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European stock trading app Lightyear arrives on the web

April 25, 2023

U.K.-based stock-trading startup Lightyear is finally expanding to the web, nearly two years after the company first emerged out of stealth. Founded out of London in 2020, Lightyear is one of a number of fintechs that promise an easy conduit for the general public to invest their money in some of the world’s biggest companies. […]

European stock trading app Lightyear arrives on the web by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Crypto exchange Coinbase sues SEC over rulemaking petition

April 25, 2023

Coinbase has filed a petition to compel the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to respond to a months-old petition that asks whether the securities regulator would allow the industry to be regulated using existing SEC frameworks, the exchange firm said on Monday, escalating its tensions with the regulator that has ramped up enforcement actions and […]

Crypto exchange Coinbase sues SEC over rulemaking petition by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Ursa Major to provide engines for the upper stage of Astra’s new rocket

April 25, 2023

Astra’s new Rocket 4 launch vehicle will use Ursa Major’s Hadley liquid engine to power its upper stage, the two companies announced Monday. Astra has been tight-lipped about the new upper stage engine that would power its new Rocket 4, with CEO Chris Kemp only telling investors last year that the rocket’s substantially increased payload […]

Ursa Major to provide engines for the upper stage of Astra’s new rocket by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

SEGA workers are forming a union

April 24, 2023

A group of 144 workers are forming a union at SEGA’s American headquarters in Irvine, California. SEGA follows in the footsteps of workers at other gaming companies like Microsoft-owned ZeniMax and Activision Blizzard, which both unionized last year. The gaming giant behind franchises like Sonic the Hedgehog and Total War, SEGA has not yet voluntarily […]

SEGA workers are forming a union by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Google brings generative AI to cybersecurity

April 24, 2023

There’s a new trend emerging in the generative AI space — generative AI for cybersecurity — and Google is among those looking to get in on the ground floor. At the RSA Conference 2023 today, Google announced Cloud Security AI Workbench, a cybersecurity suite powered by a specialized “security” AI language model called Sec-PaLM. An […]

Google brings generative AI to cybersecurity by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch