With TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 only a week away, we’re thrilled to announce the complete list of companies behind the Side Events, set to amplify the excitement for thousands of attendees and Silicon Valley residents. From casual happy hours to insightful discussions and energizing morning runs, Disrupt Week — spanning October 26 to November 1 — … Read more
As promised, this is the second (and final) part of the Startup Acquisition article, which will walk startup founders and leaders through the due diligence and negotiation processes. You can find the first part of the article here. Prepare a quantitative view of the business – financial statements, KPIs, and audit reports: This is perhaps … Read more
SINGAPORE, Singapore, October 21st, 2024/Chainwire/–Aptos and MEXC have joined forces to launch a series of events centered around Aptos’ native token, APT, offering a total prize pool of up to 1.5 million USDT. The event officially starts on October 21, 2024, and all users have the opportunity to participate and share the grand prizes through … Read more
Ethereum layer-2 network ApeChain launched on Sunday with a variety of games and apps, leading ApeCoin to spike by over 100%.
Transak, which is used by platforms like Metamask, Binance and Trust Wallet, says the leak was limited to “names” and “basic identity information.” A ransomware group says it has obtained more sensitive user data as well.
Imagine walking into the bank—the Bank of Life. You’ve been making deposits here for years—building up your ‘comfort account,’ bit by bit. It felt wise. Responsible. And the account keeps growing. But today is no ordinary day.. Today is the day you are finally ready to cash it all in. You walk through the revolving … Read more
Image: Poncle The world of Dracula and the Belmont family is coming to Vampire Survivors. The newly announced downloadable content for the auto-shooter survival game, Ode to Castlevania, promises a bunch of new stuff: 20 characters, 40 weapons, an extra-large stage, and over 30 music tracks. Developer Poncle said in its announcement post on X … Read more
Ireland’s media and internet watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has adopted and published an Online Safety Code that will apply to video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country from next month — including the likes of Bytedance’s TikTok, Google-owned YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook Reels. Under the Code, in-scope platforms are required to have terms and … Read more
T-minus 7 days until TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 officially kicks off! One of the year’s biggest tech events is ready to dominate the Bay Area’s thriving tech landscape for almost the entire week. Get ready for one of the biggest tech gatherings, taking place October 28-30 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Tech experts from every … Read more
The European Union unveiled the Trusted Investors Network at a meeting in Athens, Greece, to attract venture capital to deep-tech sectors like biotechnology and AI.
Small business creation has been on the rise in the U.S. since the pandemic. There are a lot of tech tools designed to help these companies with things like payroll or setting up retirement benefits — but more tools doesn’t mean small businesses know how to use them to make smart decisions. Uprise is looking to … Read more
An AI-generated video purports to show Chris Larsen claiming to give away XRP and a trader 10x from MicroStrategy coin but gave it to a phishing account.
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Graph retrieval-augmented generation (GraphRAG) is gaining momentum and becoming a powerful addition to traditional vector search retrieval methods. This approach leverages the structured nature of graph databases, which organize data as nodes and relationships, to enhance the depth and contextuality of retrieved information. Graphs are great at representing and storing heterogeneous and interconnected information in … Read more
Image: AMD AMD is officially announcing its first next-generation X3D desktop processors today, based on its latest Zen 5 architecture. I’d love to tell you which Ryzen 9000-series X3D chips are arriving next month, but AMD is strangely only teasing a release date of November 7th and providing no pricing or further details. AMD has … Read more
The deal, one of the largest in crypto history, follows Stripe announcing stablecoin support earlier this month.
California Governor Gavin Newsom enacted three new laws targeting the use of A.I. deepfakes in political campaigns ahead of the 2024 U.S. election. California Governor Gavin Newsom passed three major bills last month to mitigate the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in creating misleading “deepfake” images and videos for political campaigns. As the state prepares … Read more
Bridge, which has raised $54 million in funding, previously said it aspired to become the blockchain version of Stripe, operating a global system in which other developers could integrate.
The Ethereum co-founder warned that economic pressures could allow large stakers to dominate the network, in a new blog post.
A motorcycle lights a street under pouring rain during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure in Havana, on October 19, 2024. | Photo: Getty Images Tropical Storm Oscar is making it harder to restore power in Cuba after a massive, prolonged power outage that preceded the storm. The nation’s power grid failed on … Read more
Never has cryptocurrency been so connected with the US elections, the outcome of which could trigger a full-on bull market. What are the prospects if Trump wins?
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Hedera joined Solana as a top performer, rising 5.6% over the weekend.
Despite record European inflows, Bitcoin has been unable to recover above the $70,000 psychological level since July.
Image: The Verge Disney will announce a replacement for CEO Bob Iger in “early 2026,” according to an update from the company on Monday. The entertainment giant has been on the hunt for a new leader since Iger’s return to Disney in 2022. Last year Iger extended his contract with Disney until December 31st, 2026, … Read more