Saturday, February 11, 2023

MrBeast’s blindness video puts systemic ableism on display

Recently, megastar creator MrBeast posted a video to his YouTube in which he spotlights numerous blind and visually impaired people who have undergone a surgical procedure that “cures” their blindness. As of this writing, the video has been viewed more than 76 million times, and the responses have been visceral in both praise and contempt. For […] MrBeast’s blindness video puts systemic ableism on display by David Riggs originally published on TechCrunch
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Friday, February 10, 2023

Daily Crunch: Sources say Times Internet plans to sell Indian streaming platform MX Player to Amazon 

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Daily Crunch: Sources say Times Internet plans to sell Indian streaming platform MX Player to Amazon  by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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From shipping container to table: Adapt brings urban mushroom farms to US

Canadian vertical farming startup Adapt AgTech is partnering with Reef Technology to bring its mushroom-growing shipping containers to major cities across the United States, starting with Austin. Reef transforms urban real estate like parking lots into mobility and logistical hubs and currently operates over 8,000 locations across hundreds of cities. The partnership will help Adapt […]

From shipping container to table: Adapt brings urban mushroom farms to US by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review

Samsung is the best at big. Big, brash, bold, kitchen sink phones. The company that mainstreamed the phablet a dozen years ago has never given up on big dreams about big phones. Last year, the company took a risk — sunsetting the beloved Note line. While I stand by my initial assessment that the Samsung […]

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

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Reddit says hackers accessed internal data following employee phishing attack

Reddit has confirmed hackers accessed internal documents and source code following a “highly-targeted” phishing attack. A post by Reddit CTO Christopher Slowe, or KeyserSosa, explained that the company became aware of the “sophisticated” attack targeting Reddit employees on February 5. He says that an as-yet-unidentified attacker sent “plausible-sounding prompts” that redirected employees to a website masquerading as […]

Reddit says hackers accessed internal data following employee phishing attack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

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India lifts ban on PayU’s LazyPay and some other lending apps

India’s IT Ministry has lifted the ban on seven high-profile lending apps including PayU’s LazyPay, Kissht, KreditBee and Indiabulls Home Loans, according to a person familiar with the matter, providing some relief of the fintech industry that has been reeling with immense scrutiny in recent quarters. On Friday, the IT Ministry also lifted the ban […]

India lifts ban on PayU’s LazyPay and some other lending apps by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

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Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia backs cross-border payments startup Tazapay

The rise in open banking and payment services like India’s UPI and Singapore’s PayNow means lower costs for businesses, as well as new payment options for hundreds of millions of customers in emerging markets who don’t own credit cards. Tazapay was created to combine both card and real-time payment methods as a full-stack service for […]

Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia backs cross-border payments startup Tazapay by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

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Kraken ends its crypto-staking services for US clients following $30M SEC charge

Kraken has settled charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is shutting down its on-chain staking program, the government agency shared on Thursday. The exchange, which was charged under its subsidiaries of Payward Ventures and Payward Trading, will pay $30 million in charges for “disgorgement, prejudgment interest and civil penalties.” In response […] Kraken ends its crypto-staking services for US clients following $30M SEC charge by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
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Jendaya raises funding to scale its Africa-focused luxury e-commerce platform

Fashion items are among the most — if not the most — sought after on many e-commerce platforms. In Africa, for instance, fashion has held the top spot in Jumia for the largest category of items sold over the years. This means there’s no shortage of demand for fashion items across the continent, and the […]

Jendaya raises funding to scale its Africa-focused luxury e-commerce platform by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

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OkCupid is testing match questions generated by ChatGPT

Dating app OkCupid is the latest company to get in on the AI and ChatGPT frenzy. The company’s head of global communications Michael Kaye told TechCrunch in an email that OkCupid is testing a new category of match questions generated by the OpenAI chatbot. The news was first reported by Mashable. The app’s match questions […] OkCupid is testing match questions generated by ChatGPT by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
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Thursday, February 9, 2023

Daily Crunch: Atlassian offers Jira Product Discovery in open beta release

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Daily Crunch: Atlassian offers Jira Product Discovery in open beta release by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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Replo gives businesses a low-code option for creating Shopify landing pages





Prior to starting Replo, the co-founders launched and sold Berkeleytime.com, a platform that digitized University of California, Berkeley’s course scheduling system.  Replo gives businesses a low-code option for creating Shopify landing pages by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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Arrcus snaps up $50M for a software-based alternative to costly network router equipment

Software may be eating the world, but it’s all still largely running across very physical, and often very expensive, equipment. That is now slowly starting to change, though. Today, a startup called Arrcus — which has built a software alternative for carriers and other major connectivity users looking for more flexible, and cheaper solutions to […]

Arrcus snaps up $50M for a software-based alternative to costly network router equipment by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

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Coincover raises $30M to help protect digital assets from hacks and human error

Coincover, a digital asset protection company, has raised $30 million to protect people and their digital assets from hacks or human error.

Coincover raises $30M to help protect digital assets from hacks and human error by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

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