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Daily Crunch: No-code fintech services startup Taktile closes $20M Series A round by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
We may still be a ways from worrying how many yottabytes your computer can hold, but the international standards community has added two new prefixes for even bigger numbers than that — ronna for 1027 and quetta for 1030. At a conference in Paris last week, representatives from numerous governments got together to vote on […]
Ronna learn some new metric prefixes? They’re quetta upgrade by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II, which is led by former Disney executives Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer. The combined company will list shares at a pre-money valuation of $600 million. In theory, hyperloop technology is a vacuum tube-based […]
HyperloopTT’s SPAC public debut may be going nowhere fast by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
You blinked and it is, inexplicably, almost Black Friday again. Should you buy a bunch of stuff just because it’s discounted? Probably not! Can you use it as an opportunity to save some money on stuff you already wanted anyway? Absolutely. We don’t aim to be exhaustive with our Black Friday tech roundup. Instead, we […]
The best Black Friday 2022 tech deals by Greg Kumparak originally published on TechCrunch
Fans of Apple TV+’s popular sci-fi workplace drama, “Severance,” can have their very own Lumon music-dance experience—maracas not included. Starting Wednesday, November 23, online store Mondo will have exclusive “Severance” vinyl records on sale, which contain the official soundtrack, artwork, themed packaging, and other bonus merch. Like in the show, Mondo created two variations of […]
Apple TV+ series ‘Severance’ gets exclusive ‘innie’ and ‘outie’ vinyl records by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
The company said the closings were needed to “further tighten our geographical footprint” as it works to reach profitability.
Food delivery company JOKR confirms closing of Santiago, Medellin operations by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
When it comes to robocalls, the FCC means business, though you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise as its various efforts over the last few years have crept rather than leapt forward. But the agency has just ordered the excommunication of one carrier that has failed to comply with new anti-robocalling rules — perhaps the […]
FCC 86es first carrier for flouting robocall rules by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
Crypto exchange FTX had its first day of hearings with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on Tuesday.
FTX’s bankruptcy hearing details prior control by ‘inexperienced and unsophisticated individuals’ by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
A security research and hacking startup says it has found a coding flaw that allows it to lock out operators of the Mars Stealer malware from their own servers and release their victims. Mars Stealer is data-stealing malware-as-a-service, allowing cybercriminals to rent access to the infrastructure to launch their own attacks. The malware itself is […]
Hackers are locking out Mars Stealer operators from their own servers by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch