Why Did Crypto Surge After Bad Inflation News?
Thursday’s ludicrous price action across asset markets shows just how weird things can get when the Federal Reserve is driving the bus.
Nvidia says it’s ‘unlaunching’ the 12GB RTX 4080 after backlash
Image: Nvidia Nvidia is pausing the launch of its upcoming 12GB RTX 4080 graphics card. After originally unveiling the 12GB RTX 4080 last month alongside a much more powerful 16GB model, Nvidia now admits it messed up with the naming. “The RTX 4080 12GB is a fantastic graphics card, but it’s not named right,” says … Read more
Unlaunching the 12GB 4080
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Ugly Bargains Between Banks and Regulators Are Rearing Their Head Again
The “know your customer” and anti-money laundering system has evolved to become an excessive constraint on financial access and a dangerous imposition on liberty and privacy – even if the original security intent was reasonable.
Binance Pool lanza un fondo de US$500 millones para apoyar la minería de bitcoin
La empresa es la última en unirse al creciente grupo de prestamistas alternativos que buscan inyectar capital en la golpeada industria de la minería.
Beyond Meat to cut 19% of its workforce amid sales slump
Beyond Meat plans to lay off about 200 employees, or 19% of its workforce, according to a regulatory filing disclosed Friday. The company cited declining sales and said the layoffs are “based on cost-reduction initiatives intended to reduce operating expenses…and target cash flow positive operations within the second half of 2023.” Beyond Meat expects the … Read more
Bitcoin bear market will last ‘2-3 months max’ —Interview with BTC analyst Philip Swift
On-chain data is showing there is light at the end of the tunnel for Bitcoin hodlers, says LookIntoBitcoin creator, Philip Swift.
How a fleet of robots could help solve the Great Lakes plastic pollution problem
Plastic floating in one of the Great Lakes. | Image: Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Waste capture devices collect thousands of pieces of trash in the Great Lakes each day. Can they also motivate humans to stop putting waste in the water in the first place? Continue reading…
Big Tech and industry lobby groups accused in EU transparency complaints
Members of the European Parliament have lodged complaints against three tech giants, Amazon, Google and Meta, with the EU’s Transparency Register — aka, the oversight process that’s intended to track lobbying activity aimed at the bloc’s lawmakers — accusing the trio of breaching the lobbying transparency rules by using smaller front organizations to press their … Read more
The Pixel Watch doesn’t offically support wireless charging for a reason
It took me 10 attempts to get this shot. You’ll have much better luck if you remove the straps, but even then I wouldn’t call it reliable. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Google’s official line is that the Pixel Watch does not support Qi charging or reverse charging from a phone. However, … Read more
Why high speed rail hasn’t caught on
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Inside Sono Motors’ family friendly $25,000 solar EV
Sono Motors, the company building an electric vehicle that’s partially powered by the sun, debuted its flagship Sion in New York City this week as part of a multi-city tour throughout the U.S. The company aims to launch the $25,000 five-seater hatchback in Europe first — production is expected to start in the second half … Read more
Mango Markets Community Counters Expoiter’s Settlement Offer
The initial offer appeared to have been rejected.
Google now labels ads as ‘Sponsored’ in mobile search results
Google’s new mobile search results, complete with reformatted favicons, site names, and the new “Sponsored” tag. | Image: Google Google is changing how it formats search results on mobile, the company announced today. Paid results will now carry a larger “Sponsored” tag rather than the simple “Ad” tag they had before, and each website’s name … Read more
3 growth levers every SaaS founder should know about
Christian Owens Contributor Share on Twitter Christian Owens is CEO and co-founder of Paddle, a payments infrastructure provider for SaaS businesses. Scaling a SaaS company is tougher today than in the past few years. Whatever stage your company is at, a near 70% drop in the value of public SaaS stocks, increasingly limited access to … Read more
Sugar Lab buys back its tech to take 3D-printed foods mainstream
The 3D printing world can print in concrete, plastic, metal and pretty much everything else that starts off gooey and turns solid after a while. That includes a bunch of different types of foods, as Sugar Lab demonstrates. The company was originally acquired by 3D Systems in 2013, but co-founders Kyle von Hasseln and Meagan … Read more
Twitter is developing a way for users to control who can mention them
Twitter is developing a feature that has the potential to curb harassment and bullying on the social network. App engineer Jane Manchun Wong discovered that the company is developing a way for users to control who can mention them on Twitter. According to a screenshot posted by Wong, the new controls would give users the … Read more
Ask HN: Teaching Greybeard IT
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Bitcoin: es poco probable que registre una recuperación notable tras el short squeeze del jueves
Los rendimientos del Tesoro de Estados Unidos continúan siendo elevados luego de la publicación de los datos del CPI, algo que ofrecería una prueba de realidad para los activos de riesgo, incluyendo las criptomonedas.
A user’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2022
TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 kicks off in just four days, startup fans. We can’t wait to greet you. Here’s a handy how-to guide for everything you can expect at TechCrunch Disrupt presented by AT&T on October 18-20 in San Francisco at Moscone West (Oct. 21 online). All times listed here are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). p.s. … Read more
BlockTower Putting $150M Crypto Fund to Work as Valuations Return ‘Down to Earth’
Thomas Klocanas talks DeFi, equity stakes and investing in a bear market
Apple’s mixed reality headset reportedly lets you make payments with your eyes
Apple’s Face ID has long provided biometric logins for the iPhone. | Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge Apple’s rumored virtual and augmented reality headset will reportedly use iris scanning tech for logins and payments, according to The Information. The report, which cites two people involved in developing the headset, says the scanning is … Read more
Bitcoin Gaming and Payments Company ZEBEDEE Launches New Open Source Bitcoin Initiative
The initiative has already cranked out five Lightning-related projects on GitHub.