Monthly Archives: September 2022

Focal Alpha 80 Evo studio monitor review: Next-gen pro powerhouse

From lo-fi to hi-fi, from my messy home studio to this professionally photographed one, the Alpha 80 Evo studio monitors presented tracks with honesty, clarity, and pinpoint precision. Focal NAIM We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Ask recording engineers to name the most important gear…

The Startup Battlefield 200: SaaS, Enterprise, Retail and FinTech edition

We’re beyond amazed at the collective creativity, ingenuity and technical prowess of the Startup Battlefield 200. Out of thousands of applications, only 200 early-stage startups made the final cut, and you’ll find all of them — and only them — exhibiting on the TechCrunch Disrupt show floor on October 18-20 in San Francisco. That’s a…

Treepz founder Onyeka Akumah on how to succeed in transportation tech

In sub-Saharan Africa, only 33% of the urban population has access to public transportation, compared to 75% in Europe and North America, according to UN statistics. That means that most of the continent faces challenges chasing new job opportunities, going to school, accessing healthcare and just having a night on the town. This lack of…

Why build a fintech any more when you can just raise €20M and white-label it to banks?

Financial institutions have struggled to develop their own technologies, hence the rise of neo-banks which used Open Banking regulations to build their own fintech stacks. That has led to a wave of innovation, and startups have hungrily devoured the opportunities to “platformise” the financial work. The latest is fintech SaaS provider Toqio, which has now…

Binance founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao shares his vision of web3 opportunities at TC Sessions: Crypto

When it comes to the decentralized world of crypto, few single entities loom larger or carry more weight in the industry than exchange behemoth Binance. The blockchain giant processed $34 trillion in trading volume in 2021, it says, and the exchange shows few signs of resting on its laurels as it pursues bold new bets…

The Ocean Cleanup moves into phase three to end the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Ocean Cleanup is developing its third phase in a mission to end the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The new phase, dubbed System 003, comes after the successful System 002 test and features computational modeling technology to predict garbage hotspots and a 2,500 meter artificial coastline designed to produce circulating currents. Read More