Once again, Etsy’s layoffs come as no surprise
Junkification and fierce competition paint a tough path ahead
Remember when we wrote that Spotify’s latest layoffs make sense? Well, we feel the same about Etsy’s announcement...
Top robotics names discuss humanoids, generative AI and more
Last month, I took an extended break. In a bid to keep my robotics newsletter Actuator (subscribe here) up and running, however, I reached out to...
The EV tax credit is about to get better, and also harder to find
The federal tax credit for electric vehicles is about to change in one particular way that will make it far more attractive to buyers. Starting January...
Fintech’s biggest hits and misses of 2023
As 2023 comes to a close, we’re here to look back at the biggest fintech stories of the year. Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion felt like a...
It’s critical to regulate AI within the multi-trillion-dollar API economy
With two decades of tech leadership experience, Alex Akimov, former head of API at Adyen, now revolutionizes embedded finance at Monite by building best-in-class APIs for...
SVB, SBF and (more) OpenAI: The 2023 chronicles, pt. 2
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Akron Energy raises $110M to grow U.S. bitcoin mining capacity, launch AI cloud service...
Akron Energy, a data center infrastructure company, closed a $110 million private funding round to expand its operations, the company’s CEO Josh Payne shared exclusively with...
The best video game villains of all time
A hero is only as great as the villain they are up against, and you can’t find stronger antagonists than in video games. Only through games...
These are the cybersecurity stories we were jealous of in 2023
Back in 2018, my former colleague at VICE Motherboard Joseph Cox and I started publishing a list of the best cybersecurity stories that were published elsewhere....
Google makes bid to resolve competition concerns in Germany over its automotive services bundling
Following competition objections raised on Google in Germany this summer over bundling of services including Google Maps via its Android-based in-car infotainment system software, known as...