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Brazilian fintech Tako emerges from stealth with sizable seed round led by a16z and Ribbit Capital
Running payroll is hard in any country, but perhaps especially so in Brazil thanks to consistently changing laws and extremely influential unions that make it significantly harder to get it right. Fernando Gadotti struggled with this as the co-founder and … Continue reading
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‘I was moderating hundreds of horrific and traumatising videos’
The BBC speaks to social media moderators, whose job it is to find and remove distressing and illegal content.
X is testing a free version of AI chatbot Grok
Social network X has so far limited its AI chatbot Grok (built by Elon Musk’s other company xAI) to its premium, paying users. However, the platform is seemingly preparing to open up the chatbot to free users. Over the weekend, … Continue reading
Bitcoin tops record $80,000 as Trump nears sweep of US Congress
On the campaign trail the president-elect pledged to make America “the crypto capital of the planet”.
Over $2.8 billion bet on bitcoin topping $90,000 as it hits all-time high
Bitcoin hit a new record high as futures premiums soared, in a clear sign that investors believe the record-run will continue.
Elon Musk’s X is moving its legal disputes to Northern Texas
Lawsuits against X (formerly Twitter) will soon be heard in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The shift was first announced last month as part of a broader set of changes to X’s terms of service … Continue reading
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It’s the Senate’s last chance to pass the PRESS Act
The PRESS Act would protect a journalist’s sources, and gained unanimous bipartisan support when passed by the House in January. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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TSMC reportedly halts advanced chip shipments to Chinese companies
After a chip manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company was found inside a Huawei processor, the US Department of Commerce has ordered the company to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers, according to a report in Reuters. Huawei … Continue reading
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Equal has a plan to fight India’s growing cyber fraud problem
Equal, an Indian startup founded by Keshav Reddy, has raised $10M in its maiden funding round led by Prosus Ventures to scale identity verification and financial data sharing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Encore is an AI-powered search engine for your thrifting needs
Former Apple engineer Alex Ruber and former Twitter and Asana engineer Parth Chopra first met on Y Combinator’s founder match platform, then met in person at a thrift store for shopping. They later went on a thrift store shopping trip … Continue reading
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