Layer1 raises $50M from Peter Thiel and others at $200M valuation for a planned wind energy-backed bitcoin mining operation in Texas using custom cooling tech

  Techmeme   ·   6 days ago

A look at Google's product inclusion team, tasked with making sure its products are without bias related to race, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities

  Techmeme   ·   2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Venture Firm Data Collective Raises $725 Million to Invest in ‘Deep Tech’

  Reddit   ·   1 month ago

It’s Apple v the EU as the World’s Largest Tax Case Opens This Week in Luxembourg

  Reddit   ·   1 month ago

It’s China’s World

  Hacker News   ·   1 month ago

Justice Department Wants to Cut Off Google’s Plan for an Undersea Internet Cable Between the U.S. and China

  Reddit   ·   2 months ago

Corporate America's 'Elite Charade'

  Hacker News   ·   2 months ago

Cerebras Systems unveils the world's biggest semiconductor chip that is the size of a large mousepad, with 400K cores, 1.2T transistors, and 18GB of SRAM memory

  Techmeme   ·   2 months ago

Source: Coinbase has acquired the custody business of Xapo, a service best known for storing bitcoins in a vault under a Swiss mountain, for $55M

  Techmeme   ·   2 months ago

Ever Wonder How a Product Becomes "Amazon’s Choice"? So Do Senators

  Reddit   ·   2 months ago

New York-based Lux Capital raises $500M for its early-stage fund and $550M for its opportunity fund to invest in startups on "the cutting edge of science"

  Techmeme   ·   3 months ago

A look at Etsy's turnaround since Josh Silverman became CEO in 2017, largely focused on improving basic parts of the user experience, like search and shipping

  Techmeme   ·   3 months ago

Following Microsoft's $1B investment in OpenAI, critics worry about whether the latter is the proper vehicle for democratizing the benefits of AI

  Techmeme   ·   3 months ago

A profile of Ping An, China's second-largest insurer and biggest private-sector company by revenue, which is focusing on inventive uses of AI and big data

  Techmeme   ·   3 months ago

Q&A with Satya Nadella on fostering Sony's success with Azure, the role of Xcloud in Microsoft's strategy to expand games beyond the living room, and more

  Techmeme   ·   3 months ago

Hippo, which uses sources like satellite imagery and smart home sensors to offer better home insurance policies, raises $100M Series D at a valuation of $1B

  Techmeme   ·   3 months ago

Dust Identity, which covers objects with a diamond dust coating with a unique pattern to track them across complex supply chains, raises $10M Series A

  Techmeme   ·   3 months ago

How Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are racing for dominance as cloud platforms for game streaming, as the gaming industry is set to generate $152B in 2019

  Techmeme   ·   3 months ago

A profile of Jeff Jordan, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, who became a VC in his fifties and invested early in Airbnb, Instacart, and Pinterest

  Techmeme   ·   4 months ago

Blend, which develops a SaaS platform for lenders, raises $130M Series E led by Temasek and General Atlantic, source says at a valuation near $1B

  Techmeme   ·   4 months ago

Slack Is Going Public Without an IPO – How a Direct Listing Works

  Hacker News   ·   4 months ago

Tally, which helps automate consumer financial services, raises $50M Series C led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total raised to $92M

  Techmeme   ·   4 months ago

Ripple to take a 8-10% stake in the money transfer service MoneyGram, which will use the digital currency XRP as part of its day-to-day operations

  Techmeme   ·   4 months ago

How China’s Most Popular App Spies on Users for Beijing

  Reddit   ·   4 months ago

Coming soon: Uber to offer helicopter rides in New York City.

  Reddit   ·   5 months ago

Q&A with a16z managing partner Scott Kupor about significant shifts in VC, down rounds, impact of SoftBank's Vision Fund, startup culture, direct listings, more

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago

Health Concerns May Slow Rollout of Super-Fast 5G Mobile Networks, Analyst Warns

  Reddit   ·   5 months ago

Kik and Facebook, which are building their own blockchain tech, could finally make micropayments to access single articles behind paywalls a reality

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago

A look at AT&T's grand vision of transforming into a "modern media company" spanning multiple content networks, distribution channels, and customer data streams

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago

An overview of major quantum computing approaches as IBM, Google, Microsoft, and others work towards making quantum computers a reality

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago

Inside Google's Civil War | Fortune

  Pinboard   ·   5 months ago

By 2023, Uber Eats may own 25% of the global food delivery industry worth $191B, but both DoorDash and GrubHub make more sales, and DoorDash is growing fastest

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago

Italy launches Google antitrust probe, says Google refused to integrate Italian energy giant Enel's app to find electric car charging stations into Android Auto

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago