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Web3 gaming platform C2X raises $25M at $500M valuation
The blockchain gaming platform C2X operated by MetaMagnet Ltd. said today it has raised $25 million in new funding led by FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto and Animoca Brands. Funds were raised in a private token sale, which raised the valuation of the platform to $500 million. Also participating in the round were Hashed, Terra, Transcend ...
Android 13’s newest developer preview focuses on security and tools
Google LLC today released the second developer preview for Android 13, which follows up the first preview with more security and privacy features as well as more user experience and performance-enhancing tools. Today’s announcement of the Android 13 Developer Preview 2 also comes after some big news about the official release of the 12L feature ...
DeFi analytics firm Treehouse raises $18M to assist crypto investors
Treehouse Finance today announced that it has raised $18 million in seed funding to serve decentralized finance investors with its analytics platform by giving them meaningful insights into blockchain data. The company said the round was led by a large undisclosed financial technology investor with involvement from a multitude of tech investors, including Lightspeed, Wintermute, ...
Aptos raises $200M to bring the Diem blockchain back to life
Aptos Labs, a startup built by employees who developed the blockchain behind Meta Platform Inc.’s now-defunct payment system Diem, today said that it has raised $200 million in strategic funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Coinbase Ventures, FTX Ventures, Tiger Global, Multicoin Capital, 3 Arrows Capital, ParaFi Capital, Irongrey, 3 Arrows Capital, Paxos and others also ...
Google Go 1.18 release adds dev tools and CPU performance
The Go programming language team at Google Cloud today released Go 1.18, which includes a massive number of performance improvements and features requested by developers. Go was publicly announced in 2009 by Google as a way to improve programming productivity for multicore, networked machines dealing with large codebases. The language is similar to C, with ...
Niantic acquires web-based augmented reality platform 8th Wall
Niantic Inc., the developer of the popular augmented reality game “Pokemon Go” and the Lightship AR platform, today announced that it has acquired the web-based AR development platform 8th Wall Inc. Augmented reality uses the camera on a mobile device to create a “window” into the world where holographic objects can be projected over what ...
LimeWire will be resurrected as a music-focused NFT marketplace
The former peer-to-peer file-sharing network LimeWire is relaunching in May as a marketplace for music-related digital collectibles, the company announced Wednesday. The original LimeWire was shut down in 2010 during the heyday of file sharing and the company was one of those that took the brunt of litigation related to copyright infringement lawsuits. Fitting to ...
CircleCI acquires Ponicode to add AI-powered testing to its CI/CD roster
DevOps platform company Circle Internet Services Inc. today announced that it has acquired Ponicode SAS, a Paris-based artificial intelligence-driven testing platform, aiming to add its capabilities to its service so it can further reduce coding errors for developers. CircleCI provides a continuous integration and delivery platform for DevOps teams, which combine software development and information ...
Apple announces new iPhone SE, iPad Air, all-new Mac Studio and M1 Ultra chip
Apple Inc. announced a new upgrade to its M1 family of chips with the powerful M1 Ultra during its “Peek Performance” virtual event today that will power the all-new Mac Studio professional-level compact desktop computer. Alongside the new silicon chip, Apple also unveiled a new iPhone SE, which uses the A15 Bionic chip, and a ...
NFT startup Immutable raises $200M led by Temasek at $2.5B valuation
Nonfungible token scaling solution startup Immutable today said it has raised $200 million in new funding led by the Singapore state investment company Temasek, bringing its valuation to $2.5 billion. The Series C funding round was also joined by the blockchain gaming titan Animoca Brands and Chinese technology company Tencent Holdings Ltd. Immutable develops the ...