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Reddit acquires AI-powered analysis company Spiketrap to improve its ads
Reddit Inc. announced today that it acquired Spiketrap, a company that uses artificial intelligence to contextualize audience understanding, to improve the social media platform’s advertising relevance and performance. Spiketrap uses AI to deliver insights into audience metrics using contextual analysis of conversations happening and Reddit will use its tools to better target advertisements using ad ...
Ticketmaster adopts Dapper Labs Flow blockchain to tie NFTs to event tickets
Event ticketing company Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. announced today that it’s choosing Dapper Labs Inc.’s Flow blockchain to connect nonfungible tokens to tickets as part of a pilot program for select events. Nonfungible tokens are a type of crypto asset linked to blockchain technology that represents the ownership of a virtual item, such as artwork, music ...
Meta AI researchers develop ways to read speech from people’s brains
When people speak, they are thinking about how the words they are going to form with their mouths — and in fact, it’s not necessary to talk at all in order to for the brain to form the activity involved in speech. That’s important because the parts of the brain that control the mouth and ...
Flutter 3.3 shows off new features and its improved graphics engine
Google LLC today announced the release of Flutter 3.3, the company’s multiplatform user interface app development framework that is expanding support for even more specifications as the team is focusing on replacing its graphics engine. This release follows up on the latest milestone of Flutter 3 in May, which expanded access for the framework support ...
NFT security startup Tokenproof raises $5M to stop crypto scams
Tokenproof, a startup working to secure nonfungible tokens against theft and scams, said today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by PennyJar Capital to make Web3 safer for NFT owners so they can realize their value without fear. Nonfungible tokens are a type of crypto asset on blockchains that represent the ...
Apple trademarks reveal ‘Reality’ branding for upcoming mixed reality headsets
Trademark filings uncovered by Bloomberg that include the word “Reality” have revealed potential names for Apple Inc.’s much-anticipated mixed reality headsets. Mixed reality devices are a type of virtual reality headset that can be fully enclosed over the user’s face and still allow them to see the world through it while “mixing” both fully virtual ...
LastPass source code stolen by hackers in security breach
An intruder breached the internal systems of the cloud-based password manager LastPass and stole internal documents as well as the source code for the service, the company revealed in a statement on Thursday. “Two weeks ago, we detected some unusual activity within portions of the LastPass development environment,” said Karim Toubba, chief executive of LastPass. ...
Alchemy acquires Ethereum education platform ChainShot
Alchemy Insights Inc., a Web3 development infrastructure startup that dubs itself the “AWS of blockchain,” announced Thursday that it’s buying the Ethereum education startup ChainShot in its first acquisition ever. Alchemy described the acquisition as a “major step towards free access to high-quality Web3 education” and said that the company intends to integrate ChainShot’s courses ...
Web3 app tool platform Thirdweb raises $24M at $160M valuation
Thirdweb, a platform that provides developers with tools to build Web3 apps, raised $24 million in fresh funding at a $160 million valuation led by Haun Ventures, which was founded by former Andreessen Horowitz partner Katie Haun. The Series A round, announced today, also included Coinbase Ventures, Shopify, Polygon, Protocol Labs, Shrug VC and billionaire ...
Crypto ATM Bitcoin Depot to go public with $885M SPAC deal
Major United States cryptocurrency ATM provider Bitcoin Depot said today that it plans to go public via a merger with the special-purpose acquisition company GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp. The two companies reached a definitive agreement to merge in a deal valued at $885 million, an announcement revealed today. Upon closing the merger, expected by ...