It’s been a strange couple of months at African genomics startup 54gene. In August, it sacked 95 employees, mostly contract staff (in labs and sales departments) hired to work in 54gene’s COVID business line launched in 2020. In September, co-founder and VP of Engineering Ogochukwu Francis Osifo left the company. And this week, founder and … Read more
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Xiaomi has quietly discontinued its financial services in India, less than three years after launching payment and lending apps in the key global market, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, retreating from what analysts say is a $1 trillion opportunity. The Chinese giant recently pulled the Mi Pay and Mi Credit apps in … Read more
Solidus Labs, which has been monitoring 12 leading blockchains, has detected a majority of scam-like tokens originating from Binance’s BNB Chain.
CZ said Binance has wired some $500 million “two days ago” as part of the move.
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On the heels of the Biden administration’s decision to impose sweeping chip sanctions on China, there are signs that China might also lose access to other types of critical U.S. technologies including biotechnology, an area that has historically seen close cooperation between the two countries. Areas “on my radar” for possible additional export controls include … Read more
The firm emphasized that its rather large XRP ownership is decreasing and that it only “operates 4 out of 130+ validator nodes on the XRPL.”
The Trustee has objected to the retention bonus, citing a lack of sufficient information within the motion to warrant such a high payout and a lack of clarity around whether any recipients should be considered insiders.
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It also improves the list of shorts. | Image: YouTube YouTube is updating its website and app so Shorts, live streams, and regular videos each have their own tab on a creator’s channel, instead of being thrown together in a single list (via 9to5Google). In a support post, the company says the change is based … Read more
LooksRare joins the lineup of NFT marketplaces that have abandoned default creator royalties but says its replacement solution is “competitive”.
Rihanna at the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever premiere at Dolby Theatre. | Photo by Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic It’s been six long years since Rihanna blessed the world with new solo music for Star Trek Beyond, of all things, but the wait’s finally over with “Lift Me Up,” an original song from Black Panther: … Read more
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Some of Twitter’s C-suite has reportedly been flushed out by the company’s new owner with its CEO, CFO, and legal head all sacked on Elon Musk’s first day at the helm.
In a tweet this week, CZ warned that when searching for CoinMarketCap on Google, phishing sites with an “ad” tag were showing up in front of the actual website.
The commissioner warnes that vulnerabilities seen within the crypto markets are similar to those seen during the global financial crisis and calls for the agency to be given additional authority.
Millie Bobby Brown and Helena Bonham Carter in Enola Holmes 2. | Image: Netflix The sequel doesn’t do all that much new, but it’s a solid take on a dying breed of film Continue reading…
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Elon Musk fired key Twitter executives Thursday, one of his first moves as the official owner of the social media platform. According to reports from the New York Times, CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and other outlets, Musk fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, general counsel Sean Edgett, and head of … Read more
The team stated that the next steps were to find the source of the non-determinism, release an update, and restart the state machine, but there have been no updates since.
It’s for real this time. After months of legal drama, bad memes, and will-they-or-won’t-they-chaos to put your favorite rom-com to shame, Elon Musk has closed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. A number of outlets reported that Musk sealed the deal Thursday night, taking Twitter private and ousting a handful of top executives — CEO Parag … Read more
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