Blockchain ecosystem Topl has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round to help companies track and monetize social impact initiatives, the firm exclusively told TechCrunch. The raise was co-led by Mercury, Republic Asia and Cryptology Asset Group. The company raised $5 million in a 2020 seed round, Chris Georgen, founder at Topl, shared…
Spotnana, a self-proclaimed “travel-as-a-service” platform that targets corporations, travel management firms, and other technology companies with a cloud-based toolset for booking and managing travel, has raised $75 million in a series B round of funding. The raise comes less than a year after Spotnana exited stealth with $41 million in funding, and the latest cash…
“You should look for someone new to settle down with now,” a well-meaning auntie advised me in the pits of my heartbreak. Once I’d managed to swallow the lump in my throat, I was perplexed. I had just about started to feel like a human again after months of wading through tears and grief, yet…
Firing a bullet through random objects in extreme slow motion is nothing new for YouTube duo The Slow Mo Guys. They’ve previously done it with eggs, deodorant cans, and a Newton’s cradle — but this time around they’re testing out glass. Or, to be specific, multiple panes of glass in an attempt to find out…
Intel’s new third-party chip manufacturing division has signed its first marquee customer: MediaTek. The deal will see Intel Foundry Services (IFS) manufacture a number of MediaTek chips for use inside smart edge devices, while pure-play foundry TSMC will continue to produce the company’s smartphone processors, for which it is best known. The arrangement with Intel…
The Canon EOS R3 was already a ludicrously capable sports camera, but a major new firmware update has taken its burst-shooting speeds to records heights for a consumer mirrorless model. The EOS R3’s new firmware version v1.2.0, which you can download now from Canon’s official website, brings several new features. But the most notable is…
When the Google Pixel 6 debuted it brought a new feature in the form of Magic Eraser, which lets you use AI to remove unwanted background subjects in pictures, and the Pixel 6a took it a step further with Camouflage mode. Turns out, this expanded mode is now coming to the earlier Pixel 6 devices….
Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios is inviting playtesters to preview the second and third acts of the much-anticipated RPG. Ahead of the game’s full release sometime next year, eligible fans can get an early look at the final, as-yet-unseen portion of the game. According to the Larian webpage advertising the fresh wave of testing,…
A Google Street View of Maslowski Beach parking lot in Ashland, Wisconsin. Google Street View A Wisconsin state senator was involved in a fatal car crash on Friday, police said. Janet Bewley collided with another car, killing a 27-year-old woman and her daughter, police said. Bewley told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that she underwent cataract…
Well, well, well. If it isn’t Russian energy moving markets again. I’m Phil Rosen, coming to you from Los Angeles. Moscow is tapering gas flows to Europe for the Nth time since the war began. Today we’re going over what’s happening, and why there’s sure to be more developments to come. Let’s break it down. …