The Metaverse And Future Of Gaming
Metaverse complements new technologies such as blockchain, IoT, gaming VPN, and 3D visualisation by generating an immersive visual experience
Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI
On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking for past communications with the Biden Administration that might suggest the former President “coerced or colluded” with companies to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The Trump Administration’s top technology advisers previously signaled it would pick […]
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Orda raises millions to digitize African restaurants with its cloud-based operating system
Most large restaurant chains across Africa have grown accustomed to using legacy systems and point-of-sale providers to manage operations. However, for smaller restaurants — which represent the biggest segment of this $50 billion industry — these systems can be rather expensive and do not adequately cater to their needs; thus, they stick with running operations […]
Orda raises millions to digitize African restaurants with its cloud-based operating system by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
The Metaverse And Future Of Gaming
Metaverse complements new technologies such as blockchain, IoT, gaming VPN, and 3D visualisation by generating an immersive visual experience
Instafest app lets you create your own festival lineup from Spotify
If your favorite music festival’s lineup didn’t live up to your expectations this year, don’t worry; a new app called Instafest will create a music festival poster for you based on your Spotify listening habits. The free web app, created by developer Anshay Saboo, is pretty straightforward to use: sign in with your Spotify account, […]
Instafest app lets you create your own festival lineup from Spotify by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Seedstars Capital launches to support new fund managers around the world
The venture market is in the middle of a downturn, but there are still plenty of emerging fund managers. Seedstars International Ventures, the investment firm that backs high-growth startups around the world, announced today it has launched a platform called Seedstars Capital with Swiss-based investment holding company xMultiplied to help new fund managers around the […]
Seedstars Capital launches to support new fund managers around the world by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
AWS makes Lambda cold start latency a thing of the past with SnapStart
At its re:Invent kickoff keynote tonight, AWS announced a small but important update to Lambda, its serverless platform, that tackles one of the most common issues with the service. Typically, when a function isn’t used for quite a while, Lambda will shut the virtual machine down — and despite improvements like faster Firecracker microVMs, this […]
AWS makes Lambda cold start latency a thing of the past with SnapStart by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
Despite ban, Twitter downloads surge in China amid COVID protests
Twitter saw a surge in downloads in China as protests against the country’s stringent COVID restrictions erupted nationwide over the last few days. The social media app ranked 9th amongst all the free iOS apps in China on November 29, up from 150th a week ago, according to app analytics firm SensorTower. Discussion about the […]
Despite ban, Twitter downloads surge in China amid COVID protests by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
AWS launches Graviton3E, its new Arm-based chip for HPC workloads
At its traditional evening keynote at re:Invent, AWS tonight announced quite a bit of new hardware in its cloud, starting with a new version of its Nitro hypervisor, new instance types, and a new version of its custom Arm-based Graviton chips which was specifically designed for powering high-performance computing workloads. This new Graviton3E chip — […]
AWS launches Graviton3E, its new Arm-based chip for HPC workloads by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
As Pipe’s founding team departs, tensions rise over allegations
On November 22, alternative financing startup Pipe announced that its three co-founders were stepping down from their executive roles and that a search for a new, “veteran” CEO had commenced. In an exclusive interview, co-founder and former co-CEO Harry Hurst told TechCrunch that the trio were “0-1 builders, not at-scale operators.” He said the company’s […]
As Pipe’s founding team departs, tensions rise over allegations by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
Southeast Asia insurtech Igloo increases its Series B to $46M
Igloo, a Singapore-based insurtech focused on underserved communities in Southeast Asia, announced it has raised a Series B extension of $27 million, bringing the round’s total to $46 million. The first tranche of $19 million was announced in March, and led by Cathay innovation with participation from ACA and returning investors OpenSpace. The newest round […]
Southeast Asia insurtech Igloo increases its Series B to $46M by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch