May 2023

Here’s what a lab-grown burger tastes like

May 25, 2023
Sitting in a booth in a hotel lobby in Brooklyn, I stared down the lineup of sliders, each on a separate bamboo plate. On the far left was a plant-based burger from Impossible Foods. On the right, an old-fashioned beef burger. And in the middle, the star of the show: a burger made with lab-grown…

Researchers say they found spyware used in war for the first time

May 25, 2023

Security researchers and digital rights organizations believe the government of Azerbaijan used spyware produced by NSO Group to target a government worker, journalists, activists, and the human rights ombudsperson in Armenia, as part of a years long conflict that has at times broke out into an all-out war. The cyberattacks may be the first public […]

Researchers say they found spyware used in war for the first time by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

IBM wants to build a 100,000-qubit quantum computer

May 25, 2023
Late last year, IBM took the record for the largest quantum computing system with a processor that contained 433 quantum bits, or qubits, the fundamental building blocks of quantum information processing. Now, the company has set its sights on a much bigger target: a 100,000-qubit machine that it aims to build within 10 years. IBM…

Montenegro court overturns Terraform founder Do Kwon’s bail 

May 25, 2023

A high court in Montenegro overrode a lower court’s previous decision that would have released Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon on bail. Bloomberg first reported on the news. Kwon will remain in jail until the Basic Court in Montenegro makes another decision in light of the latest decision by the high court, per Bloomberg, which […]

Montenegro court overturns Terraform founder Do Kwon’s bail  by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

This Stanford grad is taking on pawn shops with a new credit card startup

May 25, 2023

In recent years, there’s been no shortage of startups offering credit lines to the underbanked. Most talk about their mission to help people establish credit, which is noble, but they’re also extending credit because — let’s face it — lending out money is lucrative. Now, a startup founded by Stanford grad James Savoldelli has found […]

This Stanford grad is taking on pawn shops with a new credit card startup by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Top Indian tech advocacy group replaces Big Tech execs following criticism

May 25, 2023

The Internet and Mobile Association of India, an influential tech industry body, has appointed Dream Sports co-founder and chief executive Harsh Jain as the new chairperson of the association, bucking the tradition of giving the top roles to Big Tech executives after receiving criticism from many Indian startups. Rajesh Magow, co-founder and group chief executive […]

Top Indian tech advocacy group replaces Big Tech execs following criticism by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

NFT avatar enabler GoodGang has the blessings of Korean giants Kakao and Naver

May 25, 2023

Critics have long discredited non-fungible tokens as overpriced JPEGs sold by people who want to make quick bucks. NFT believers want to prove them wrong and show that these certificates of digital art stored on the blockchain, a distributed, immutable database, have real use cases. Their efforts often involve integrating NFTs into applications already with […]

NFT avatar enabler GoodGang has the blessings of Korean giants Kakao and Naver by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Google Play Games for PC is now rolling out to Europe and New Zealand

May 25, 2023

Google is now rolling out Google Play Games for PC Beta — a service that lets you play Android games on Windows — to users in Europe and New Zealand. The company officially announced the annual Google for Game Developers Summit in March. The company first introduced the program in 2022 and it is available […]

Google Play Games for PC is now rolling out to Europe and New Zealand by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch