What is Humanode human-powered blockchain?
Humanode is the decentralized crypto-biometric network based on 1 human = 1 node = 1 vote ethos that brings Sybil resistance to the crypto space.
Elon Musk’s $7.99 ‘Twitter Blue with verification’ is launching on iOS
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Twitter’s app on iOS has been updated to support Elon Musk’s $7.99 per month Twitter Blue. The app’s latest update on the Apple App Store says you have to pay for Blue to get verified on the platform “just like the celebrities, companies, and politicians you … Read more
Twitter begins rolling out $7.99 Twitter Blue plan with verification, fewer ads
Just days after newly minted Twitter CEO Elon Musk floated changes to Twitter’s system for verifying user accounts, including charging $8 per month for the privilege, Twitter appears to have begun rolling out a new tier of Twitter Blue, its premium service, that reflects some of the changes that Musk has proposed. According to an … Read more
Peto’s Paradox
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This Week in Apps: Twitter chaos, Mastodon grows and WhatsApp launches Communities
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by … Read more
Tweep’s Twitter
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. We’ve been living through a lot of tech history over the past two years, but the brutal Twitter layoffs feel especially sad, complex and exhausting … Read more
The market is hot, but Solana is not — Data explains why SOL price is lagging
SOL price has been in a 3 month downtrend, but recent newsflow and events could trigger a reversal.
Physical Warp Drives (2021)
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Connecting the dots: SaaS and alts
Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. As much as I like spotting new trends, it is just as important to get confirmation on previous predictions we made or heard. This … Read more
Solana’s SOL Spikes 15% on a Suggestive Tweet From Google Cloud
“Should we tell our followers the big news?,” Google Cloud tweeted an hour before revealing what it was doing with Solana.
Searchable List of Mastodon Servers
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Apple’s reportedly building an advertising network around its Major League Soccer deal
Image: Apple Apple’s building an advertising network for the Major League Soccer (MLS) games it’ll start streaming next year, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources familiar with the situation told the outlet that Apple’s in talks with advertisers and MLS sponsors to display ads during soccer games and “related shows.” Apple struck a 10-year … Read more
Making DAOs accessible for normals on TechCrunch Live
Want to start a DAO? It’s not that hard. Want to join a DAO? It’s even easier, but there are several steps to get connected. Some of those steps are daunting. That’s why Alex Taub started Upstream, which attempts to make starting and onboarding for a DAO much easier. Tune in to the next TechCrunch … Read more
Laid off? Climate tech is looking for talent and founders
As rumors rumbled that the U.S. Federal Reserve would hike rates once more — and when it followed through earlier this week — another round of layoffs hit the tech sector. Stripe, Opendoor, Chime, Zillow, Cerebral, Brex, and of course Twitter, among others, have already cut or are about to eliminate thousands of jobs. That’s … Read more
Jack Dorsey breaks his silence, owns “responsibility for why everyone is in this situation” at Twitter
Jack Dorsey, who stepped down as Twitter CEO less than one year ago, finally addressed the layoffs that impacted approximately 50% of the company he co-founded in 2006. The workforce reduction, led by Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk, impacted thousands of people – and key teams working on human rights, accessibility, AI ethics and curation. … Read more
Ask HN: Working in a VR Headset?
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