Dragonfly Capital Aims to Raise $500M Fund: Bloomberg
Dragonfly closed its third fund, worth $650 million, in April 2022, shortly before the onset of the crypto bear market.
Month: September 2024
Amazon adds PayPal as a payment option to Buy with Prime
Amazon’s Buy with Prime program, which lets shoppers with a Prime membership purchase items from third-party stores and check out using their Amazon account, is getting a new payment option: PayPal. Today, Amazon announced that Prime customers can use PayPal to check out on websites that’ve integrated the Buy with Prime API. The company also … Read more
Bit Digital Makes Waves at MYRIAD Tides
The Nasdaq-listed digital assets company joined Decrypt and Rug Radio at their inaugural MYRIAD event in Singapore.
Edera is building a better Kubernetes and AI security solution from the ground up
Edera, a startup looking to simplify and improve how Kubernetes containers and AI workloads are secured by offering a new hypervisor, today announced that it has raised a $5 million seed funding round led by 645 Ventures and Eniac Ventures. Kubernetes is now 10 years old, but Edera founders Ariadne Conill (distinguished engineer), Emily Long … Read more
BTC price slips from $60K as Bitcoin traders brace for FOMC 'fireworks'
Bitcoin price volatility begins with hours to go until one of the most eagerly anticipated Fed rate decisions in recent years.
OnePlus is taking $100 off its Pad 2 tablet with a free pair of Buds 3 earbuds
Photo by Sheena Vasani / The Verge OnePlus typically offered competitive specs and features in its devices at aggressive prices, but that’s softened a bit in recent years. The fairly recent OnePlus Pad 2 has some nice qualities, like a 3000 x 2120 resolution / 144Hz display that looks great, but its $550 price, plus … Read more
NBA Twitter newsbreaker Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring
Adrian Wojnarowski looks on during the 2024 NBA Draft | Photo by Michelle Farsi / NBAE via Getty Images Adrian Wojnarowski has been reporting insider NBA news for ESPN since 2017, but he’s best known for his news-breaking tweets about trades, free agency signings, and other deals. Now Wojnarowski says he’s retiring from the NBA … Read more
YouTube unveils ‘Hype,’ a new way for fans to help smaller creators grow their reach
YouTube creators no longer have to rely solely on the recommendation algorithm, search results, or collabs to help them grow their audience. At the company’s Made on YouTube event on Wednesday, YouTube announced a new feature that will allow a creator’s existing viewers to help “hype” a video with a click of a button, allowing … Read more
Why a Giant Inflatable Bitcoin Rat Now Stands at the Birthplace of the Fed
Like the powerful bankers that flocked to Jekyll Island under the guise of a hunting trip, artist Nelson Saiers kept his intentions quiet.
The Power of Applied AI in Real Estate: Transforming Property Management with Arjun Kannan
Arjun Kannan, co-founder of ResiDesk, is bringing a fresh perspective to real estate’s age-old problems. With a background in leveraging big data at BlackRock and Climb Credit, Arjun is now applying his expertise to the chaotic world of property management. At ResiDesk, he’s harnessing the power of Large Language Models (LLMs) – AI systems that … Read more
Efficient Detection of Defects in Magnetic Labyrinthine Patterns: Methodology
:::info Authors: (1) Vinicius Yu Okubo, B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of São Paulo in 2022 and currently, he is pursuing his M.S. in electrical engineering at the University of São Paulo; (2) Kotaro Shimizu, B.S. degree in Physics from Waseda University, Japan, in 2019 and M.S. degree in Physics from the University … Read more
Last Week: Amplify your brand by hosting a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Extend the buzz of TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 beyond the main event by hosting an exclusive Side Event. Expose your brand to 10,000 Disrupt attendees and the surrounding Bay Area tech community during “Disrupt Week” — October 26 through November 1. Whether it’s a cocktail party, happy hour, meetup, workshop, silent disco, or comedy show, create … Read more
Stablecoins May Cushion Fed Rate Cut Impact on Treasury Tokens, Standard Chartered’s Regional Head Says
The Fed is likely to cut rates later Wednesday, starting the so-called liquidity easing cycle.
With visionOS 2, Apple’s Vision Pro comes into focus
Photo: Nilay Patel Apple rolled out updates to all of its major operating systems this week, and the Vision Pro was no exception. With visionOS 2, the company has a chance to show the relative few who bought its spendy headset — and those who might yet — that it’s still committed to the new … Read more
Venezuela opposition’s Bitcoin reserve plan must overcome political turmoil first
Opposition leader María Corina Machado proposed adding Bitcoin to Venezuela’s reserves for a new era led by Edmundo Gonzalez.
The Fed Will Tell Us Soon If Bitcoin Is at a New Baseline
Today’s Fed interest rate announcement will set the table for a fresh uptick in crypto assets, says Philipp Pieper, co-founder of Swarm Markets.
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YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google’s AI video model
The main attraction of YouTube’s Made On event on Wednesday morning was, you guessed it, artificial intelligence. The company announced that it is integrating Google DeepMind’s AI video generation model, Veo, into YouTube Shorts, letting creators generate high-quality backgrounds as well as 6-second clips. At Google’s I/O 2024 developer conference, Veo was unveiled as a … Read more
YouTube Studio now lets creators brainstorm video ideas with the help of AI
At its Made on YouTube event on Wednesday, the company announced that creators can now brainstorm ideas for videos with the help of AI right within YouTube Studio. YouTube will also soon start letting creators create AI-generated thumbnails and quickly respond to users with new AI-assisted comments. After beta testing the ability for creators to … Read more
Apple now lets you add Matter devices to Apple Home without a hub
Eve’s smart light switch now works with Matter and the Thread device can be controlled directly with an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, no hub required. | Image: Eve Systems With this week’s release of iOS 18, adding smart home devices to Apple Home just got a lot easier. The update brings direct local control … Read more