kamal Apple has brought the iPhone 16e to offer a more affordable option within the iPhone 16 lineup, targeting emerging markets including India. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Those little Among Us beans are being transported to a new dimension. Developer Innersloth has announced a new game called Among Us 3D, which is exactly what it sounds like: the hit multiplayer deduction game, but played in a three-dimensional world from a first-person perspective. If that sounds familiar, it’s because that’s what the VR … Read more
Afore Capital, a firm that claims to be the largest dedicated pre-seed investor, was founded on the idea that the first check into a new startup should be larger than what most accelerators and early-stage investors were offering. When Afore raised its third $150 million fund in 2022, the firm wrote checks ranging from $1 … Read more
AI systems generate billions globally. Boaz Shor didn’t just contribute—he engineered systems that added $80 million annually to Taboola’s revenue. Six patents. $100 million in potential tools. Teams scaled by 25%. These aren’t abstract wins—they’re measurable successes built from deep technical expertise. Discover how Shor’s AI breakthroughs are redefining business growth worldwide. Groundbreaking Innovations That … Read more
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After months of rapid expansion, Bitcoin’s hashrate growth slowed down in January, according to the latest report from TheMinerMag. The network’s difficulty saw its first decline since September, indicating that even though publicly listed companies have kept increasing their hash power, their growth isn’t enough to compensate for the capitulation of other, probably smaller operators. … Read more
Cherryrock Capital, founded by ex-TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot, announced Wednesday the closing of its $172 million Fund I with an all-star limited partner list that includes JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, MassMutual, Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures, Reid Hoffman, Mellody Hobson, and Sheryl Sandberg. Brown-Philpot told Bloomberg that the fund actually closed in January. The firm launched … Read more
NEW YORK CITY, United States, February 20th, 2025/Chainwire/–Bringing over $1B in on-chain assets to Aptos from day one. PACT Protocol today launched on Aptos Network, bringing fully on-chain lending and securitization infrastructure for licensed lenders in emerging markets to the high-performance blockchain. This launch brings over $1 billion in on-chain assets onto Aptos and follows … Read more
Data is the lifeblood of modern applications, driving everything from application testing to machine learning (ML) model training and evaluation. As data demands continue to surge, the emergence of generative AI models presents an innovative solution. These large language models (LLMs), trained on expansive data corpora, possess the remarkable capability to generate new content across … Read more
With the world around us changing rapidly, uncertainty is inescapable. We feel it in both our personal and professional lives. And while previous generations have experienced periods of profound uncertainty, the scale, pace and complexity of the changes in todayâs world mark a radical âstep changeâ in our comfort when it comes to making decisions.  Thatâs … Read more
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin expressed his disappointment with some ETH community members and thought it was “bad” that the ecosystem was too welcoming for “casinos.” During an ask-me-anything (AMA) on Tako, Buterin responded to a question about whether he had felt disappointed at the Ethereum Foundation, the crypto industry or the community. He answered “of … Read more
Amazon is ending Android support for its Appstore this year on August 20th. The retail giant announced the update on an FAQ support page with no explanation for the shutdown, but said its Appstore will still be available on Fire TV and Tablet devices, where it serves as the default app marketplace. Apps downloaded from … Read more
Figure Markets has become the first company to receive approval for an interest-bearing stablecoin in the United States.
This post is co-written with Sajin Jacob, Jerry Chen, Siddarth Mohanram, Luis Barbier, Kristen Chenowith, and Michelle Stahl from Verisk. Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) is a leading data analytics and technology partner for the global insurance industry. Through advanced analytics, software, research, and industry expertise across more than 20 countries, Verisk helps build resilience for individuals, … Read more
The regulator is taking a new approach to the digital asset industry under the Trump Administration.
The European Central Bank (ECB) said it is looking to develop a way of settling distributed-ledger technology (DLT) transactions with fiat currency as it expands its work on the key feature that underpins the blockchain and cryptocurrencies. The bank plans a two-stage approach to using the technology, which is a decentralized database that is maintained … Read more
A presidential endorsement fueled the Solana meme coin’s rise before its collapse, leaving thousands holding empty bags.
**HONG KONG, Hong Kong, February 20th, 2025/Chainwire/–**Hong Kong-based investment group Avenir Group has emerged as a major institutional player in the digital asset market, with its recent disclosure revealing a significant $599 million investment in Bitcoin ETFs. This strategic move not only underscores Avenir’s confidence in the future of digital assets but also marks a … Read more
One of Apple’s next big sci-fi shows has a premiere date. The company announced that its adaptation of Murderbot, based on the novels by Martha Wells, will debut on Apple TV Plus with two episodes on May 16th. The season finale will stream on July 11th. The show will star Alexander Skarsgård in the titular … Read more
Microsoft engineers are currently readying server capacity for OpenAIâs upcoming GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 models, according to a source familiar with the companyâs plans. While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged recently that GPT-4.5 will launch within a matter of weeks, I understand that Microsoft is expecting to host the new AI model as early as next … Read more
Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which arrives two weeks after Adcock announced the Bay Area robotics firm’s decision to step away from an OpenAI collaboration, is centered around Helix, a “generalist” Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model. VLAs are a new phenomenon for robotics, leveraging … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission unit tasked with chasing bad guys in the crypto space will be smaller and called something significantly different, the agency said Thursday, further cementing its trend away from an aggressive enforcement stance against the industry. In three years, the same internal group has transitioned from the “Cyber Unit” to … Read more
LIBRA’s collapse triggered fraud claims, insider trading accusations, and calls for Argentine President Javier Milei’s impeachment.
Grand Theft Auto V on PC will be getting a bunch of improvements, including upgrades that were previously added to the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S versions of the game, through a free update that will be available on March 4th, Rockstar announced on Thursday. The update will include things like PC-exclusive ray … Read more
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