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В июле-сентябре из России в страны СНГ денежные переводы через платежные системы достигли $2,29 млрд. Это рекордная сумма за последние шесть лет.... →

In August, Reddit raked in a hefty $410 million financing led by Fidelity, valuing it at $10 billion. It had plans to close out the round, a Series F, at $700 million at the time. The company’s CEO Steve Huffman told New York Times that Fidelity made it  “an offer that we couldn’t refuse” and […]... →

Герман Греф пообещал вывести оставшиеся сервисы экосистемы на биржу... →

As crypto investors widely know, China has declared all cryptocurrency transactions illegal and outlawed crypto mining activities. Lately, a court decision further reasserted the government’s attitude to stifle any bitcoin mining activity possible. On December 15, the court of Beijing’s Chaoyang District heard a contract dispute over delayed returns from bitcoin mining and ruled that […]... →

Зачастую аукционы проводятся для имитации выбора заранее известного подрядчика... →

Более 48% российских корпоративных сетей затронула критическая уязвимость библиотеки Log4j. Она коснулась приложений на языке Java, поэтому масштаб угрозы велик, тем более что использовать ее очень просто, заявили эксперты.... →

Не существует универсального рецепта, который бы обеспечил успех стартапа. Однако есть ошибки, которые гарантированно могут навредить ему. CEO и сооснователь аналитической компании CB Insights Ананд Санвал написал шуточный тред в Twitter, где перечислил «вредные советы» для основателей. Публикуем его перевод.... →

After months of NFT mania and Facebook’s recent name change to Meta, it’s fair to say that “metaverse” chatter has reached a fever pitch. And while crypto investors are buying up avatars and digital swaths of land in hopes that a digital universe will spring up around these projects, it’s unclear which projects — if […]... →

Bessemer's Tess Hatch, Sequoia's Shaun Maguire and Hemisphere Ventures' Lisa Rich shared their thoughts on the active year that just passed and on what's coming next.... →

I’m going to hand it to Hyundai. The company is building some weird robotics, and I’m mostly here for it. In addition to the more straightforward car-building fare you’d expect, the auto giant has also given us a walking car robot or two, some wild drones and whatever this thing is. All in all, Boston […]... →

South Korean startup Kakao Entertainment announced today it has acquired Wuxiaworld, an Asia fantasy fiction platform, via its serialized fiction app subsidiary Radish to bolster the mobile storytelling business. The transaction size is $37.5 million.   Wuxiaworld, which has grown through word-of-mouth, claims it is now the largest English-language Asia fantasy platform in the U.S. in terms of […]... →

Electric vehicle startup Canoo is ending its deal with Dutch automotive manufacturing company VDL Nedcar to serve as its contract manufacturer in Europe, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday. A separate filing reveals that Canoo will also be exploring a new deal with VDL Groep, another Dutch auto manufacturing company, to […]... →

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Осознанная экономика — один из главных мегатрендов последних нескольких лет во всем мире, а в последние два года и в России. Это экономика, в основе которой лежит этичная работа предприятий, которые при этом, конечно, не забывают и о прибыли. Другими словами, в этом случае бизнес включает в свою работу экологические и социальные аспекты. Одна из задач бизнеса сегодня — идти по этому пути самому и увлечь своего потребителя соответствующими идеями. Денис Евтеев, директор по развитию сети салонов мягкой мебели... →

The Federal Trade Commission appears to be preparing to consider a rule aimed at digital platforms that either invasively track their users or allow others to do so. The “Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance” is at a very early stage but could be the first major anti-Big-Tech action by new FTC Chair Lina Khan. […]... →

Специалисты Korn Ferry составили индекс CPO, или директора по продукту. Аналитики выяснили, что в России только 14% директоров по продукту – это женщины. Кроме того, половина CPO – это так называемые «внешние назначенцы», которые пришли на эту позицию из другой компании.... →

What if instead of watching your favorite TikTok star stream on Twitch, you could watch them play video games live on TikTok? For the last few days, according to the platform, TikTok has been testing a Windows program called TikTok Live Studio. Once downloaded to your desktop, the program allows users to log in with […]... →

The trend that is instant grocery delivery — online ordering of essentials with your purchases being delivered to you in under an hour — continues to proliferate across multiple markets, and in the latest development, Sequoia is leading an investment in one out of Australia. Voly, a five-month-old Sydney-based startup that offers thousands of SKUs […]... →

UBQ Materials, which claims it has developed a plastic-like material made from 100% unsorted household waste, has raised a $170 million funding round led by TPG Rise, TPG’s global impact investing platform, made through TPG Rise Climate, the firm’s dedicated climate investing fund, and The Rise Funds, its multi-sector impact investing fund. The financing round […]... →

This year, we’ve seen plenty of evidence that NFTs can shake up the economics of selling visual art, but there’s been less activity when it comes to web3 upending the economics of different verticals in the art world, including music. Sound.xyz is a new startup looking to help recording artists monetize their community through NFTs, […]... →