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…
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…
Hustle Fund, an early-stage focused venture firm built by former 500 Startups partners Elizabeth Yin and Eric Bahn, is growing into its name. The firm has steadily grown its assets under management since first launching five years ago. Its first fund closed at $11.5 million, its second fund closed with $33.6 million, and today, it…
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…
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…
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…
Online daters everywhere fear “ghosting.” Inner Circle, a global dating app, is hoping to address this ongoing problem with the launch of five new features that aim to put a stop to the hurtful online dating experience where people cut off contact with another person without any warning or explanation. Inner Circle dubbed this new…
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
Instead of trick or treating this year, why not spend the night at one of cinema’s most recognizable spooky spots? The location in question is the cottage from Hocus Pocus. The Sanderson Sisters are back after 29 years, with the release of Hocus Pocus 2 finally upon us, gracing Disney+ on Sept. 30. To commemorate…
Every month, cybercriminals register roughly 13 million domains to be used to host and distribute malware, in phishing campaigns, or otherwise malicious activities. This is according to cybersecurity researchers at Akamai, which claims to have flagged some 79 million brand new, malicious domains in the first half of 2022 alone. Not only is that some…