’s Tile trackers within the Life360 app. | Image: Life360 Family locator and safety service company Life360 is adding the ability to display Tile tracker locations in its app. The new feature’s rollout starts today, and it will let subscribers view not only their family members on a map but also the locations … Read more
Nanoleaf announces the first Matter-over-Thread light bulbs
Nanoleaf’s new bulbs will support Thread and Matter. | Image: Nanoleaf Nanoleaf has announced the addition of four new Matter-compatible smart bulbs and light strips to its Essentials smart lighting line. The Thread-enabled LED lights will launch in Q1 of 2023 and include a light strip and A19, GU10, and BR30 bulbs, making them some … Read more
SuperRare Launches RarePass for Exclusive Curated Art Drops
The NFT marketplace will airdrop exclusive art to 250 holders of the subscription-like passes over the course of a year.
Crypto Wallet Blocto Launches $3M Fund for Aptos-Based Projects
The layer 1 blockchain from ex-Meta employees made its mainnet debut last month with a limited ecosystem.
Venture Capital Firm Paradigm To Host Crypto Tech Event on Capitol Hill
The Hands On Web3 event aims to give policymakers a hands-on demonstration of the crypto technologies they could regulate
Bitcoin Bear Market Has a Silver Lining, CryptoCompare’s Q3 Review Shows
Consistent accumulation by both large and small bitcoin addresses and dwindling volatility makes the ongoing bear market much better than previous ones.
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Decentralized gaming IDs provide another avenue of interoperability in Web3
The Lens Protocol and Laguna Games launched a new gaming ID, which connects users across multiple games.
UK Powers to Regulate Crypto Ads Approved by Lawmaker Committee
All kinds of unregistered crypto providers, including stablecoin issuers, could also be outlawed by the rules.
Bank of England raises interest rates to 3%, largest jump in 33 years
The Bank of England is trying to bring soaring inflation under control by dramatically increasing the cost of borrowing money.
Stripe Layoff 14% of Workforce
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