Chicago-based Elevate K-12, which helps school districts alleviate teacher shortages by virtually connecting teachers to classrooms, has raised a $40M Series C — As the country has dealt with teacher shortages brought by unsafe work conditions due to the pandemic and burnout, among other reasons …
Solend Labs, a “decentralized” borrowing and lending protocol on Solana, votes to take over an account that deposited 5.7M SOL, over 95% of the pool's deposits — Solend users voted to “grant emergency power to Solend Labs to temporarily take over the whale's account.”
Microsoft's Surface Duo 2 is finally a compelling dual-screen phone, after many software updates and a $500 price cut, but it works best as a secondary device — It's exceedingly rare that a product actually gets better months after it was released. But Microsoft's oft-forgotten Surface Duo 2 …
Telegram surpasses 700M MAUs and unveils Telegram Premium, which will let users follow up to 1,000 channels, send files up to 4GB, and more for ~$5/month — Telegram has amassed 700 million monthly active users and is rolling out a premium tier with additional features as the instant messaging platform makes …
Interviews with the members of Peter Thiel's inner circle describe how he came to the decision to leave Facebook's board — Inside the billionaire investor's journey from Facebook board member to an architect of the new American right — On a summer morning in 2019 …
Since bitcoin hit an all-time high in November 2021, ~$2T of cryptocurrency value has been erased, which is more than two-thirds of all the crypto that existed — The cryptocurrency industry was built on swagger, enthusiasm and optimism. All three are in short supply these days, as losses and layoffs mount.
India lifts ban on Mastercard from issuing new debit, credit, or prepaid cards after it demonstrated “satisfactory compliance” with the local data storage rules — India has lifted business restrictions on Mastercard, nearly a year after imposing the ban, once again allowing …
Beijing-based MegaRobo, which applies robotics and AI to life sciences research, has raised a ~$300M Series C led by GGV Capital and Asia Investment Capital — Six-year-old biotech startup MegaRobo Technologies has raised about $300 million from investors including an arm of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. …
A jury finds ex-Amazon engineer Paige Thompson guilty of wire fraud and hacking charges for downloading the personal info of 100M+ Capital One customers in 2019 — Paige Thompson's lawyers said she had been looking for cracks so they could be fixed. A jury found her guilty of wire fraud and hacking charges.
Blockchain.com data: bitcoin's hash rate fell 4% since the start of the week, as the value of revenues paid to miners fell to its lowest level in nearly a year — Share prices of companies that validate crypto transactions have tumbled over the past month — Bitcoin miners are scaling …
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg : Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves ...
