5 ways crypto bots are ruining crypto — including auto memecoin rug pulls
Crypto bots are automatically rug-pulling memecoins, extracting billions in MEV and ruining airdrops for users and projects alike.
Month: August 2024
The best way to watch the Olympics is on TikTok
Photo by Michael Reaves / Getty Images At prime time each night, NBC airs the day’s highlights from the Paris Olympics to tens of millions of people. Viewers have watched the US women’s gymnastics team clinch gold in a “redemption tour” after winning silver in Tokyo; they’ve been in awe when US swimmer Katie Ledecky … Read more
Saudi Arabia proposes World Cup stadium straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia
The roof of the stadium is made with polygonal shapes. | Image: Saudi 2034 Saudi Arabia has revealed the 11 soccer stadiums it plans to build as part of its bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup — and one of them looks like it came out of a video game. The Neom Stadium … Read more
Boeing bleeds another $125M on Starliner program, bringing total losses to $1.6B
While the company was awarded a massive, $4.2 billion contract to accelerate Starliner development in 2014, it was structured as a “fixed-price” model. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Galaxy Digital Second-Quarter Net Loss Widens as Crypto Market Retreats
The crypto market pulled back from the first-quarter’s record highs during the three-month period.
Anthony Levandowski bets on off-road autonomy, Nuro plots a comeback and Applied Intuition gets more investor love
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Summer road trip season is upon us, so when Google announced some updates to Google Maps, we got excited. Surely this would include a feature that allows … Read more
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Google Cloud expands its database portfolio with new AI capabilities
Google’s new features include Gemini in BigQuery and Looker to help users with data engineering and analysis. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Netflix’s next Geeked Week event kicks off in September
Stranger Things. | Image: Netflix San Diego Comic-Con may have just wrapped up, but there’s still more entertainment news on the way — this time from Netflix. The streamer has confirmed that its now-annual Geeked Week event will take place the week of September 16th, wrapping up with some kind of in-person event in Atlanta, … Read more
Crypto for Advisors: Crypto and Politics in the U.S.
The combination of political support, institutional adoption and favorable economic policies sets the stage for a potentially significant upward trajectory.
VC darling Rad Power Bikes hit with another round of layoffs
Rad Power Bikes, the Seattle-based e-bike startup that has raised more than $300 million from investors, went through another round of layoffs in July, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. This is the company’s fifth round since April 2021, when it cut back 100 staffers. Rad’s latest layoffs follow a culling a year ago, where the e-bike … Read more
Digital Synergy: How the Merger of AI and Blockchain Will Play Out
In November 2022, OpenAI introduced the chatbot ChatGPT. Two months after its launch, the number of active users of the service reached 100 million. For comparison, it took TikTok about nine months to reach this mark and Instagram more than two years. By then, generative AI was already quite popular, and the new product further … Read more
Why Anthony Levandowski returned to his off-road autonomous vehicle roots with AV startup Pronto
Five years ago, as robotaxis and self-driving truck startups were still raking in millions in venture capital, Anthony Levandowski turned to off-road autonomy. Now, that decision — which brought the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur back to the roots that helped launch his pioneering and controversial career — is starting to pay off. Pronto, … Read more
Implementing Slack Notifications in Your Next Application
NB: There are better and more robust ways to handle notifications. This is just a temporary solution. In this digital age, keeping up with notifications is becoming increasingly difficult, especially when using platforms like Slack for communication and collaboration. If you’ve found yourself in a similar situation, struggling to stay on top of your Slack … Read more
Doctor Doom’s comics legacy is so much bigger than his Iron Man connections
Image: Marvel / Nick Dragotta, Steve Epting, Chris Sotomayor, Paul Mounts Victor von Doom is one of Marvel’s most iconic characters for a reason, and his MCU debut could easily be Kevin Feige’s most fantastic or dreadful idea yet. Continue reading…
Bitcoin ignores 100% Fed rate cut odds as BTC price taps 2-week lows
BTC price weakness fails to resolve the day after FOMC with Bitcoin liquidity grabs still the main talking point for traders.
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You can buy the M2 MacBook Air starting at just $799 right now
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge We may be well into the M3 generation of Mac laptops (and even M4 for iPad Pros), but if you’re on a budget, the M2 MacBook Air is a great deal for $799 ($200 off) — available now at Best Buy and Amazon. This is the base model … Read more
Essential Metrics to Evaluate After Your First Year in Business
Source After the first year in business, it is necessary to look at certain performance metrics so as to grade how well your business has done and also plan future growth. These metrics highlight what is working, not working and where improvements can be made. Business owners who concentrate on important metrics like revenue, customer-acquisition … Read more
Crypto.com surpasses Coinbase in trading volume as institutional demand grows
The trading volume was largely boosted by new TradFi institutions, along with the launch of the first spot Ether ETFs.
Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Creating a Web Project
There are a million reasons for tech projects to fail. Miscalculated business models, overestimated demand or bubbling costs, you name it. But over my professional life I’ve seen quite a few projects with brilliant ideas and good potential crumble on seemingly minor errors and oversights. And I think this reason is the bitterest of all, … Read more