Breath of the Wild never ends. It just sort of sputters to a halt. You spend weeks or months preparing for that final climactic battle, and when you’re ready, you go head-to-head with the giant, shape-shifting fiery bearded spider-crab crab, only to be dropped back out into open-world Hyrule at your last save point. It’s […]
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom preview by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Phantom, a crypto wallet for Solana blockchain users, has expanded its support to Ethereum and Polygon blockchains in a public launch across browsers, iOS and Android, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. Support for the two new blockchains was originally slated for the first quarter of 2023, but was pushed back to today. The multichain integration […]
Crypto wallet Phantom adds public multichain support for Ethereum and Polygon by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed that it intends to block Microsoft’s megabucks Activision acquisition, concluding that such a merger would create “…the most powerful operator” in the cloud gaming market. The CMA noted that with a current share of 60-70%, acquiring Activision’s portfolio of games, which includes Call of Duty and […]
UK blocks Microsoft’s planned $68.7B Activision bid, saying it would ‘substantially weaken competition’ by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Smile Identity, a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesses, has acquired Inclusive Innovations, the parent company of Appruve, a Ghanaian developer of identity verification software. In a statement shared with TechCrunch, Smile Identity said it is “actively fulfilling regulatory requirements to finalize the transaction for the [Inclusive Innovation] affiliated […]
Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
Japanese shared micromobility startup Luup has raised $30 million (4.5 billion yen) in a Series D financing round, which consists of 3.8 billion yen in equity and 700 million yen in debt. Luup has now amassed a total of $68 million in equity, debt, and asset financing to date, at what sources said valued the […]
Luup raises $30M ahead of Japan’s new micromobility rules by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
For the last few years, China’s central bank has been trying to ramp up the adoption of digital yuan, or e-CNY, which forms part of the country’s monetary base, M0. The bank has a designated app for e-CNY that crossed 261 million individual users in early 2022, but it’s also enlisting help from the private […]
China’s central bank digital currency takes a bigger place on WeChat’s platform by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
MG Motor, also called Morris Garages, introduced Wednesday its second EV in India — called Comet EV — targeting the masses looking for a compact vehicle for urban mobility. The British brand, a unit of Chinese state-owned SAIC Motor, says its new hatchback is perfect for young commuters in the South Asian nation. At a starting […]
China’s MG Motor launches compact hatchback EV in India for urban mobility by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch