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Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh shares his journey to web3 and market opportunities in Asia and Middle East

Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh shares his journey to web3 and market opportunities in Asia and Middle East TechCrunch sat down with Shaikh this week at the Korea Blockchain Week 2024 conference in Seoul to talk about Aptos' expansion; its partnerships with major Asian web2 companies; and how Aptos uses blockchain to make financial transactions seamless and cost-effective. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Summary In a recent interview with TechCrunch during the Korea Blockchain Week 2024, Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh discussed the company's growth and its strategies for expanding in the Asian and Middle Eastern markets. He highlighted Aptos' partnerships with prominent web2 companies in Asia and explained how the blockchain technology employed by Aptos facilitates seamless and cost-effective financial transactions. This article was summarized using ChatGPT

Boeing Starliner has completed its lonely return to Earth

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Boeing Starliner has completed its lonely return to Earth Starliner just after undocking from the ISS. | Screenshot: YouTube The Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully completed its uncrewed flight back to Earth, NASA announced overnight . The return ended the Starliner’s most recent flight test months later than intended and leaves its original crew, NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, aboard the International Space Station until next year. The Starliner touched down right on time at 12:01 AM ET at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, according to NASA. Officials at the agency hailed its successful descent: “I am extremely proud of the work our collective team put into this entire flight test, and we are pleased to see Starliner’s safe return,” said Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA... Continue reading… Summary The Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully completed its

Coinbase’s no-good, very bad summer

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Coinbase’s no-good, very bad summer Look out below! | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge It’s been a minute since I checked in on our friends at Coinbase, and so when I saw Reuters noting that a class action suit would be going ahead , I thought perhaps we should all reflect together on Coinbase’s cruel summer. The company’s shares have fallen by more than a third in the last 6 months, to $147.95 as of this writing, from $238.55 on March 6th. On the company’s first day of trading , in April 2021, its closing price was $328.28. Quite a turn of fortune! Certainly some price fluctuation can be chalked up to the vagaries of the cryptocurrency market — Coinbase was trading at $153.98 at the start of this year, before a Bitcoin ETF got approved . When Bitcoin began a run in February, Coinbase also started trading up. Still, there... Continue reading… Summary The article discusses the recent struggles of Coinbase, noting that the company's shares

Google faces provisional antitrust charges in UK for ‘self-preferencing’ its ad exchange

Google faces provisional antitrust charges in UK for ‘self-preferencing’ its ad exchange More antitrust woes for Google. The U.K’.s competition watchdog said on Friday that it suspects the company of adtech antitrust abuses. The tech giant will now have a chance to respond to the provisional findings before the regulator reaches a final decision. Confirmed violations of U.K. competition law can lead to corrective orders and fines […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Summary The U.K. competition watchdog has announced provisional antitrust charges against Google, suspecting the company of engaging in antitrust abuses related to its ad exchange practices, specifically "self-preferencing." Google will be allowed to respond to these findings before the regulator makes a final decision. If violations of U.K. competition law are confirmed, Google could face corrective orders and fines. This article was summarized using ChatGPT

ChromeOS just copied one of Windows 11’s best features

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ChromeOS just copied one of Windows 11’s best features Snap Groups is basically Snap Layouts for Chromebooks. | Illustration: The Verge Google is rolling out a new ChromeOS update that makes it easier to keep your on-screen apps organized, copy text from images, and adjust camera and microphone settings on Chromebook devices. One of the more notable features introduced in ChromeOS 128 is Snap Groups — a feature similar to Windows 11’s Snap layouts that allows you to easily group apps together in a variety of fullscreen layouts. The feature is even triggered the same way as Microsoft does it, by hovering over the maximize app button. The ChromeOS camera app now supports Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to extract text from captured images of letters or other documents. It allows users to copy or search the text in images, more easily convert images into searchable... Continue reading… Summary Google has announced a new update for ChromeOS, int

Startup accuses Nvidia and Microsoft of infringing on patents and forming a cartel

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Startup accuses Nvidia and Microsoft of infringing on patents and forming a cartel Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge A startup funded by the cofounder of Yahoo and CTO of Intel is suing Nvidia and Microsoft for allegedly infringing on its patent for a key innovation in AI chips and being part of a buying cartel that allegedly sought to artificially fix lower prices for the technology. In a new lawsuit, Texas-based Xockets says Nvidia has infringed on its patented data processing unit (DPU) technology, which helps make cloud infrastructure more efficient by accelerating data-intensive workloads. Xockets says the chip giant inherited the infringement through its 2020 acquisition of Mellanox. It claims Mellanox initially infringed on its patent after Xockets publicly demonstrated its DPU tech at a conference in 2015. Xockets alleges that three of... Continue reading… Summary A startup called Xockets, backed by a cofounder of Yahoo and the CTO of

All Hands AI raises $5M to build open source agents for developers

All Hands AI raises $5M to build open source agents for developers As with many open source startups, All Hands AI expects to monetize its service by offering paid, closed-source enterprise features. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Summary All Hands AI has raised $5 million to develop open source agents aimed at assisting developers. Following a common strategy among open source startups, the company plans to generate revenue by providing paid, closed-source enterprise features alongside its open source offerings.

Flic is ready to control all your Matter devices

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Flic is ready to control all your Matter devices Image: Flic Shortcut Labs has been openly working toward the goal of turning its smart home hubs — the Flic Hub LR and the Flic Hub Mini — into Matter controllers for quite a while , and now the company tells The Verge it has done it. On Friday, Shortcut will release an update that, according to the company, lets its devices easily act as independent hubs for Matter devices without being part of the ecosystems from companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, or Samsung. It’s a compelling idea: a way to build out a smart home without turning to one of the big tech companies and the privacy concerns and attempts at lock-in that come with that. Part of the promise of the Matter standard is that it gives users freedom of choice, but we’ve still mostly had to... Continue reading… Summary Shortcut Labs has announced that it will release an update for its Flic Hub LR and Flic Hub Mini, enabling them to function

X wins block on part of California’s content moderation law

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X wins block on part of California’s content moderation law Illustration: The Verge X has won an appeal to block parts of California’s content moderation law, which requires social platforms to publicly post policies against hate speech and misinformation, as well as submit semiannual reports on their enforcement efforts. A federal appeals court decided on Wednesday that the reporting aspect of the law likely violates the First Amendment, as reported earlier by Bloomberg Law . In the lawsuit, filed against California last year , X alleged the state’s social media law violates free speech because it “compels companies like X Corp. to engage in speech against their will.” A California judge later denied X’s request for a preliminary injunction of the law, arguing that the enforcement reporting requirement doesn’t appear to... Continue reading… Summary X has successfully appealed to block parts of California's content moderation law, which manda

Those ‘Founder mode’ memes keep coming

Those ‘Founder mode’ memes keep coming If you spend time on X or Threads, where snarky memes rise and fall, you’ve probably seen posts referencing “founder mode” over the last few days, like this: https://www.threads.net/@carnage4life/post/C_eaQAxyIcV Or maybe this: You may even have seen this parody about “goblin mode.” The chatter ties to a recent blog post that Y Combinator founder and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Summary Recently, social media platforms like X and Threads have seen a surge in "founder mode" memes, which are often humorous and snarky in nature. These memes reference a blog post by Y Combinator's founder, sparking discussions and parodies, including comparisons to "goblin mode." The trend highlights the evolving nature of meme culture online.