Month: October 2024

Tidal is laying off more staff

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Image: The Verge The music streaming app Tidal is laying off more workers. In a statement to Fortune, an unnamed Tidal spokesperson confirmed “the elimination of some roles across our business and design teams.” On Wednesday, Fortune published a leaked memo from Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Tidal parent company Block Block Head, who said … Read more

BBG Ventures raises new $60 million fund to support diverse founders

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BBG Ventures raised a new $60 million fund to support founders from “diverse backgrounds,” including gender, race, age, and class, Business Insider reported. The firm is known for backing exclusively women founders, and this new fund is a slight departure from that focus but comes as funding to diverse founders continues to dip. Crunchbase found that … Read more

Female Founders Fund returns its Fund I

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After 10 years, the Female Founders Fund has returned its $5.85 million Fund I, according to Fortune. The news makes FFF one of the few diverse-focused funds to fully return a fund in a move that may boost the image of investing in women founders across Silicon Valley.  Any further investments and exits to come … Read more

You’re Going to Wish You Knew These 12 Useful Developer Tools Sooner 🧑‍💻🧙

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In the fast-evolving world of web development, having an effective tool stack can make a difference in productivity and project success. Essentially, it allows developers to simplify complex developer workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve the overall quality of the code. I’ve curated a list of 12 developer tools to improve your workflow in areas … Read more

MaC VC raised $150 million Fund III

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MaC VC just raised a $150 million Fund III, according to Fortune.  The firm, which launched in 2021 and already has $600 million in assets under management, will now cut check sizes between $2 million and $3 million into seed-stage companies. Notable investments for the firm include Chef Robotics and Stoke Space. The firm is … Read more

Chorus One Introduces TON Pool: The First Institutional Solution For Scalable TON staking

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ZUG, Switzerland, October 31st, 2024/Chainwire/–Chorus One, a leading provider of staking infrastructure for over 60 networks, today announced the launch of TON Pool, a new staking solution designed to simplify and optimize Toncoin staking for institutions and investors. With a focus on addressing the limitations of current staking models on the TON blockchain, TON Pool … Read more

Tony Vejseli, Figure Markets And GXD Labs Provide Clarification, Met With Ionic Digital’s Board

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SAN FRANCISCO, USA, October 31st, 2024/Chainwire/–Tony Vejseli, Figure Markets Holdings Inc., and GXD Labs, LLC (collectively “the Group”) today issued a statement to address recent developments following a meeting held on October 28 at White & Case’s Midtown Manhattan offices, where the Group met with the board of directors (the “Board”) and management team of Ionic … Read more

Squid Game runs it back in season 2 trailer

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Image: Netflix Netflix released a new teaser for Squid Game’s second season on Thursday. Gi-hun, again played by Lee Jung-jae, is participating in the games again, but based on the trailer, it appears that he will try to convince he other contestants to rebel against the competition — and that, at times, he may not … Read more

Mawari Announces Node Sale To Bring Immersive Content To The World

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TOKYO, Japan, October 31st, 2024/Chainwire/–Mawari Network a spatial computing DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network), has announced a limited node license sale. Already a pioneer in immersive content, the node sale will make Mawari’s 3D streaming technology more scalable and accessible for content creators and developers. This node sale will help create a global, decentralized spatial … Read more

Nexo Unveils Strategic Rebrand As a Premier Digital Assets Wealth Platform

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VILNIUS, Lithuania, October 31st, 2024, Chainwire/–Nexo redesigns its innovative solutions for long-term digital wealth building with 24/7 advanced client care on Bitcoin Whitepaper Day.  Nexo, a leading digital assets institution, today announced its major rebrand and platform redesign, marking its evolution from a crypto lending pioneer to the first comprehensive and compliant digital assets wealth … Read more

Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot now has a desktop app

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Image: The Verge Claude, the AI chatbot made by Anthropic, now has a desktop app. You can download the Mac and Windows versions of the app from Anthropic’s website for free. Last week, Anthropic released its “computer use” feature in public beta, which allows the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model to control a computer by looking … Read more

Create a generative AI–powered custom Google Chat application using Amazon Bedrock

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AWS offers powerful generative AI services, including Amazon Bedrock, which allows organizations to create tailored use cases such as AI chat-based assistants that give answers based on knowledge contained in the customers’ documents, and much more. Many businesses want to integrate these cutting-edge AI capabilities with their existing collaboration tools, such as Google Chat, to … Read more