Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat Ventures takes its first outside investment from J.P. Morgan

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Hartbeat Ventures is taking in its first institutional investment from J.P. Morgan, comedian and entrepreneur Kevin Hart announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt. He made the announcement alongside J.P. Morgan’s head of digital investment banking and digital private markets Michael Elanjian and Hartbeat Ventures’ president and co-founder Robert Roman. Hartbeat Ventures, an early-stage VC firm with … Read more

Biden administration approves $2.8 billion for EV battery and mineral production in the US

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Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images The US Department of Energy is awarding $2.8 billion in grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to shore up domestic battery manufacturing and mineral production, the White House announced Wednesday. The Biden administration is also launching a new government-wide initiative to strengthen supply chains to support … Read more

CVCs maintain stake in one-quarter of deals despite overall venture pullback

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Last year’s record-breaking venture funding totals were fueled by crossover investors ranging from hedge funds to private equity firms. When market conditions soured at the beginning of 2022, most people assumed that all the nontraditional venture backers would retreat this year as well. That hasn’t happened. As venture capitalists and tourist investors have pulled back, … Read more

How Crypto Advocates Are Defending Ooki DAO

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had what looked like an easy case against Ooki DAO. The allegations weren’t really in dispute and the decentralized autonomous organization itself didn’t seem able to put together a response in time for a court-mandated deadline. However, a near-last-minute intervention has breathed new life into the legal battle.

Lightroom is (finally) all I need for photo editing

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GIF: Adobe I’ve never been a Photoshop person. Some of my Verge colleagues — particularly on our excellent photo and art team — have often used Photoshop in combination with Lightroom when working on images for the site. But I’ve always done my best to stick with Lightroom all by itself among Adobe’s apps. Other … Read more

Wind and solar smashed records in the EU this year

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Solar panels are seen on houses in Gaj, Poland on April 4th, 2022.  | Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty Images Since war broke out early this year, roughly a quarter of the European Union’s electricity has came from wind and solar, a new report finds. That’s a record-setting number, and the … Read more

Flights to offer drinks, snacks and now Starlink

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Having barely expanded Starlink onto the seas and looking at the Ukraine war as a business opportunity, Elon Musk has expanded Starlink through a commercial- and private jet-focused sub-brand, Starlink Aviation. The idea of having Wi-Fi up in the sky isn’t new, but your service is typically limited. On a commercial flight, one is charged … Read more

The new iPad makes no sense

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Seriously, what is this? | Image: Apple You heard me. What’s up with this entry-level iPad? The iPad had one thing going for it: price. At $329, the entry-level model has been a real pain in my neck as a laptop reviewer for the past year. Every time I’ve wanted to recommend a budget laptop, … Read more

DOE awards $2.8B to battery companies to boost domestic production

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The Biden-Harris administration, through the Department of Energy (DOE), announced Wednesday that 20 battery companies will receive a combined $2.8 billion to build and expand commercial-scale facilities in 12 states. This is the first phase of $7 billion in total from President Biden’s Infrastructure Law that aims to strengthen domestic battery supply chains and reduce … Read more

Microsoft looks to build an Xbox mobile gaming store with Activision and King content

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As the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigates Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft recently revealed in its filings with the CMA that it plans to create a new “Xbox Mobile Platform” that will include mobile games by Activision and King. “The transaction will improve Microsoft’s ability to create a next-generation game … Read more

Implement RStudio on your AWS environment and access your data lake using AWS Lake Formation permissions

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R is a popular analytic programming language used by data scientists and analysts to perform data processing, conduct statistical analyses, create data visualizations, and build machine learning (ML) models. RStudio, the integrated development environment for R, provides open-source tools and enterprise-ready professional software for teams to develop and share their work across their organization Building, … Read more