Month: March 2025

Nerdio nabs $500M to power virtual desktops on Azure

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Nerdio, a platform designed to simplify how companies deploy and manage Microsoft cloud technologies, has raised $500 million in a Series C round of funding. The Chicago-based startup says its valuation has now quadrupled since its Series B round two years ago, and is now firmly in unicorn territory — though the company wouldn’t reveal … Read more

My Wild Ride from Old-School Recruiting to AI-Smarter Outreach

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The Mess: Why Old-School Outreach Tanks Recruiting’s tough, man. Here’s what I kept running into: Nobody’s Replying: Candidates get spammed with job offers all day. Good luck standing out. Manual Emails Are a Time Suck: Writing personal notes to 200 people? Yeah, no thanks. Boring Messages Flop: If it doesn’t click with their experience, they’re … Read more

Open Source Is Supposed to Be a Meritocracy—So Why Are Companies Trying to Buy Their Way In?

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Imagine that you are a maintainer of a widely used open source project relied upon by developers worldwide. Being a maintainer means, that you get to decide which contributions by external contributors get accepted. Now, there are two contributions. One from an individual contributor and one from a person that you know works for a … Read more

Intelligence Isn’t What You Think It Is

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Intelligence is not about remembering facts or doing well on tests. It’s about living a life where you can thrive. This means being healthy, financially secure, and happy. You might be great at solving complex math problems, but can you solve the puzzle of your own well-being? When we focus too much on IQ scores, … Read more

MicroStrategy’s Double Bottom May Be Signal for New Bull Run: Technical Analysis

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A bullish technical analysis pattern, contrasting with the one in bitcoin (BTC) that warned of a recent market swoon, is seemingly emerging on bitcoin-holder MicroStrategy’s (MSTR) price chart. The MicroStrategy pattern, a double bottom, comprises two consecutive troughs at about the same price, said to reflect downtrend exhaustion, and a trendline (a so-called neckline) drawn … Read more

YC-backed food supply startup Vendease restructures employees’ salaries

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Y Combinator-backed Nigerian food procurement startup Vendease has changed its employee pay structure and is seeking fresh capital, TechCrunch has learned. This is after laying off 44% of its workforce — around 120 employees —last month, marking its second round of job cuts in five months. In the latest development, the startup has now replaced … Read more

All but 1 US spot Bitcoin ETF in the red this March

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Nearly all United States spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) had net negative performances in March as analysts expect a bearish Bitcoin trend of up to 12 months.  Farside Investors data showed that spot Bitcoin ETFs struggled in March, with net outflows surpassing their monthly net inflows. Asset manager BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) suffered … Read more

Tether Raises Bitdeer Stake to 21%: SEC Filing

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Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, increased its holdings in bitcoin (BTC) miner Bitdeer (BTDR), building on a investment it started almost a year ago. The company financed the acquisition with working capital and now owns 21% of the company, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Tether first acquired a position in … Read more

The Internet’s New Privacy Tax: ‘Consent or Pay’

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Building on my previous article’s discussion of consent, companies must find better ways to navigate the ever-evolving, complex web of privacy regulations. One such strategy that has garnered significant attention is the practice of “Consent or Pay.” This approach hinges on giving users a choice between consenting to data collection or paying for an ad-free … Read more

GrubMarket raises $50M at a $3.5B+ valuation to build AI for the $1 trillion food distribution industry

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U.S. President Trump’s wide-ranging tariff hikes are already resulting in growth forecasts being cut amid other uncertainty — actions that will inevitably impact the technology sector, too. Today, however, one food e-commerce startup, GrubMarket, is announcing a new equity round of $50 million on a raised valuation of over $3.5 billion — a signal of … Read more

The Internet Is Full of Duplicate Requests—Here’s How Smart Developers Prevent Them

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When developing web applications, securing requests between the frontend and backend is one of the key tasks. Ignoring this aspect can lead to serious consequences: data leaks, duplicated operations, incorrect financial transactions, and even service outages. In this article, we will examine the main methods of securing requests and take a detailed look at such … Read more

Crypto and money laundering: What you need to know

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What is crypto money laundering? Crypto money laundering involves concealing illegally obtained funds by funneling them through cryptocurrency transactions to obscure their origin. Criminals may operate offchain but move funds onchain to facilitate laundering. Traditionally, illicit money was moved using couriers or informal networks like Hawala. However, with the rise of digital assets, bad actors … Read more

AI Tries (and Fumbles) at Inflation Forecasting

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:::info Authors: (1) Pham Hoang Van, Department of Economics, Baylor University Waco, TX, USA (Van Pham@baylor.edu); (2) Scott Cunningham, Department of Economics, Baylor University Waco, TX, USA (Scott Cunningham@baylor.edu). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Direct vs Narrative Prediction 3 Prompting Methodology and Data Collection 4 Results 4.1 Establishing the Training Data … Read more