Monday, January 16, 2023

How to enable eSIM on Apple Watch

This feature is especially useful for those who want to leave their phone at home while they go for a run or workout. With eSIM, you can make and receive calls and send and receive messages directly on your Apple Watch without the need for a physical SIM card. https://ift.tt/XkwLbHJ

Sunday, January 15, 2023

Source: the CEO of Clearco, which offers capital to e-commerce firms for a cut of future revenue, resigns as growth at the well-funded startup grinds to a halt (Jon Victor/The Information)

Jon Victor / The Information:
Source: the CEO of Clearco, which offers capital to e-commerce firms for a cut of future revenue, resigns as growth at the well-funded startup grinds to a halt  —  The CEO of Clearco, which provides capital to e-commerce businesses in exchange for a cut of future revenue, has resigned the post …



Europe's rapid delivery market has consolidated down to three companies: Getir, the largest player that operates in seven European countries, Flink, and Gopuff (Morgan Meaker/Wired)

Morgan Meaker / Wired:
Europe's rapid delivery market has consolidated down to three companies: Getir, the largest player that operates in seven European countries, Flink, and Gopuff  —  Rapid grocery delivery apps are leaving the continent, putting the Turkish startup on top.  But, its reign is anything but stable.



A look at VR support groups and communities helping members process cancer diagnoses and death, question their marriages, turn over childhood traumas, and more (Hana Kiros/MIT Technology Review)

Hana Kiros / MIT Technology Review:
A look at VR support groups and communities helping members process cancer diagnoses and death, question their marriages, turn over childhood traumas, and more  —  Welcome to “Death Q&A,” a space with a unique combination of anonymity and togetherness, where avatars discuss what weighs on them most heavily.



Adding touchscreens to Macs is paramount to Apple's goals of unifying software and services on its devices and keeping up with a younger, touch-first generation (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Adding touchscreens to Macs is paramount to Apple's goals of unifying software and services on its devices and keeping up with a younger, touch-first generation  —  Apple's upcoming move to Macs with touch screens is about the future of its user base.  Also: The company kicks …



Two years after the Bahamas launched the world's first CBDC, the Sand Dollar's adoption has been sluggish as FTX's demise only fuels digital fiat skepticism (Jim Wyss/Bloomberg)

Jim Wyss / Bloomberg:
Two years after the Bahamas launched the world's first CBDC, the Sand Dollar's adoption has been sluggish as FTX's demise only fuels digital fiat skepticism  —  Before FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried made the Bahamas synonymous with the crypto crash, the country was known as a pioneer of digital fiat.



Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech : Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; ...