Why child safety bills are popping up all over the US

April 24, 2023
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. Hello and welcome to The Technocrat!  Bills ostensibly aimed at making the internet safer for children and teens have been popping up all over the…

Top 3 Stocks With High Momentum to Add to Your Portfolio

April 24, 2023
Despite the widespread warnings of a potential economic downturn and financial sector uncertainty, fundamentally strong stocks Petróleo Brasileiro S.A (PBR), United Microelectronics (UMC), and North American Construction Group (NOA) have…

China EVs rising, Tesla loses profit ground and Lyft preps for deep cuts

April 24, 2023

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China EVs rising, Tesla loses profit ground and Lyft preps for deep cuts by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Bringing the lofty ideas of pure math down to earth

April 24, 2023
Mathematics has long been presented as a sanctuary from confusion and doubt, a place to go in search of answers. Perhaps part of the mystique comes from the fact that biographies of mathematicians often paint them as otherworldly savants—people who seem to pull nature’s deepest truths from thin air and transcribe them in prose so…

Twitter reinstates Blue verification mark for top accounts — even if they didn’t pay for it

April 24, 2023

After removing thousands of legacy verification checkmarks on April 20, Twitter is restoring the Blue tick marks for large accounts — even if they didn’t pay for subscriptions. Over the weekend, multiple top accounts (with more than 1 million followers) got their verification marks back. However, many of them including writer Neil Gaiman, footballer Riyad […]

Twitter reinstates Blue verification mark for top accounts — even if they didn’t pay for it by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Now valued at $500M, Cosmose ditches Stripe to adopt Near’s crypto solution

April 24, 2023

For all the investment speculation and hype, cryptocurrency has so far struggled to find meaningful use cases. Now there’s some effort from Singapore to turn the general public into crypto adopters through blockchain payments. Cosmose AI, a nine-year-old company that uses AI analytics to track in-store foot traffic and engage with shoppers online, is partnering […]

Now valued at $500M, Cosmose ditches Stripe to adopt Near’s crypto solution by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch