November 18, 2024news PitchBook: in 2023, US VCs returned $26B worth of shares back to investors, the lowest amount since 2011, and invested $60B more than they collected, a record PitchBook: in 2023, US VCs returned $26B worth of shares back to investors, the lowest amount since 2011, and invested $60B more […]
November 18, 2024news Tim Berners Tim Berners-Lee’s Inrupt trials its digital wallet in Belgium to let 7M citizens receive social services and share data with businesses, as […]
November 18, 2024news How Substack is betting on politics content and recruiting stars like Nate Silver, as profits remain elusive; sources: Elon Musk sought to buy it in April 2023 How Substack is betting on politics content and recruiting stars like Nate Silver, as profits remain elusive; sources: Elon Musk sought to […]
November 15, 2024news A senior SDNY prosecutor says the office will devote fewer resources to policing crypto crimes after securing several major convictions, including that of SBF A senior SDNY prosecutor says the office will devote fewer resources to policing crypto crimes after securing several major convictions, including that […]
November 15, 2024news Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content It does use AI to power other parts of the platform, though. Read More »
November 15, 2024news Apple removes RFE/RL’s Svoboda app from the Russian App Store at the demand of Roskomnadzor; Apple also removed recent podcasts by Ekho Moskvy and others U.S. technology giant Apple has notified RFE/RL that it has removed another of its apps following a request from Russia’s media regulator, […]
November 15, 2024news Apple removes RFE/RL’s Svoboda app from the Russian App Store at the demand of Roskomnadzor; Apple also removed recent podcasts by Ekho Moskvy and others U.S. technology giant Apple has notified RFE/RL that it has removed another of its apps following a request from Russia’s media regulator, […]
November 15, 2024news Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads’ version seems easier to use than Bluesky’s custom feeds You’ll be able to create feeds to keep tabs specific topics and communities. Read More »
November 15, 2024news Ant Group’s profit grew ~193% YoY in the June quarter to $1.05B, reversing a year Ant Group’s profit grew ~193% YoY in the June quarter to $1.05B, reversing a year-long decline as it regains its footing from […]
November 15, 2024news Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+ Billionaire’s rocket builder plots huge share sale while AI start-up closes in on $5bn funding round Read More »