Treefera raises $2.2M to solve the carbon credits credibility problem with AI
The company is building an AI-enabled data platform for companies that want to know more about the carbon credits they buy.
Read moreWicked Saints is making Pokémon GO for young activists
Jess Murrey isn’t your typical founder. After ten years working in nonprofits to train young activists, Murrey and behavioral change researcher Alicia Clifton decided that mobile gaming could be an unexpected way to broaden their reach. And so, Wicked Saints was born. “American teens care very deeply about the planet,
Read moreKarma: An ERC20-compatible Alternative Money on the Ethereum Blockchain
Karma is an ERC20-compatible alternative money on the Ethereum BlockchainHave you ever thought about how money is created? Well, typically, it is made out of nothing by banks. When someone takes out a loan, the bank adds the borrowed money to the amount already recorded in its database for the
Read moreHow to land the manager-to-IC pivot
The conventional metaphor for career success is a ladder, but there are a lot of problems with this narrative.
Read morePersonalized news ap Artifact becomes a discovery engine for the web with new Links feature
Artifact, the personalized news aggregator built by Instagram’s co-founders, is launching a new feature today that takes the app in a different direction beyond tracking, summarizing, and commenting on the news. Now, users will be able to share any link from the web in order to view a personalized feed
Read moreRing’s new Pet Tag accessory helps reunite lost pets with their owners
Amazon-owned Ring is launching a new Pet Tag accessory that is designed to help reunite lost pets with their owners, the company announced on Wednesday. The accessory essentially puts a QR code on your pet’s collar that can be scanned in order to help get them back home if they
Read moreMobileCoin, which powers Signal’s anonymous crypto payments, appoints new CEO
MobileCoin, the startup known for building Signal’s crypto payments feature, has appointed a new CEO as it works on expanding its encrypted money transfer service to global users in need of a more modern remittance solution. Sara Drakeley is taking the helm as MobileCoin’s new chief executive officer. Replacing her
Read moreThe anti-hate group sued by Musk releases another damning report on X
Illustration: The Verge A month after Elon Musk sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), the organization is back with another report suggesting X (formerly Twitter) is allowing hate speech to remain on the platform. In its 23-page report, the CCDH outlines how researchers collected 300 posts on X
Read moreNine wild details from the new Elon Musk biography
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images This is Platformer, a newsletter on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy from Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer. Sign up here. Over the weekend, a highly anticipated book arrived in the mail. Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson’s first biography of
Read moreAdobe’s Firefly generative AI models are now generally available, get pricing plans
176 days after launching its Firefly generative AI models into beta, Adobe today announced that Firefly is now generally and commercially available in its Creative Cloud, Adobe Express and Adobe Experience Cloud. This means, for example, that Firefly features like generative fill and generative expand in Photoshop are now available
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