Category Archives: Tech News

Virtana, which provides AI-driven monitoring software to help manage multiple cloud environments, raises $73M from Atalaya Capital Management and others (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Virtana, which provides AI-driven monitoring software to help manage multiple cloud [...]

14
Jan
Dublin-based Flipdish, which provides tech for creating food ordering apps to ~7K restaurants in 25 countries, raises $96M led by Tencent at a $1.25B valuation (Alice Hancock/Financial Times)

Alice Hancock / Financial Times: Dublin-based Flipdish, which provides tech for creating food ordering apps [...]

13
Jan
Arkansas-based AcreTrader, an online farmland investment portal, raises a $40M Series B led by Anthemis Group, bringing its total funding to $58M (Jessica Mathews/Fortune)

Jessica Mathews / Fortune: Arkansas-based AcreTrader, an online farmland investment portal, raises a $40M Series [...]

12
Jan
Indonesia-based eFishery, which offers financing and software for shrimp and fish farmers to monitor their operations, raises a $90M Series C (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Indonesia-based eFishery, which offers financing and software for shrimp and fish [...]

11
Jan
Roblox's aim of encouraging children to make games has been its key to success but is fraught with dangers, as some face stress, burnout, and exploitation (Simon Parkin/The Guardian)

Simon Parkin / The Guardian: Roblox’s aim of encouraging children to make games has been [...]

10
Jan
How Ryan's World, launched in 2015 with a then three-year-old Ryan Kaji, grew into a content behemoth with 10 YouTube channels and deals with Amazon and others (Jay Caspian Kang/New York Times)

Jay Caspian Kang / New York Times: How Ryan’s World, launched in 2015 with a [...]

09
Jan
How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like OpenSea, Infura, and Alchemy, which don't even provide authenticated responses (Moxie Marlinspike)

Moxie Marlinspike: How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like OpenSea, Infura, [...]

08
Jan
Sources: GameStop has hired more than 20 people to run a new division developing an NFT marketplace and establishing cryptocurrency partnerships (Sarah E. Needleman/Wall Street Journal)

Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Sources: GameStop has hired more than 20 people [...]

07
Jan
Kosovo bans crypto mining in an attempt to curb energy consumption as the country faces its worst power crisis in a decade (Fatos Bytyci/Reuters)

Fatos Bytyci / Reuters: Kosovo bans crypto mining in an attempt to curb energy consumption [...]

06
Jan
Sony says its upcoming VR headset PS VR2 for PS5 will have a 4K HDR OLED display, 2000×2040 pixels per eye resolution, 110-degree FoV, haptic feedback, and more (Sam Machkovech/Ars Technica)

Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: Sony says its upcoming VR headset PS VR2 for PS5 [...]

05
Jan