Monthly Archives: January 2023

Frosty fundraising environment may change early startups’ DNA for the better

There isn’t much hope that 2023’s fundraising environment will be better for startups than last year’s. It seems likely that it will get worse before it gets better — even at the earliest stages, which have largely been insulated thus … Continue reading

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Streamer Plex finally ready to launch a TV and movie rentals marketplace

Media streamer Plex was promising to expand its free streaming service to include rentals years ago, but that announcement arrived just ahead of the pandemic — at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2020. The company then also faced a … Continue reading

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Crypto losses in 2022 dropped 51% year on year to $4B

Immunefi’s Crypto Losses 2022 report found over $3.9 billion was “lost” last year. While that might seem like a whopping amount of capital to lose track of, it’s down 51.2% compared to 2021, when over $8 billion was stolen, the … Continue reading

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Can’t Decide What to Do About Twitter? Here Are Some Options

It’s not too late to move toward your ideal social media existence. You could opt for Mastodon or Post, or stay and hope things turn around.

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Amazon says it will cut over 18,000 jobs, more than initially planned

Amazon has decided to get rid of additional roles after committing to a round of cuts in its corporate workforce in November.

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Samsung expected to post lowest quarterly profit in years due to memory chip ‘market carnage’

Samsung’s profit could nosedive in the fourth quarter as memory prices have plunged sharply amid a lack of demand.

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Here’s a roundup of the top AI-powered products we saw at CES 2023

This year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — the celebration of all things tech and then some — brought what it usually brings to the Vegas Strip: AI-powered gadgets. Of course, AI comes in many forms, and not all that’s … Continue reading

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OneRoof grabs funding to help apartment dwellers cozy up to their neighbors

Apartment living can be a lonely life, but OneRoof is here to change that. The company offers a hyperlocal social network app meant to connect people in the same residential building around common interests like hobbies and to even organize … Continue reading

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Digital Traders Want to Go Fish

A network of trading platforms is restructuring the seafood industry and tackling waste.

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CircleCI warns customers to rotate ‘any and all secrets’ after hack

CircleCI, a company whose development products are popular with software engineers, has urged users to rotate their secrets following a breach of the company’s systems. The San Francisco-headquartered DevOps company said in an advisory published late Wednesday it is currently investigating the … Continue reading

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