Jeff raises $1M to build alternative credit scoring and other fintech products for Southeast Asia
TechCrunch According to the World Bank, more than one billion people in South and East Asia lack access to a…
Afriex raises $1.2M seed to scale its payments and remittances platform across Africa
TechCrunch Sending money from the U.S. to Nigeria can be a painstaking process. For remittance platforms like Western Union, it…
Crypto social network BitClout arrives with a bevy of high profile investors, and skeptics
TechCrunch While much of the recent wave of relentless hype around NFTs — or non-fungible tokens — has been most…
China to ban apps from collecting excessive user data starting May
TechCrunch Starting May 1, apps in China can no longer force users into providing excessive personal data, according to a…
Kuo: Apple Aiming to Keep Mixed Reality Headset's Weight Under 150 Grams
MacRoumers Apple is planning to adopt a hybrid Fresnel lens design for its mixed reality headset, a move that will…
Microsoft in talks with Discord over $10 billion-plus acquisition: report
TheVerge Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is in discussions with Discord to acquire the gaming-focused chat software…
You can now tell the FCC just how broken the internet is for you
TheVerge It’s not at all controversial to say that internet service sucks in the United States. As part of its…
Nintendo, Niantic announce new AR 'Pikmin' mobile game, coming later in 2021
Appl Insider Niantic and Nintendo have announced a new augmented reality mobile game based on the “Pikmin” franchise, set to…
Niantic and Nintendo Announce New 'Pikmin' Augmented Reality Game
MacRoumers Niantic and Nintendo today announced the upcoming debut of a new augmented reality game based on Nintendo’s “Pikmin” franchise,…
Steam can now stream games at 8K resolution and we immediately thought of you
TheVerge An early 8K TV set. I just realized: I never came back to thank you for buying that $30,000…