India initially made its name in the tech world years ago when it staked out reputation as a key hub for business process outsourcing. Now that legacy has taken a very different turn in fintech with outsourcing of a very different kind, with the emergence of embedded finance technology. In the latest development, Lentra, an
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Crowdfunding, crowdsourcing and small-batch production for the win Haje Jan Kamps 12 hours If you are running R&D at a large appliance manufacturer, you have a challenge. You typically make products in enormous quantities at pretty slim margins. In order to recoup your development, tooling and launch marketing costs, you need to create and sell
Think of your kidneys as filters that get rid of all the things you don’t want in your body. These two fist-sized, bean-shaped organs filter your blood. In doing so, they remove toxins and excess fluids while keeping your levels of potassium, sodium and more in check. At the same time, they produce hormones that
It’s only November, but it’s already Christmas time for PlayStation owners. God of War: Ragnarok, the most anticipated PlayStation exclusive of the year, is finally here. The game is highly acclaimed, with a score of 94 on Metacritic, having received glowing reviews from publications such as ours. God of War: Ragnarok is lauded for a
Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is investigating a possible hack involving hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency funds that seem to have gone missing from its accounts, various media outlets reported Saturday. The company’s general counsel tweeted out a statement Saturday by FTX’s newly appointed CEO that said “unauthorized access to certain assets has occurred”
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever landed in theaters Friday, bringing us back to the technologically advanced African nation as its people grieve the loss of King T’Challa. It’s the 30th Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, the sequel to 2018 megahit Black Panther, and includes the most touching post-credits scene you can imagine. T’Challa, who held the Black
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Hey, folks. It’s Kyle, filling in this issue for Natasha, who’s taking a much needed break from the news cycle (and the spectacle that’s become Twitter). While it’s my first Startups Weekly column,
/ The company says only ‘a small number of users’ are experiencing reduced internet speeds with the new router. It’s rolling out a software update early next week to address it. Image: Google Google says it’s rolling out a software update for the new Nest Wifi Pro early next week to address the slow internet
Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. The recent OpenView-Chargebee 2022 report had SaaS benchmarks as its focus, but also touched in passing on a topic I’ve been curious about: reverse
You might expect a comic book series featuring art generated entirely by artificial intelligence technology to be full of surreal images that have you tilting your head trying to grasp what kind of sense-shifting madness you’re looking at. Not so with the images in The Bestiary Chronicles, a free, three-part comics series from Campfire Entertainment,
In this article: If you’re a hobbyist chef or an aspiring pro, one of the most versatile and useful appliances you can have in your home kitchen is a food processor. Not only are they a fancy blender for your countertop, they’re also capable of shredding cheese, grinding nuts, kneading bread and so much more. They’re the
Andor’s prison arc ended with triumph and tragedy as episode 10 of the intense Star Wars show came to Disney Plus this past Wednesday. Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) has lit the spark of rebellion against the Galactic Empire in new buddy Kino Loy (Andy Serkis) and their fellow inmates. It comes as the totalitarian regime viciously
Advertisement Yesterday, the official Studio Ghibli Twitter account tweeted out a short video showing the Lucasfilm logo and its own logo. That was it. But it was enough to get people talking and going “Hey, what’s that all about, then?” Shortly afterward, the official Star Wars Twitter account re-shared the teaser as well. This did
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hoooo boy. As Alex would say: This week has been a long year. You just know it has been a pretty wild ride when Meta can lay off 13% of its staff,
According to layoffs.fyi, more than 23,000 tech workers have been laid off so far this month. For comparison, the site tracked 12,463 layoffs in October. Facebook’s parent company Meta announced the first major job cuts in its history this week, eliminating 11,000 jobs. Like Twitter, Stripe, Brex, Lyft, Netflix and other tech firms based in
The Echo business has always looked like Amazon playing the long game from the outside. Above all, the company’s home consumer hardware is a convenient vessel for getting Alexa into millions of homes. But when a corporation is doing some serious belt tightening amid broader economic headwinds, no divisions are safe from cost cutting —
According to layoffs.fyi, more than 23,000 tech workers have been laid off so far this month. For comparison, the site tracked 12,463 layoffs in October. Facebook’s parent company Meta announced the first major job cuts in its history this week, eliminating 11,000 jobs. Like Twitter, Stripe, Brex, Lyft, Netflix and other tech firms based in
Disney / LucasfilmPeople across my timeline have been loving Andor. Even people who’d previously sworn off Star Wars entirely are back and enjoying every minute of the series. Many of them happily point out how the show isn’t a giant excuse to do fan service every week. But funnily enough, Andor has some of the
Goat Simulator 3 offers less intergalactic sulking but at least 40 percent more crackling belligerence. The sequel (and it is a sequel—the “3” is goat antics) arrives eight years after a raucous, ridiculous game that Steve Marinconz described for Kotaku as “hilariously broken, but in a good way.” Considering the first Goat Simulator was thrown
Project: The Perceiver – Debut Trailer | PS5 & PS4 GamesMost of the enemies are human, which means that the initial focus is on knowing how to parry attacks and smash their heads in with a rolling kick. As you accumulate experience, the protagonist can transform into flower blossoms and wall-jump his way across rotating
This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Teens are a notoriously tough crowd to please, particularly when it comes to holiday gifts. You might think something is a good gift, but later you find it shoved into the back of a closet. Or what’s popular one week
In the Warner Bros Discovery press release, Mark Hamill, who established his own now-legendary take on the Joker playing opposite Conroy in The Animated Series, said he loved Conroy like a brother because of his ability to lift his spirits anytime the two spoke. Advertisement “Kevin was a brilliant actor,” Hamill said. “For several generations,
Walk through any public park these days and you will see a hell of a lot more dogs than you might have done three years ago. The loneliness of the pandemic lockdowns led to an explosion in pet ownership. Plus, The demographic of pet ownership has shifted. Whereas previously it was Granny or Grandpa who
G/O Media may get a commission Advertisement That’s genuinely what it’s called; they just added a ‘Du’ to the start of the name. That naming alone already makes the monster sound like a jeer, like, duh. But it gets way better/worse than that. If you’re wondering what’s actually different here, then you’ve caught on to
Advertisement “[Quaquaval’s] no Twerkey, but I wouldn’t kick him outta bed for pecking seed,” commenter SeymourDemonica said in a popular post on the PokeLeaks subreddit. “Bruh why is it double checked up on a Thursday,” another Redditor said in the same post, later adding an edit to clarify that Quaquaval still has “a great design,
Around five years ago, mini game console recreations suddenly became the hottest gift idea. Starting with Nintendo’s little NES Classic, the trend continued to the SNES Classic, Sega Genesis Mini, and even spin-offs like the PlayStation Classic and Turbografx-16 Mini. These small systems cost $100 or less, had dozens of games built in and plugged
Another day, another dollar, and another VC fund launches. But, refreshingly, this one will specifically address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Prediction Capital is a new VC sprung out of the Swiss Family Office infinitas Capital, the investment firm of former entrepreneur and investor Robin Lauber, and formed together with Christopher Chuffart and Kilian Graulich.
Honor has teased the launch of its second foldable phone flagship. The Chinese phone-maker plans to unveil the Honor Magic Vs, or what appears to be a single-screen foldable phone on Nov. 24 in mainland China, the company shared in a statement to the media on Thursday. This device is a follow-up to Honor’s inaugural
Gripping Star Wars series Andor reached episode 10 on Disney Plus this Wednesday, and we catch up with mercenary Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) as he gears up to escape the cruel Imperial prison he was unjustly thrown into following the totalitarian regime’s harsh crackdown. Vitally, he managed to secure the support of prison unit manager
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