Monthly Archives: September 2022

20+ ASCII Twitch Art

ASCII art is text-based visual art that is frequently used on Twitch. Since Twitch doesn’t allow image attachments, ASCII art is used. Viewers will copy and paste the art into the chat to flood it. They can also be used to respond to the streamer. There is ASCII art for almost every Twitch emote. The…

The world is moving closer to a new cold war fought with authoritarian tech

Despite President Biden’s assurances at Wednesday’s United Nations meeting that the US is not seeking a new cold war, one is brewing between the world’s autocracies and democracies—and technology is fuelling it. Late last week, Iran, Turkey, Myanmar, and a handful of other countries took steps toward becoming full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization…

Berlin’s Visionaries Club VC boosts its funds with €400M worth of fresh capital for B2B investments

It was back in 2019 that we reported on Visionaries Club, a new, Berlin-based, European VC focusing on B2B, founded by Sebastian Pollok and Robert Lacher. At the time, Visionaries Club had launched two new €40M micro funds for seed and growth-stage B2B. Pollok was previously a VC at e.ventures in San Francisco and also…