September 2023

Social network X, formerly known as Twitter, has introduced Community Notes for videos. Community Notes is an existing program for crowdsourced moderation. The Elon Musk-owned platform announced that notes by contributors attached to a video will show up in all posts with that video. “Notes written on videos will automatically show on other posts containing […]

There are lots of reasons why people want financial independence. Some of the most common are: Escape the rat race. It’s getting harder and harder to make ends meet working…

The recent sell off is over for the stock market…but are stocks really ready to make new highs above 4,600 for the S&P 500 (SPY)? 43 year investment veteran Steve…

MetaMask, the world’s biggest self-custodial hot (internet-connected) wallet with over 22 million users, has added the option for users to convert cryptocurrencies into fiats like USD, as a growing list of web3 players strive to make digital assets usable in the real world. Wallets that allow users to have full control over their digital assets, […]

Odds are if you know the name Arduino, it’s through its connection to the DIY community. Much like Raspberry Pi, the company built its reputation creating microcontrollers for hobbyists. But the last few years have seen it expanding that horizon. Last year’s Arduino Pro announcement was aimed at enterprise applications. The initial concept offered an […]

The European Union has named six tech giants whose market power it hopes to be able to rein in by applying a new set of up-front rules on how these gatekeepers can operate so called core platform services. The six so-called “gatekeepers” are: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) […]

China has made a massive move of barring central government officials from using iPhones at work, part of its grand plan to restrict foreign influence as its relationship with the U.S. sours. The move, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, will likely deal a blow to Apple’s public perception in its second-biggest market. The […]

In early 2022, ex-Andela and Flutterwave co-founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, in an interview with TechCrunch, discussed a moonshot project he was working on: Talent City, explicitly designed for local and global startups and service businesses looking to scale their operations across Africa without facing the challenges of unstable policies, infrastructural deficits and other business challenges. At […]

Two senior executives at Oyo have left the budget-hospitality startup, mere months before the company plans to list. Ankit Gupta, who joined the unicorn startup in 2019 and served as its India chief executive, and Mandar Vaidya, who led the startup’s European business, have left the firm. In a statement, an Oyo spokesperson said the […]