BitTorrent soars 30% to new all-time high, $5B market cap: What’s behind the rally?
The price of BTT, the native token of BitTorrent, hit a new all-time high to reach a $5.2 billion valuation.
Prometheum and Anchorage set to launch alternative cryptocurrency trading system
The alternative trading system, PEATS, is vying to become a FINRA and SEC-regulated platform.
A reflection on Facebook’s VR efforts as the Oculus Rift turns five: an astonishing number of problems have been solved but many big challenges remain (Peter Rubin/Wired)
Peter Rubin / Wired:A reflection on Facebook’s VR efforts as the Oculus Rift turns five: an astonishing number of problems have been solved but many big challenges remain — A lot’s happened since Facebook’s first headset brought virtual reality to the masses. Facebook might have been a first mover, but it also wants to be…
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Gupta Media: Facebook ad prices, measured in cost per thousand impressions, rebounded from a $1 monthly average last spring to almost $5 in November (Sylvia Varnham O’Regan/The Information)
Sylvia Varnham O’Regan / The Information:Gupta Media: Facebook ad prices, measured in cost per thousand impressions, rebounded from a $1 monthly average last spring to almost $5 in November — With consumers glued to phones and laptops, the year of pandemic shut-ins ended up being great for the biggest digital advertising businesses …
Apple says it is introducing two new Siri voices for English speakers and eliminating the default female voice selection, as part of iOS 14.5 beta 6 (Matthew Panzarino/TechCrunch)
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:Apple says it is introducing two new Siri voices for English speakers and eliminating the default female voice selection, as part of iOS 14.5 beta 6 — Apple is adding two new voices to Siri’s English offerings, and eliminating the default ‘female voice’ selection in the latest beta version of iOS.
Deliveroo closed down 26% in its LSE debut, after pricing shares at £3.90, valuing it at £5.2B; the poor debut is likely due to labor practice issues (Financial Times)
Financial Times:Deliveroo closed down 26% in its LSE debut, after pricing shares at £3.90, valuing it at £5.2B; the poor debut is likely due to labor practice issues — Fall comes after food delivery company priced its shares at bottom end of range — Deliveroo’s shares plunged 26 per cent …
The rise of Clubhouse and other audio-only social networks marginalizes people with speech impediments like stuttering (Lawrence Weru/Slate)
Lawrence Weru / Slate:The rise of Clubhouse and other audio-only social networks marginalizes people with speech impediments like stuttering — It’s before sunrise and I’m doing some accounting while listening to conversations on Clubhouse. On the app, people can schedule and host audio chat rooms …
Drive An EV Without A Long-Term Commitment With A Subscription
What’s the availability of subscription services for electric cars? Can dealers reconcile the problems among high costs, labor, and geographic demand?
Biden Details His Infrastructure Plan
The initiative includes hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change.
Unanswered in Biden’s Climate Plan: Whose Home Will, and Won’t, Be Saved?
The $2 trillion proposal represents an enormous effort to fight climate change, but it sidesteps a dilemma: When should Americans defend their land, and when should they just move?