Earlier this month, EA announced that it was partnering with Dynasty Warriors studio Omega Force on a Monster Hunter-style action game. Today, the companies finally showed off the first trailer for the title, which has been dubbed Wild Hearts (not to be confused with the excellent indie game Sayonara Wild Hearts). It’s described as “an … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is sick and tired of having to pause before tweeting to consider the potential implications on his company’s stock price. The celebrity executive is urging a federal appeals court to throw out a provision in his 2018 consent decree with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that requires him to … Read more
The rise of so-called “smart factory” technologies is leading to a race to modernize manufacturing plant and warehouse floors. Old equipment is being replaced by newer, more advanced machinery as manufacturers look to keep pace with the competition — and wrestle with high turnover rates. According to a survey by Plex Systems, 50% of manufacturers … Read more
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha asked: How does the “build in public” mindset impact the … Read more
Daniel Hoffer Contributor Share on Twitter Daniel Hoffer is the managing director of Autotech Ventures. He leads investments in B2C and B2B startups with a focus on marketplaces, SaaS, and logistics. Commerce is as old as humanity, and yet innovation in how to build better and more efficient companies not only continues, but is accelerating. … Read more
Just about every company is going to face a catastrophic incident at some point where a key part of the system goes down, and you need to know not only how to respond in the moment, but how you figure out what happened when it’s over. Jeli.io is an incident management startup from former Netflix … Read more
Large AI systems like OpenAI’s GPT-3 might grab headlines, but the practical limitations of power consumption and cost — not capabilities — often determine where AI is deployed. For the most part, highly capable systems are relegated to the cloud because they’re too complex to run on edge devices with weaker hardware and limited connectivity. … Read more
The hedge fund billionaire has invested in crypto projects since 2018.
Can Web3 replace Web2… and what stands in the way of this happening? We look at some of the biggest challenges facing this burgeoning sector right now.
The popular blockchain oracle network’s new “Build” and “Scale” programs set the stage for the LINK token staking to begin in December 2022, said cofounder Sergey Nazarov.
Image: Google We’re getting even closer to the launch of the Pixel 7 phone and Pixel Watch, with Google’s fall launch event set to take place on Thursday, October 6th, at 10AM ET. While we have an idea of what to expect, Google may still have a few surprises in store. Here’s everything we’re looking … Read more
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 28, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
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The Fed pivot talk gathers steam after BOE’s bond market intervention.
In March 2020, Sami Bouremoum and Michael Ginzo, two tech entrepreneurs with a background in consulting (Bouremoum worked for Bain & Company) and software development (Ginzo led product at hiring startup Deel), came together to co-launch Hofy, a company that delivers office equipment to remote hires. It wasn’t long after that Hofy began earning “low-six-figure” … Read more
Investment app Public.com (Public), a Robinhood competitor that pivoted away from the contentious payment-for-order-flow (PFOF) revenue model, is expanding its offerings in a big way. The three-year-old company purchased Otis earlier this year to allow consumers to buy and trade fractional shares in alternative assets. Today, the company announced that it has integrated Otis’s offerings … Read more
Kwame Oppong, an executive at Ghana’s central bank, told Cointelegraph that a CBDC could give their citizens the opportunity to use a “decent form of payment.”
The digital asset platform was focused primarily on acquisitions and sponsorship deals through the bull market but now seems to have shifted toward expansion, especially in Europe.
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Cunliffe listed ways the technology that underlies crypto could make traditional asset trading more efficient, but added it did not mean regulators should ignore the risks.
The European Union is to update product liability laws to tackle the risk of damage caused by artificial intelligence systems and address other liability issues arising from digital devices — such as drones and smart devices. Presenting a proposal for revisions to long-standing EU products rules — which includes a dedicated AI Liability Directive — … Read more
TikTok is continuing its PR offensive to convince the world that it takes its content moderator responsibilities seriously, as the Bytedance-owned social video platform today published its latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report. Covering the period from April 1 to June 30 this year, the report spans a wide gamut of self-reported data points around video … Read more
“Cuando un token pasa de 20 centavos a US$100 y no se aprovechan las ganancias, es una locura”, dijo el CEO de Galaxy Digital.
Michael Haddix Jr. is a former college basketball player who was pre-med until he discovered investing once finishing undergrad. After being exposed to it, Haddix says he got “really excited” about investing and went on to get an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School so that he could work in the field. Upon completing graduate school, … Read more
E-commerce roll-up startup Flora emerged from stealth mode with $9 million in seed funding from an investor group that included Lux Capital, Correlation Ventures, Climate Capital and Gokul Rajaram. Also known as an aggregator, the company acquires and grows brands — in Flora’s case, focused on offering sustainable products and reducing carbon emissions. Co-founders and … Read more