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Aptos Foundation airdrops 20M tokens to its early testnet users
The company said that 20 million APT tokens were airdropped to about 110,235 eligible participants.
Watch Kevin Hart explain his path to investing and the launch of Hartbeat Ventures
Kevin Hart appeared onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 this year, talking to TC’s Natasha Mascarenhas about how he got into investing to begin with, and the misconceptions he had to overcome to do so. Also, he talks about Hartbeat Ventures, which got its first check for its first fund from JPMorgan. Check out the entire … Read more
Blockchain Technology Could Be ‘Massive Disruptor’ for TradFi, Says Franklin Templeton CEO
Jenny Johnson, President and CEO of the capital markets giant, joined CoinDesk TV live from I.D.E.A.S. 2022 in New York City to discuss the firm’s outlook on blockchain technology and the launch of its crypto-focused separately managed accounts.
Soccer legend Lionel Messi plans to get into tech investing via a new Silicon Valley holding company
Lionel Messi (pictured, right), the Argentine professional soccer/football player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, is to make a push into technology investing via a new vehicle that will be shepherded by two Silicon Valley veterans. Play Time is the name given to a new partnership between the … Read more
Marvel Snap is 5D chess in six minutes or less
Image: Second Dinner I love Marvel Snap for one very specific reason: the games are short. I’m a lover of collectible card games — Magic: The Gathering, specifically. But I know when I sit down to play a game, I have to be prepared to give up a significant portion of my time. As a … Read more
Starboard Value goes after 3 tech companies with cost-cutting axe
News that activist investor Starboard Value has its eyes on Salesforce landed with a bang this week. But the well-known investing group, fresh off of a bruising fight with Box, has a few other tech companies in its sights. Starboard is taking to task three tech shops for what it considers to be underperformance: The … Read more
Anthony Hopkins sells out NFTs in minutes: Nifty Newsletter, Oct 12–18
The co-founder of Animoca Brands, Yat Siu, claimed that NFT games are only scratching the surface of what’s possible.
Rivian’s RJ Scaringe on the future of micromobility, AVs and the supply chain
RJ Scaringe, founder and CEO of electric vehicle maker Rivian, says the company’s future goes beyond electric trucks and vans. Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday, the executive said out of Rivian’s 13,000 employees, about half are focused on what’s next for the company. “So that’s updated compute, updated drive unites and really important updated … Read more
Price analysis 10/19: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, SHIB
Bitcoin and most altcoin prices have turned down and look to retest underlying support levels.
Incooling is building servers that use liquid to cool down
The way Incooling CEO Helena Samodurova sees it, the IT world is experiencing two major crises: an energy crisis and a supply chain crisis. For IT teams, satisfying new climate-friendly energy budgets is presenting a challenge, particularly when dealing with older computer hardware. At the same time, acquiring improved, less power-sucking machines is becoming tougher … Read more
Reverion eyes commercial launch to draw more energy out of biogas
Born inside the Technical University of Munich, the engineers behind Reverion say they’ve had their heads down for seven years developing a way to get more electricity out of biogas and existing fuel-cell technology. Biogas comes from decomposing waste and is mostly made up of methane. It’s a form of chemical energy that must be … Read more
El retroceso de los futuros de bitcoin podría indicar un estado de ánimo bajista
Esta condición en el mercado de futuros de bitcoin no ocurría desde mayo del 2019, según Luno.
How Serena Williams brings her killer instinct to early-stage investing
In a move that broke the hearts of many a tennis fan around the world, Serena Williams recently announced that she would stop playing professional tennis. But today onstage in front of a packed auditorium at TechCrunch Disrupt, she reminded us that while she brings that competitive mindset to running Serena Ventures, an early-stage VC … Read more
Detect fraudulent transactions using machine learning with Amazon SageMaker
Businesses can lose billions of dollars each year due to malicious users and fraudulent transactions. As more and more business operations move online, fraud and abuses in online systems are also on the rise. To combat online fraud, many businesses have been using rule-based fraud detection systems. However, traditional fraud detection systems rely on a … Read more
Wait vs. Interrupt Culture
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Pinterest is bringing popular music to Idea Pins, its TikTok-like feature
Pinterest’s TikTok-esque Idea Pins will now feature popular music. | Image: Pinterest Pinterest is doubling down on its TikTok-style video feature by adding more music options through deals with record labels. The company announced deals today that will allow Pinterest users to add popular music to their video posts, called Idea Pins. The record labels … Read more
Minerva Lithium uses absorbent material to change the way we extract lithium
The electric everything revolution is here, and with it an unprecedented demand for critical battery materials. The most precious of all? Lithium, the crucial ingredient in the lithium-ion batteries that will power everything from your Tesla to your iPhone. The problem is, extracting lithium is expensive, time-consuming, labor intensive and takes a serious toll on … Read more
Binance delegates 13.2M UNI tokens, becoming Uniswap DAO’s second largest vote-holder
This move will allow Binance to propose governance votes, but is not enough to meet the quorum 4% requirement.
Desarrolladores de Terra presentan un plan de 4 años para revivir el ecosistema LUNA
Incentivar a los desarrolladores y aumentar la actividad de los usuarios con los tokens LUNA son partes fundamentales de la propuesta.
Sonos fixes Arc and Sub issues that frustrated some customers for months
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Ever since a system update released over two months ago, some owners of the Sonos Arc and Sub have complained about reduced performance from their pricey home theater devices. This thread on the company’s forum is a good chronicle of the frustrations. Customers noticed that the Arc had … Read more
Nat4bio makes food-grade coating to protect fruit from microscopic threat
Here’s one of those questions you’ve probably never considered, but probably should: What goes on your fruit? Not out in the field — though obviously that’s something worth considering too — rather in that period between the picking and purchasing? Turns out pesticides aren’t just the stuff that gets sprayed out the back of a … Read more
Netflix’s whimsical The School for Good and Evil is worth the price of admission
Sofia Wylie as Agatha, Michelle Yeoh as Professor Anemone, and Kerry Washington as Professor Dovey. | Image: Gilles Mingasson / Netflix So long as there are literate young people trudging their way to school every morning, there’s always going to be an appetite for stories asking “what if the educational system, but magical?” That’s exactly … Read more
How to use a watch as a compass
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