Written by Alina Polishchuk,
Palmeiras Digital LDA
Anne Hathaway backs Pact, an all-women led VC for mission-driven startups, from West to East
How many VC funds can you name where the three partners all had babies whilst raising the fund, have deep connections in Asia as well as Europe and the US, and include actress Anne Hathaway as an LP? Not many I’d hazard.
San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’
The San Francisco Police Department submitted a proposal that would give robots the ability to use deadly force in dangerous situations.
Here’s what NASA’s Orion spacecraft is doing over Thanksgiving weekend
Since taking off aboard the Space Launch System rocket last Wednesday, NASA’s Orion spacecraft has had a remarkably smooth journey. But it’s far from over.
Embracer is ripping a beloved mobile game away from people who paid for it
Weeks after shutting down Onoma, née Square Enix Montreal, Embracer is erasing four of its games including Deus Ex Go.
Ukio, a premium apartment rental platform for Europe’s ‘flexible workforce,’ raises $28M
Ukio, a short-term furnished apartment rental platform aimed at the “flexible workforce,” has raised €27 million ($28 million) in a Series A round of funding. The cash injection constitutes €17 million in equity and €10 million in debt, and follows some 14 months after the Spanish company announced a €9 million seed round of funding.
Apple and Google face gaming and mobile browser probe
Apple and Google's dominance over cloud gaming and mobile browsers will be investigated by the UK's competition regulator, it has announced.
Netflix’s heist series Kaleidoscope can be watched in any order
The nonlinear thriller stars Giancarlo Esposito, Paz Vega, and Tati Gabrielle and starts streaming on January 1st.
Spain’s Cobee raises $41M for an employee benefits ‘superapp’
Benefits are one of the great oxymorons of full-time employment: the name implies help and advantages, but in a lot of cases, it’s hard to know what perks and rewards you might have available to you, much less use them on a regular basis.
Twitter alternative Hive hits 1 million users after surge of sign ups
In the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, users have been fleeing to other social apps like open source microblogging platform Mastodon and niche communities like CounterSocial. Now, another social app called Hive is seeing a boost in sign-ups in response to the upheaval at Twitter.
HashFlare founders arrested in ‘astounding’ $575M crypto fraud scheme
The two founders of the now-defunct Bitcoin cloud miner HashFlare have been arrested in Estonia over their alleged involvement in a $575 million crypto fraud conspiracy.
iOS developers say Apple’s App Store analytics aren’t anonymous
The finding exposes the difference between the privacy policy you may think you’re covered under and the privacy policy that’s actually being applied.
No one is coming to save the crypto industry
https://youtu.be/oJKgnMb32ygOver the past year, a white knight appeared as many crypto companies imploded and losses mounted. Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old CEO of crypto exchange...