CrossTower eyeing further crypto acquisitions outside of Voyager bid
CrossTower’s president said they would place extra emphasis on highly transparent and compliance-focused companies in light of the FTX collapse.
FTX and How to Lose Money
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What it would mean for Tesla to buy back shares
Tesla investors are begging CEO Elon Musk and the board of Tesla to consider buying back shares as the company’s stock price slumps to a two-year low. Tesla stock was trading at $183.20 after hours on Wednesday, and its market capitalization has plunged by almost $700 billion since its peak a year ago. Musk said … Read more
How crypto goes to zero
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AI Music Generator
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Aussies warned to avoid crypto paper wallets they find on the street
Fraudsters have reportedly been leaving fake crypto paper wallets in public places as part of a scam to dupe Australians out of their crypto.
The tragic birth of FM radio (2006)
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Crypto has survived worse than the fall of FTX: Chainalysis
According to Chainalysis, the downfall of FTX is likely to have a relatively smaller effect on the crypto ecosystem than the demise of Mt. Gox.
Block Earner CEO calls for licensing clarity after being sued for crypto products
Block Earner CEO Charlie Karaboga said it was a “disappointing outcome” given it had spent “considerable resources” to adhere to existing guidelines.
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Sam Bankman-Fried still speaking at events and the community is furious
The former FTX CEO said he will be speaking at a conference by The New York Times, the same outfit that wrote the recent “puff piece” on Bankman-Fried.
The Art of Command Line
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Stable Diffusion 2.0
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HBO Max is working on a fix for playback errors on Apple TV 4K
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you’ve been running into abrupt “can’t play title” errors when trying to stream HBO Max content on your Apple TV 4K, you’re not alone. I ran into the issue last week, and found that others are also dealing with it. The issue seems to specifically occur on … Read more
Obrizum uses AI to build employee training modules out of existing content
The market for corporate training, which Allied Market Research estimates is worth over $400 billion, has grown substantially in recent years as companies realize the cost savings in upskilling their workers. One PwC report found that teaching employees additional skills can save a company between 43% and 66% of layoff costs alone, depending on the … Read more
The FTC could challenge Microsoft’s Activision purchase by December
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission is preparing a potential legal challenge to Microsoft’s plan to buy Activision for $68.7 billion, and it could file the lawsuit by next month, according to Politico. The outlet’s sources say both CEOs — Satya Nadella and Bobby Kotick — have already been deposed, … Read more
Project Babylon
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First Mover Asia: Cryptos Fly Higher as U.S. Turkey Day Holiday Approaches
The CEO of crypto lending and borrowing platform Hexn.io, believes recent crypto debacles will leave the industry stronger by weeding out weaker companies and fostering stronger regulatory efforts.
Dat Bike gets another $8M to put more e-bikes on Vietnam’s roads
Dat Bike is on a mission to put more electric bikes on Vietnam’s roads. The startup said today it has raised $8 million led by returning investor Singapore-based firm Jungle Ventures, just seven months after its first round of funding was announced. GSR Ventures and Delivery Hero Ventures also participated in this round, along with … Read more
Gold (1934 Film)
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How JPMorgan Chase & Co. uses AWS DeepRacer events to drive global cloud adoption
This is a guest post by Stephen Carrad, Vice President at JP Morgan Chase & Co. JPMorgan & Chase Co. started its cloud journey four years ago, building the integrations required to deploy cloud-native applications into the cloud in a resilient and secure manner. In the first year, three applications tentatively dipped their toes into … Read more
Daily Crunch: Vulnerable component in IoT devices poses ‘supply chain risk,’ Microsoft says
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Today’s prize (a muted ‘hrmph!’ and a solemn nod) for best headline goes to Devin, and given that we’re sneaking up on Black Friday, we have some of the best tech deals … Read more
Apply fine-grained data access controls with AWS Lake Formation and Amazon EMR from Amazon SageMaker Studio
Amazon SageMaker Studio is a fully integrated development environment (IDE) for machine learning (ML) that enables data scientists and developers to perform every step of the ML workflow, from preparing data to building, training, tuning, and deploying models. Studio comes with built-in integration with Amazon EMR so that data scientists can interactively prepare data at … Read more
The Huxleys electrified evolution
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Chaucer on Trial
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The best Black Friday deals under $25
Individual Apple AirTags are on sale for under $25. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge While much of our Black Friday coverage spans a wide range of prices, it’s no secret that the biggest savings are usually on the expensive, showy stuff like TVs. But if you’ve got a lengthy list for your … Read more