The William Trevor Reader: “Beyond the Pale”
“Beyond the Pale” is a weird one, and in writing about it I hope to figure out what exactly it’s doing. The story concerns a quartet...
Helping to solve for sustainability in Asia Pacific
As a tech-forward region that’s home to a large percentage of global youth, there’s good reason to believe that the innovation that’s needed to engage in...
Taktile raises $20M to help fintech companies test and deploy decision-making models
The logic behind many fintech companies’ automated decisions — decisions that determine whether a customer is approved for a credit line, for example — is hard-coded...
Leta, a Kenyan supply chain and logistics SaaS provider, raises $3M to scale in Africa
Leta, a Kenyan B2B supply chain and logistics SaaS provider launched last year to optimize fleet management, is looking for growth opportunities in West Africa, even...
India’s Paytm slides over 10% to all-time low after lock-up period expires
Shares of Paytm slid over 10% Tuesday to an all-time low of 476 Indian rupees ($5.8) before recovering slightly after the lock-up period for early backers...
Hacker George Hotz, long a frenemy of Elon Musk, signs on for 12 weeks at Twitter
A lot has been made of Twitter’s shrinking workforce, which is reportedly down to 2,300 people down from the 7,500 employed by the company when new...
Spain’s Cobee raises $41M for an employee benefits ‘superapp’
Benefits are one of the great oxymorons of full-time employment: the name implies help and advantages, but in a lot of cases, it’s hard to know...
FTX processed billions monthly in Africa before going bust
On November 14, Nestcoin, one of the startups leading crypto and web3 efforts in Africa, announced that it was laying off several employees. At least 30...
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ trailer promises a wet visual spectacle
A new trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has arrived, and continues to promise a visual spectacle that aims to surpass its 2009...
‘Quordle’ today: Here are the answers and hints for November 22
Sunday Quordles are, all things considered, the most relaxing Quordles of all. For most of us, Sunday is when we’re furthest from the workweek, and Sunday...
