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From the creator of Homebrew, Tea raises $8.9M to build a protocol that helps open source developers get paid
Tea, an open source unified package manager for software developers, today announced it has added another $8.9 million in seed funding to its coffer as it builds on recent momentum that has seen some 16,000 developers authenticate their software packages with Tea. Tea is the brainchild of Max Howell, creator of popular open source package … Read more
3 ways SaaS businesses can boost revenue in a recession
Suzanne Xie Contributor Share on Twitter Suzanne Xie is the business lead for B2B payments at Stripe and a former SaaS founder. It’s an unprecedented time to be in SaaS. Long term, the sector’s prospects are strong. The SaaS market could grow almost 10% every year to 2027 — and I think that’s a conservative … Read more
ConsenSys to Update MetaMask Crypto Wallet in Response to Privacy Backlash
ConsenSys clarified its data sharing practices and said it will rebuild MetaMaks’ settings page to address user concerns.
Archive lands $15M as more clothing brands ‘get serious about resale’
Scoring that high-end, brand-name outfit — but you know, the kind you find from a secondhand store — can be a thrill. Much of that has traditionally been driven by individuals looking to cash in, but companies like Archive are helping brands themselves grab some of that revenue stream through their own resale programs. We … Read more
UK Financial Regulator Seeks Comments on Ad Approval Process That Covers Crypto
Only companies with Financial Conduct Authority permission will be allowed to approve promotional material, and crypto firms will be hit once the Financial Services and Markets Bill becomes law.
How Chargifi pivoted to Kadence, a platform to enable hybrid co-working, then pulled in $10M
Coordinating people, projects and their various locations, has become a headache for companies in the post-pandemic world of remote and hybrid working. There is expensive office space to maintain, logistics to figure out which employees are going to actually be in, and who’s working remotely each day. Let’s face it, earlier, hot-desk management software – … Read more
Rezonate raises $8.7M and launches its cloud identity protection platform out of stealth
Rezonate, a Boston- and Tel Aviv-based startup that offers an agent-less cloud identity protection platform that aims to help DevOps teams minimize attackers’ opportunities to breach cloud identity and access, is coming out of stealth today and announcing an $8.7 million seed funding round, led by State of Mind Ventures and Flybridge, with participation from … Read more
NeuReality lands $35M to bring AI accelerator chips to market
The growing demand for AI, particularly generative AI (i.e., AI that generates images, text and more), is supercharging the AI inferencing chip market. Inferencing chips accelerate the AI inferencing process, which is where AI systems generate outputs (e.g., text, images, audio) based on what they learned while “training” on a specific set of data. AI … Read more
Apple expands Self Service Repair to iPhone and MacBook users in Europe
Apple has announced that its Self Service Repair store for iPhones and MacBooks is now open for business in Europe. First announced last November, the repair program essentially enables anyone to purchase genuine Apple components to repair their damaged devices, while the Cupertino company also provides online manuals to guide consumers through the self-service repair … Read more
Michael Saylor on the FTX fiasco: ‘Unethical and illegal from the very beginning’
Saylor calls SBF the “poster child of the crypto world” while breaking down his antics, which ultimately brought the downfall of his empire.
YouTube is making its own Twitch-like emotes
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is starting to roll out its own custom emotes. The Twitch-like emotes, dubbed YouTube Emotes, can be used across YouTube in comment sections and during live chats, though the platform previously allowed individual streamers to offer their own reactions and emotes. YouTube’s own initial emotes are focused … Read more
Meta Oversight Board demands changes to ‘cross-check’ program that protected Donald Trump
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta’s Oversight Board has released an in-depth report on Facebook and Instagram’s controversial cross-check system, calling on Meta to make the program “radically” more transparent and beef up its resources. The semi-independent Oversight Board cited “several shortcomings” in cross-check, which provides a special moderation queue for high-profile public figures, … Read more
A16z Elevates Former US CFTC Commissioner Quintenz to Policy Chief
Brian Quintenz, a former commissioner with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission who left the agency last year, is amplifying his role at crypto venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) from advising to taking over as its head of policy, the company said on Tuesday.
Meta’s Oversight Board wants Facebook to be more transparent about VIP accounts
A year ago, The Wall Street Journal revealed that Facebook operated a two-tiered content moderation system. Normal users were subject to the platforms stated rules while VIP users were secretly flagged into special in a program internally called “cross check.” That list included everyone from Brazilian soccer star Neymar and former President Donald Trump to … Read more
Tuesday’s top tech news: Apple’s DIY repair service comes to Europe
Europeans, this could soon be you. | Image: Apple And Meta faces off with regulators over news… again. Continue reading…
Court sets new deadline for Celsius restructuring plan
Celsius halted withdrawals on the platform on Jun. 13 and filed for bankruptcy a month later on Jul. 13.
Waze gets built-in car app for the first time
Waze on a new Renault vehicle. | Image: Waze Waze is launching a dedicated app on two new cars with Google built in. It’s the first time Waze has been available as a standalone app in cars, thanks to Google’s embedded Android Automotive OS. It means drivers can access Waze’s real-time routing, navigation, and more, … Read more
Strike partners with Bitnob to facilitate cross-border payments into Africa
On stage at AfroBitcoin, Strike CEO Jack Mallers announced plans to improve remittance payments into Africa thanks to the Lightning Network on Bitcoin.