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Black startup founders raised just $187 million in the third quarter
The amount of capital raised by Black entrepreneurs continues to decrease. The latest Crunchbase numbers show that Black founders raised $187 million in Q3, a staggering decline from the nearly $1.1 billion they received in Q3 2021 and a sizable drop from the $594 million the cohort raised in Q2. Black founders raised just 0.12% … Read more
Go read this special Nature issue on racism in science
From left: Mbambi Mbungu and Jacob Chiza lead the march during “Justice for Black Lives” at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 6th, 2020. | Image: Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The journal Nature published a special issue on racism in science this week. In it, Black and Indigenous … Read more
‘The Waste Land’ Reviewed (1923)
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LG’s new Smart Monitor is a work-from-home TV
LG’s 32-inch 4K Smart Monitor with Ergo Stand. | Image: LG LG’s new 4K monitor can pull double duty if you work from home and don’t have the energy (or space) to flop over to the couch to engage in binge-watching. The $499 LG Smart Monitor (32SQ780S) (via HomeKit News) has a 31.5-inch display, a … Read more
Masahiro Sakurai shows off a prototype of the game that would become Smash Bros.
Image: Masahiro Sakurai Masahiro Sakurai is a YouTuber now, and in his latest video, he showed off a “never-before-seen” clip of the prototype that would eventually become Super Smash Bros. You can feast your eyes on Dragon King: The Fighting Game beginning at 1:25 in the video at the top of this post or jump … Read more
Scorn’s slithering spookiness is only slightly scary
Image: Ebb Software In Scorn, the survival horror game that slithered onto Game Pass last week, it’s just another day at the flesh factory. A couple of hours in, that’s what it feels like. I’m just a guy, clocking in at H.R. Giger & Sons to hit buttons, stick my fingers into prehensile holes, and … Read more
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5 cloud investors illustrate the various paths ahead for startups
Cloud cost optimization startups have become ubiquitous, and they’ve found a friendly ear among enterprise clients looking to cut costs amid the downturn. But should younger startups similarly scrutinize their cloud spend? According to several cloud investors, startups should prioritize building over optimization — unless it’s going to save them a big chunk of money. … Read more
I hope someone makes memes out of these funny animal photos
Image: John Chaney / Comedy Wildlife 2022 I learned today that there is a contest called the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, which selects the funniest animal photos submitted by professional and amateur photographers each year. The gallery of finalists includes some true gems, like a bear getting hit in the face by a fish, a … Read more
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Smart rings have a long way to go
The Oura Ring is the only smart ring that’s found any real commercial success. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Smartwatches stole the spotlight from phones this fall, but there’s another wearable form factor waiting in the wings: smart rings. Korean outlet Naver recently reported that Samsung has filed a patent with the … Read more
How to organize your Slack channels
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If your workplace (or organization, or friends group, or whatever) is anything like mine, and you’ve used Slack for more than, say, a month, you have no doubt amassed a lot of channels (also known as conversations). This can result in a lot of scrolling — I mean, … Read more
3 ways to hire well for your startup
Champ Suthipongchai Contributor Share on Twitter Champ Suthipongchai is founder and GP at Creative Ventures, a deep tech firm that invests in early-stage companies. If you’re hiring for your startup, you need to understand one thing: This is arguably one of the worst times to be looking for talent. While inflation continues to skyrocket and … Read more
TechCrunch+ roundup: PLG and enterprise sales, SaaS pricing strategy, OPT options
After staging our first TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco in three years, Slack is much quieter than usual this morning. My colleagues are flying home to cities as far flung as Taipei, Paris and London; I just took a streetcar home, which should keep my expense report simple. Moscone Center did not look like we’re … Read more
Google’s Pixel Buds Pro and select Nest products are $50 off today at Wellbots
The Pixel Buds Pro are a sharp-looking pair of earbuds, especially in this lemongrass color. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge You feel that? It’s Friday, and it’s time to take some good deal vibes into the weekend. Wellbots is currently discounting a bunch of great tech from Google, including the Pixel Buds … Read more
The best workout earbuds you can buy right now
Beats, Sony, Jabra, Sennheiser, and others rank as our favorite picks for fitness earbuds — each for unique reasons Continue reading…
TikTok livestreaming is shaping up to be the short-form video giant’s next push
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok’s meteoric rise came through its focus on bite-size videos, delivered with eerie specificity and the ability to scroll endlessly. But now, as competitors get serious about giving TikTok a run for its money, the company appears to be increasingly focused on its livestreaming program — and particularly, … Read more
Reliance to hive off and list Jio Financial Services
Indian conglomerate Reliance will spin off and list its financial services, a move that it said will allow the oil-to-telecom giant to enter and expand into financial services such as consumer and merchant lending business and also build fintech for “all Indians.” Reliance, run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, said in a statement that it will … Read more
A brief history of activist investors in tech and the role they play
On Tuesday, activist investor Starboard Value revealed a significant stake in Salesforce, sending the company’s stock climbing more than 7%. A hedge fund founded in 2002 by Jeffrey Smith and Mark Mitchell, Starboard has a history of affecting change at major companies, spurring the spinning off of media startup Patch from AOL in 2014 and … Read more
Now Pixel 7 owners can test Google’s Clear Calling tech
Clear Calling is now available for testing on Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro devices, ahead of its official launch in December. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Android 13 QPR1 Beta 3 is now available on the Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, and with it comes the opportunity to try … Read more