Enlarge / Artist’s conception of indie developer Fabrice Breton knocking out some scammy curators. (credit: Steam) Valve has removed a handful of Steam curator pages after a virtual sting operation exposed them as part of an apparent scam to acquire and resell free game keys. In a Twitter thread posted earlier this week, Brok the…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Enlarge / Nothing fancy, but solid construction and lots of bonuses like fenders and a rack. (credit: John TImmer) As someone who’s not a car person, being told that a new offering is “the Honda Accord of e-bikes” doesn’t have a lot of resonance. As near as I can tell, the implication here is that…
The FedNow rollout most likely bypasses the need for a central bank digital currency. Unsplash The Federal Reserve announced earlier this week it expects its FedNow Service, a new online system facilitating instant, digital monetary transactions between people and businesses, to come online sometime between May and July 2023. The release could mark a major…
Don’t you hate it when they give everything away in the headline? So, a belated spoiler warning that, indeed, the iPhone 14 is almost certainly going to be the big headline announcement at Apple’s September event. A few other things seem close to certain, as well, including the Apple Watch Series 8. As ever, there…
Drones, sidewalk robots and autonomous vehicles are being touted as some of the next big movers in the last-mile delivery space, but what of the humble bicycle? Global logistics and delivery companies like UPS, FedEx and Amazon have all begun trialing some form of electric bike or cargo bike for delivery. At the same time,…
Jenny Lefcourt Contributor Share on Twitter Jenny is an entrepreneur, operator, board member, advisor, and investor in tech for over 25 years. Editor’s note: Jenny Lefcourt is a TechCrunch Live guest on August 31, 2022 where, along with Guillaume de Zwirek, CEO and co-founder of WELL Health, she’s scheduled to speak on the specific steps founders…
Do you want to run an “easy” startup? Be a coder, and realize that some aspect of your workflow is needlessly complicated. Create a tool to fix that, and spin it out as a dev-tools company. Get your first 100 customers from all of your friends, then raise $5 million to sell it to everyone…
Nishika de Rosairo, the founder and chief executive of HumanQ, has a vision for employee coaching that disagrees with some of the biggest, and most valuable startups out there. Instead of one-to-one coaching, which venture-backed companies like BetterUp and Sounding Board offer employees and managers, HumanQ wants to make group coaching an impactful alternative. “We…
A severe monsoon season — the latest indicator that our climate crisis is quickly becoming a humanitarian one as well — has hit Pakistan and is leaving behind a wave of destruction. The deadly flash flooding is the product of an eight-week, unbroken cycle of storms, with deluges that have swept away buildings and even…
While tons of TikTok beauty trends are largely gimmicky or simply rename existing cultural practices, skin cycling is the brainchild of an actual dermatologist, and it’s helping people understand the way certain products can work for their skin. The trend comes from Dr. Whitney Bowe, a board-licensed dermatologist and content creator herself — which explains…