Month: September 2024

The TechBeat: From Clicks to Value: TapSwap’s Sustainable Approach to Tap-to-Earn (9/10/2024)

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How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## From Clicks to Value: TapSwap’s Sustainable Approach to Tap-to-Earn By @tapswapai [ 4 Min read ] The “Play-Generate Value-Earn” philosophy pulls … Read more

Formo gets investors’ mouths watering with Koji protein-based animal-free cheese

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A love of food — and, well, cheese — has landed German fermentation startup Formo‘s co-founder Roman Plewka and its team a hefty $61 million Series B round to keep scaling production of their climate-friendly, animal-free cheese. The Berlin-based startup’s first products use a base of Koji protein, a type of fungal microorganism that’s been … Read more

Swiggy weighs $150M boost for up to $1.4B India IPO

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Indian food delivery startup Swiggy is weighing increasing the fresh issue component of its initial public offering by $150 million, aiming to raise a total of up to $1.4 billion in what is shaping up to be one of the largest public listings in India this year. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup will ask shareholders to approve … Read more

Seattle Cybertruck became fleeting tourist destination

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You could argue whether Cybertruck owners crave attention, but attention they receive, often by critics poking fun at the vehicles. People seem to particularly delight at Cybertruck mishaps, as when one arrived on Nantucket back in May and promptly got stuck in the sand.  Perhaps it’s little wonder then that a damaged Cybertruck in Seattle’s … Read more

Google and DOJ’s ad tech fight is all about control

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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Google and the US Justice Department each believe the other wants too much of one thing: control. “Control is the defining characteristic of a monopolist,” DOJ counsel Julia Tarver Wood said during opening statements in the federal government’s second antitrust trial against the search giant, which kicked … Read more