February wrapped up as a big month for the NFT market as non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain surpassed $1.5 billion in volume for the first time since May 2022.
Are NFT marketplaces becoming an open sea for creator royalties? by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Founders and investors have a growing appreciation for the ocean’s potential to help solve the climate problem.
To fix the climate, these 10 investors are betting the house on the ocean by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
I’ve yet to walk the entire floor at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year (that’s the goal for this afternoon), but my sense is the majority of the robots present fit into one of two categories: robot vacuums or greeter robots. With Pepper out of commission, maybe there’s a wide-open market there. Who knows? […]
Barcelona nights by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Hackers breached a website that allows people to buy and sell guns, exposing the identities of its users, TechCrunch has learned. The breach exposed realms of sensitive personal data for more than 550,000 users, including customers’ full names, home addresses, email addresses, plaintext passwords, and telephone numbers. Also, the stolen data allegedly makes it possible […]
Hackers steal gun owners’ data from firearm auction website by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is requiring online therapy company BetterHelp to pay $7.8 million to consumers in a settlement over alleged data mishandling between 2017 and 2020. This marks the first proposed FTC order that would compensate consumers whose health data was compromised. According to the FTC, BetterHelp assured customers that it would not […]
BetterHelp owes customers $7.8M after FTC alleges data mishandling by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Neuralink’s ambition to provide a brain-computer interface orders of magnitude better than what’s out there now has hit headwinds with the FDA, Reuters reports. The agency reportedly rejected the company’s application to begin human testing last year, a somewhat expected obstacle that seems nevertheless to have frustrated backer Elon Musk. The well-sourced report explains that […]
Neuralink human testing has reportedly received one FDA rejection already by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch