February 23, 2026

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Zed raises $10M for a code editor built for collaboration

March 15, 2023

Code editors are complex and demanding pieces of software, but from a business standpoint, they’re notoriously difficult to monetize. At the same time, they haven’t kept pace with recent trends like work-from-home collaboration. At least, that’s how Nathan Sobo sees it. “Coding is inherently social, yet the tools available for talking about code limit the […]

Zed raises $10M for a code editor built for collaboration by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

KuCoin and Circle back Chinese yuan-pegged stablecoin in $10M round

March 15, 2023

Circle, the issuer behind the popular U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC, has invested in an offshore Chinese yuan-backed stablecoin project, CNHC. It’s hard to overlook the timing and strategic significance of the tie-up. In a matter of several years, stablecoins have grown from a fringe category into a more than $130 billion market. These digital coins […]

KuCoin and Circle back Chinese yuan-pegged stablecoin in $10M round by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

The trailer for “BlackBerry” just dropped, and you have to watch it

March 15, 2023

Everyone has a story about their first BlackBerry. But no one cares if you had a 6230, Bold 9700, or, 7130e. They were groundbreaking phones for a time, and this upcoming movie gives a backstory. It stars Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton, and I think it answers why the BlackBerry service used to crash all […]

The trailer for “BlackBerry” just dropped, and you have to watch it by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

UK Spring Budget: Chancellor plans £1M annual AI prize, quantum investments, and a new £900M ‘exascale’ computer

March 15, 2023

The U.K.’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget — delivered on the same day that teachers, transportation workers, civil servants and others were on strike across the country — sought to strike a note of its own: optimism in the face of many signals to the contrary. With the U.K. narrowly predicted to […]

UK Spring Budget: Chancellor plans £1M annual AI prize, quantum investments, and a new £900M ‘exascale’ computer by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch