Paying $115B for Stripe or $77B for Coinbase might be quite rational
It's hard to overvalue a startup when the public market is willing to double its valuation the moment it starts to trade. CoinDesk reported yesterday that crypto trading startup Coinbase is being valued at $77 billion on private exchanges......»»
Apple Is Working on a Hardware Subscription Service for iPhones
Apple is working on a subscription service for the iPhone and other hardware products, a move that could make device ownership similar to paying a monthly app fee, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. From the.....»»
Spotify and Google agree to implement user-choice billing
Spotify and Google have agreed to explore user-choice billing, giving users a choice between paying through Spotify's payment system or Google Play Billing......»»
On icy moon Enceladus, expansion cracks let inner ocean boil out
In 2006, the Cassini spacecraft recorded geyser curtains shooting forth from "tiger stripe" fissures near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus—sometimes as much as 200 kilograms of water per second. A new study suggests how expanding ice durin.....»»
Yageo business transformation efforts paying off
Taiwan's leading passive component vendor Yageo will continue to advance its business transformation in 2022 by expanding its product lines and optimizing its shipment portfolios after seeing similar efforts pay off in 2021......»»
‘Pivoting’ is undermined by a careless weight-loss story
Three minutes into Pivoting, Ginnifer Goodwin's character, Jodie, announces she's "getting back in shape and seeing a trainer." Her friend just died, so she wants to start living her "best life." But she's paying cash for said trainer so her painfull.....»»
Pete Davidson and five paying customers to fly on Jeff Bezos" suborbital rocket
Pete Davidson will become the latest celebrity to fly to space with Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, in a brief, suborbital flight slated for later this month......»»
Online retailing keeps paying benefits for Asbury Automotive
Asbury Automotive's Miran Maric says the dealership group's online retailing software is paying dividends and improving operations......»»
ICYMI: Grab your lifetime license of Microsoft Office for 85% off
There are plenty of reasons to be fed up with corporate America, from excessive job demands to companies paying people to extoll their virtues online. Fortunately, people have wisened up......»»
Crypto platform blocks thousands of Russia-linked wallets
Trading platform Coinbase says it has blocked 25,000 wallet addresses related to Russia......»»
The Difference Between SEO and SEM: A Helpful Guide
Over 90% of people only look at page 1 of Google results after making a query. 25% of them also click on the first result without paying attention to anything underneath it. Because of these staggering stats, it’s important that you do your bes.....»»
Coinbase Blocks 25,000 Crypto Wallets Linked To Russia Users
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg Quint: Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase said it blocked over 25,000 wallet addresses related to Russian individuals or entities that it believes to be engaging in illicit activity. The blocke.....»»
Graphics cards hit their lowest prices since the start of 2021
The latest report from 3DCenter shows that the RTX 3000-series and the Radeon RX 6000 cards at major German retailers are above their MSRP by 41% and 35%, respectively. That’s still more than what you should be paying for the GPUs, of course, but i.....»»
Your chances of getting rid of student loan debt depend on who you are
To get rid of student loan debt through bankruptcy, you must prove to the court that paying back your student loans would cause an "undue hardship." But in our peer-reviewed study of nearly 700 student loan discharge cases spanning 1985 to 2020, we f.....»»
Coinbase, Binance Resist Calls To Kick Russians Off Crypto Platforms
Two of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase and Binance, rejected calls on Friday for a blanket ban on all Russian users to stop their platforms from being used as a way round Western sanctions. From a report: "We believe everyone d.....»»
Get Microsoft Office on Windows or Mac for 85% off
There are plenty of reasons to be fed up with corporate America, from excessive job demands to companies paying people to extoll their virtues online. Fortunately, people have wisened up......»»
Coinbase, Binance resist calls to kick Russians off crypto platforms
Two of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase Global Inc and Binance, rejected calls on Friday for a blanket ban on all Russian users to stop their platforms from being used as a way round Western sanctions......»»
Internet guerrillas: Inside the DIY broadband revolution with NYC Mesh
NYC Mesh is a guerrilla internet provider that helps city residents get online without paying a monthly fee to big telecom companies like Verizon or Comcast.....»»
Crypto app installs in the US grew nearly 300 percent on Super Bowl Sunday
We already knew Coinbase had a successful outing, as its bouncing QR code spot resulted in a surge of newcomers that crashed the app and forced the company to limit traffic to its website. Coinbase said it was more traffic than they have ever encount.....»»
Coinbase Swears This All Isn"t Like the Dotcom Bubble After Super Bowl Ad SNAFU
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: The most insufferable part of every Super Bowl Sunday has historically, without fail, been the ads. This year was no exception, with an unrelenting barrage of ads trying to manifest the metaverse,.....»»
US Tech Firms Hunt for Cheap Home-Based Hires in Latin America
The remote-work revolution has led some U.S. technology companies, from startups to Coinbase and Shopify, to seek new hires in Latin America -- where they can find qualified people in roughly the same time zone who'll work for much lower pay. From a.....»»