Rebecca Whiting will break down SAFEs, notes, and series seed financing at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024

Raising capital sounds simple: You hand over shares, investors hand over cash, and everyone then gets back to work. The reality is a little bit more complicated. If you are selling equity, are you doing so in a priced round? Or via a convertible note, a debt instrument that will later convert to shares? Oh […]
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Apex Legends esports final delayed by hack claims

A major tournament is postponed after unwanted cheats appear during matches in the online shooter.

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Want to see an NHS doctor? Prepare to cough up your data first.

To get a doctor’s appointment in the U.K. these days, you have to entrust more of your data to private companies — and there’s not a great deal you can do about it. In part due to growing pressure from the government to meet a two-week limit for patient appointments, family doctors — or general […]
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Why Is the Slack Hold Music So Haunted and So Good?

Those sounds you hear when you’re alone in a Huddle aren’t canned. They’re uncanny.

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Reddit IPO Filings Reveal the Company’s Hopes—and Fears

WIRED reviewed edits made by Reddit to its IPO filings over the years ahead of its stock market debut this week. Here are seven big takeaways.

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Nigerian fintech Zone raises $8.5M seed to scale its decentralized payment infrastructure

African financial institutions typically scale their solutions using a mix of local and foreign tech. Appzone is one of the standout local fintech software providers for banks and fintechs, providing better pricing and flexibility. For over a decade, the Nigeria-based Appzone has functioned as an enabler (at payment rails and core infrastructure) within banking and […]
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Get on CompTIA Certification Track With These $30 Study Guides

Kickstart a lucrative career in IT with this extensive bundle that includes 10 study guides on CompTIA and more of today’s leading IT certifications.

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Apple is reportedly in talks to license Google’s Gemini for generative AI on iPhones

Bloomberg said the two companies are “in active negotiations” for Gemini to power some new features coming to the iPhone software this year.

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EVs With Built-In Camera Drones Have Already Landed in China

Still the stuff of concepts and flights of fancy in the West, automakers on the other side of the world are putting copters in their cars.

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India wants to be a global chip powerhouse in 5 years

India wants to be among the top five semiconductors producers in the world, said the country’s minister of electronics, IT, railways and communications.

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