Etaily is a “one stop solution” for consumer brands that want to enter Southeast Asia
E-commerce in Southeast Asia grew rapidly during the pandemic, and that momentum is continuing. A McKinsey report found that between now and 2026, the market is expected to triple at compound growth rate of 22%, hitting $230 billion in gross merchandise volume. Not surprisingly, global brands are eager to enter
Read morePebble, a startup that tried and failed to take on Twitter, finds new life on Mastodon
Pebble, a startup that took on Twitter and failed, has returned from the dead — as a Mastodon instance, it seems. The company announced last month that it was shutting down its Twitter/X alternative citing the increasingly competitive landscape, X’s ability to retain users and its own failure to gain
Read more‘Deepwashing’ risks dampening progress in European climate tech investing
Craig Douglas Contributor Craig Douglas is a partner at World Fund and an adviser to the EU Commission on Energy policy. World Fund invests in climate technologies with significant climate performance potential (CPP). Today, deep tech companies — companies creating cutting-edge, transformative technologies based on scientific breakthroughs and R&D, and
Read moreExxon wants to drill enough lithium out of Arkansas to power 1M EVs per year
Fossil fuel giant Exxon is betting its U.S. lithium operation will power a new generation of electric cars. The U.S. has hundreds of thousands of tons of “recoverable” lithium, which could go to use in batteries for cars, handhelds and renewable energy storage, a 2021 U.S. Geological Survey said. Yet,
Read moreObskur’s Character Creator and marketplace streamlines VTubing
To stream as their ethereal alter ego, Mai, a VTuber known as M41H41, typically had to juggle at least four to seven different programs. Running all of them at once, however, was both mentally exhausting and a burden on their computer, which could overheat mid-stream. If a program crashed, they’d
Read moreUse LinkedIn to raise a Series A
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Read moreHow to Perform User Authentication with Flask-Login
Learn about the features that Flask-Login offers and how to use them to create a secure user login functionality for your Python web app. Continue reading How to Perform User Authentication with Flask-Login on SitePoint.
Read moreJoby, Volocopter fly electric air taxis over New York City
Joby Aviation and Volocopter gave the public a vivid glimpse of what the future of aviation might look like this weekend, with both companies performing brief demonstration flights of their electric aircraft in New York City. The demonstration flights were conducted during a press conference on Sunday, during which New
Read moreUber takes steps to combat unfair driver deactivations
Uber is introducing new features geared toward addressing the issues of unfair deactivations that ride-hail and delivery drivers often face. Starting Monday across the U.S., Uber will roll out a technology that identifies riders or Uber Eats customers who consistently give bad ratings or feedback with the intent of getting
Read moreRuzsa distance and Ruzsa entropy warmup
This summer I wrote about Ruzsa distance and Ruzsa entropy. That earlier post would make a good warmup for reading Terence Tao’s latest post On a conjecture of Martin.The post Ruzsa distance and Ruzsa entropy warmup first appeared on John D. Cook.
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