Business
Game Studios Come Together to Grow Industry in Africa
The Pan Africa Gaming Group (PAGG) has brought together ten African game production companies under one banner in an effort to unify the continent’s fragmented…
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Technology
Which Taps into Popular Media to Teach Languages, Hits 51M Downloads and 3.5M MAUs and Raises Its First outside Funding
Online language learning remains a big opportunity for businesses, with the most engaging experiences attracting a rush of interest from consumers eager to get more…
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Can $100 Million get Wildtype’s Cell-Grown ‘Sushi-Grade’ Salmon into the Wild?
Wildtype, a six-year-old San Francisco-based company that develops farmed salmon from cells outside the animal, just acquired $100 million in Series B funding to expand…
Technology
Cryptocurrency Payments Key to Lowering Cross-Border Remittance Charges and Boosting Microwork Uptake in Africa, Study Shows
Microwork, a $1 billion employment market based on technology that divides processes into piecemeal tasks to be completed by many people over the internet, largely…
Technology
Apple Says Employees and Customers are Safe after Store Hostage Situation in Amsterdam
According to a statement acquired by TechCrunch, Apple says that all personnel and customers are safe “despite this harrowing ordeal” during a now-resolved hostage situation…
Technology
Behold the Orby New PlayStation VR2 Headset
Back at CES, Sony made a passing allusion to its impending virtual reality headgear. Most years, Sony does something similar at the show: give a…
Business
Alloy Automation Raises $20M to Scale its E-Commerce Automation Tech
This morning, Alloy Automation, a Y Combinator graduate focusing on linking various e-commerce platforms, revealed that it has closed a $20 million Series A led…
Technology
Join the Drone Revolution and Take to the Skies for $159
Drones aren’t exclusively for military reconnaissance or expert amateurs any longer. Anyone can now enjoy the thrills of a high-flying quadcopter. If you want to…
Astronomy
Liquid Rubies and Sapphires Might Be Raining On the Night-Side of This Hellish Exoplanet
WASP-121b is a hot Jupiter, a gas giant that orbits its star so close that it isn’t spherical and has a temperature in the thousands…
Astronomy
China Claims Rocket That Will Slam into the Moon Next Week Is Not Theirs
A rocket’s upper stage will collide with the Moon next week. That is undeniable. The rest of the story’s details are less certain. The space…
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