Category Archives: Tech News

Nansen: over the past 24 hours, around $1B in ether, $950M in USDC, $400M in tether, and $195M in BUSD have been withdrawn from exchanges (Adam James/The Block)

Adam James / The Block: Nansen: over the past 24 hours, around $1B in ether, [...]

09
Nov
Research: the US tech industry shed 9,587 jobs in October, the highest since November 2020; in 2022, 104K+ startup workers have lost jobs, up from 81K in 2020 (Julia Love/Bloomberg)

Julia Love / Bloomberg: Research: the US tech industry shed 9,587 jobs in October, the [...]

08
Nov
Sources: Donald Trump tells allies that he can't leave Truth Social for Twitter because he's propping it up and doesn't want the brand to collapse (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Sources: Donald Trump tells allies that he can’t leave Truth Social for Twitter [...]

07
Nov
Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy says the company will cut back on dealmaking and hiring as losses mount, amid fierce competition from Amazon and Reliance (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy says the company will cut back on dealmaking and [...]

06
Nov
A look at the Rust programming language after 12 years, evolving from side project to robust ecosystem, as developers praise its security, ease, and performance (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: A look at the Rust programming language after 12 years, [...]

05
Nov
How Reddit's blockchain-based Collectible Avatars, which avoid the NFT label, became popular; Polygon data shows the total sales volume was $10M+ by November 2 (Fortune)

Fortune: How Reddit’s blockchain-based Collectible Avatars, which avoid the NFT label, became popular; Polygon data [...]

04
Nov
Egypt is one of the internet's most prominent choke points thanks to 16 subsea cables carrying ~17% of the world's internet traffic touching land in the country (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired: Egypt is one of the internet’s most prominent choke points thanks [...]

03
Nov
China's Zhengzhou industrial park, where Foxconn makes iPhones, begins a weeklong lockdown to counteract the "severe and complicated" spread of COVID-19 (Karen Hao/Wall Street Journal)

Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal: China’s Zhengzhou industrial park, where Foxconn makes iPhones, begins [...]

02
Nov
YouTube rolls out Primetime Channels in the US, with shows and movies from 35 partners, including Paramount+ and Epix, and plans to add NBA League Pass soon (David Pierce/The Verge)

David Pierce / The Verge: YouTube rolls out Primetime Channels in the US, with shows [...]

01
Nov
The Reserve Bank of India plans to begin testing its CBDC on November 1, with nine banks participating, and a retail version by the end of November (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: The Reserve Bank of India plans to begin testing its CBDC [...]

31
Oct