CryptoPunks blasts past $1 billion in lifetime sales as NFT speculation surges
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Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week we dove into Bezos’s Blue Origin suing NASA. This week, I’m writing about the unlikely and triumphant resurgence of the NFT market. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you c
Bill Gates offers direction, not solutions
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Bill Gates has solved many problems in his (professional) life, and in recent decades, he’s been dedicated to the plight of the world’s poor and particularly their health. Through his foundation work and charitable giving, he’s roamed the world solvingIs the best way to solve climate change to “do nothing?”
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When it comes to climate change, it might seem that a book entitled “How to Do Nothing” would not only be irrelevant, but also downright obscene and even dangerous. Not to mention that after more than a year of pandemic living, many people are understandaHow national security is being redefined by climate change
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One of the most unfortunate fault lines in climate change politics today is the lack of cooperation between environmentalists and the national security community. Left-wing climate activists don’t exactly hang out with more right-leaning military strategistAir conditioning is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th Century. It’s also killing the 21st
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When did indoor air become cold and clean? Air conditioning is one of those inventions that have become so ubiquitous, that many in the developed world don’t even realize that less than a century ago, it didn’t exist. Indeed, it wasn’t so long ago thatOn the future of walls, or The Wall
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Space may be the endless frontier, but here on Earth, we define space in the modern sense as something enclosed. Walls, fences and barriers enclose space, define it and make it legible. In fact, the sense of limits is so strong these days with place that we oData scientists: don’t be afraid to explore new avenues
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While there has been an uptick in fully remote jobs thanks to the pandemic, extending the scope of your job search will provide more opportunities that match your interest.OnePlus Buds Pro review: Much better
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What does a company have to do to differentiate wireless earbuds in 2021? The near ubiquity of good hardware has made this an increasingly difficult question to answer. I’ve probably tested around 10 different sets of buds over the last year or so, and honeMaking a splash in the marketing world
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“There are three common blunders that most SaaS marketers make time and again when it comes to clarity and high-converting content,” says Konrad Sanders, founder and CEO of The Creative Copywriter, “1. Not differentiating from competitors. 2. Not humaniDaily Crunch: In latest tech crackdown, China plans severe algorithm restrictions
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Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.Extra Crunch roundup: Pre-pitch tactics, Warby Parker S-1, Israel’s fintech ecosystem
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Forget what you've heard: There are *many* shortcuts to success.TikTok bans viral ‘milk crate challenge’ over safety concerns
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TikTok has banned the popular ‘milk crate challenge’ from its platform due to concerns that users participating in the trend could be seriously injured. The challenge saw TikTok users stacking milk crates into a pyramid and then attempting to climb acrosThe pre-pitch: 7 ways to build relationships with VCs
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Building relationships with potential investors requires you to think less like a founder and more like a marketer — much of the legwork comes long before it's time to ask for a commitment.Linux 5.14 set to boost future enterprise application security
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Linux is set for a big release this Sunday August 29, setting the stage for enterprise and cloud applications for months to come. The 5.14 kernel update will include security and performance improvements. A particular area of interest for both enterprise andMicrosoft is discontinuing its Office apps for Chromebook users in favor of web versions
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Since 2017, Microsoft has offered its Office suite to Chromebook users via the Google Play store, but that is set to come to an end in a few short weeks. As of September 18, Microsoft is discontinuing support for Office (which includes Word, Excel, PowerPointStipop offers developers and creators instant access to a huge global sticker library
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With more than 270,000 stickers, Stipop’s library of colorful, character-driven expressions has a little something for everyone. The company offers keyboard and social app stickers through ad-supported mobile apps on iOS and Android, but it’s rece3 ways to become a better manager in the work-from-home era
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The seismic shift in how we work requires a reassessment of how we manage, even for — or especially for — seasoned leaders.Canva CEO Melanie Perkins will tell us about the journey to a $15B valuation at Disrupt
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The design space has undergone major changes in the last decade. What once was dominated by a single player in Adobe has now become a burgeoning software landscape, with a handful of major players answering the needs of designers across every industry. One suCorporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up
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We’ve seen non-venture funds flow into the later stages of startup land, pushing VCs toward earlier-stage and more venture-y deals. Why would CVCs be immune from the same trend?Tesla wants to sell electricity in Texas
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Elon Musk’s Tesla is looking beyond electric vehicles, solar panels and energy storage and wants to now supply electricity directly to customers, according to an application filed with Texas electricity regulators earlier this month. Energy Choice Matters fElectric vehicle company Rivian has confidentially filed for an IPO
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Rivian, the electric vehicle startup backed by a host of institutional and strategic investors including Ford and Amazon, has confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. The size and price range for the proposThe DOJ and DHS subpoenaed Peloton over treadmill injury reporting
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On Tuesday, Peloton announced the upcoming release of its entry-level Tread device. The news came ahead of a disappointing earnings report and after recalls of both of its treadmill products. Today, the connecting fitness company noted in a filing with the SEThe pure hell of managing your JPEGs
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Alex and Grace and Chris were joined by none other than TechCrunch’s own Mary Ann Azevedo, in her firsThe stars are aligning for federal IT open source software adoption
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While the government has made a number of moves in a more open direction in recent years, the story of open source in federal IT has often seemed more about potential than reality.Find trends, advice and value at these special breakout sessions during TC Disrupt 2021
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place September 21-23, and we’re here to call out just some of the awesome content we have scheduled over three very busy days. The Disrupt agenda so far features more than 80 interviews, panel discussions, events and breakoutSastrify snags $7M to help SMEs manage SaaS buying
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With so much startup activity in the software as a service (SaaS) space it can be a challenge for businesses to figure out which of these SaaS (SaaSes?) are actually useful and worth continuing to shell out for. Well Cologne-based startup Sastrify is here toAs 5G demand grows, Sitenna helps telcos find more cell tower locations, faster
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The buildout of 5G networks continues apace, with wide-scale deployments across much of the developed world. Yet, one of the largest challenges with closing the gaps in coverage maps are constraints on 5G transmissions. Because of the spectrum that 5G technolTwitter experiencing widespread outages
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Twitter users in Canada and parts of the U.S. appear to be having trouble accessing the social media platform on Friday morning. Reports from third-party web monitoring service Downdetector indicate the issue is impacting users across Canada and mainly the eaAccounting platform Synder raises $2M to automate e-commerce bookkeeping
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The company bills itself as an easy accounting platform for e-commerce businesses.Stonehenge Technology Labs bags $2M, gives CPG companies one-touch access to metrics
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Stonehenge Technology Labs wants consumer packaged goods companies to gain meaningful use from all of the data they collect.Forbes jumps into hot media liquidity summer with a SPAC combo
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Is it the most exciting debut? No. But it does highlight that with enough gumption, one can take a magazine business into the digital age and keep aggregate revenue growing. That's worth something.Atlassian is bringing new insights to its Jira Software Cloud
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DevOps teams are generally trying to constantly improve themselves, so they can deliver software more quickly and reliably, but often they lack the insights needed to actually make that progress. Atlassian is now offering users of its Jira Software Cloud platNew Zealand-based Imagr thinks camera-based AI is the future of shopping trolleys
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When it comes to contactless, automated supermarket shopping, Imagr is backing a vision-based approach. But unlike Amazon Go stores, which use cameras and sensors to monitor the shopper as they walk in and out without scanning or paying at checkout, this NewZeal banks $13M to offer employers a ‘build your own’ payroll product infrastructure
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Enterprises use Zeal to pay large volumes of workers and keep payment data on their own native systems.Andreessen Horowitz just rolled out a $400 million fund that’s expressly for seed deals
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Andreessen Horowitz is begun to announce new funds almost as routinely as some startups have begun announcing follow-on rounds. After announcing a third biotech fund in February 2020 that’s currently investing $750 million; a pair of new funds totaling
