How a frugal approach helped land Lula more runway amid a market downturn
It was an eventful week in fintech startup land, and we did our best to capture the highlights. We covered some raises, new product lines, at least one M&A deal and more. Oh, and if you want to receive this in your inbox in the future, sign up here. Lula
Read moreThe cage match is back: Musk says Zuck fight will ‘be live-streamed on X’
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s cage match will be livestreamed on Musk’s Twitter, currently rebranding as X, according to a tweet from Musk posted early this morning. Musk says the proceeds will go to charity for veterans. Twitter CEO
Read moreWill the Law Commission’s digital assets final report make the UK a DeFi jurisdiction of choice?
Dr. Adam Sanitt Contributor Dr. Adam Sanitt is a knowledge director specializing in financial disputes, technology and innovation at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. More posts by this contributor Law Commission proposes revolutionary rules for ownership of crypto tokens and NFTs Laws and regulations for digital assets tend to
Read moreThe Best Free Online Image Editors
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Read moreElon Musk’s ‘fund your legal bill’ tweet is a brand new level of bullshit
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Yes, I know he doesn’t care about hypocrisy — he’s just in it for the attention, and I guess I’m giving it to him! But I think it’s worth pointing out that this tweet is a brand-new level of BS. If
Read more4 ways generative AI makes founders more interesting to journalists
Craig Corbett Contributor Share on Twitter Craig Corbett is a partner at Publicize, a PR agency helping tech leaders and investors push their brands to the front and center of a rapidly evolving media landscape. The advent of generative AI will lead to a tectonic shift in how startups do
Read moreGenerating and inspecting an RSA private key
In principle you generate an RSA key by finding two large prime numbers, p and q, and computing n = pq. You could, for example, generate random numbers by rolling dice, then type the numbers into Mathematica to test each for primaility until you find a couple prime numbers of
Read moreSteve Jobs’ son launches a fund, NASA debuts a streaming service, and writers protest a proposed surveillance law
Hey, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that highlights key developments in the tech industry over the past few days. If you missed the news this week, no biggie. That’s what WiR is for. We’ll fill you in. In this edition, we cover Reed Jobs, the
Read moreThe best apps are taking a page from mobile gaming
W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Retaining mobile app subscribers is harder than it was last year, but paywall optimization and gamified UX can
Read moreDeal Dive: Most secondary sales in venture won’t look like Tiger’s Flipkart deal
A few months ago, it looked like all the pieces had fallen into place for a hot secondaries summer: Buyers were coming back to market, some companies and sellers were getting desperate, and the bid-ask spread — the difference of what buyers are willing to pay and the price sellers
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