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Dapper Labs, the company behind many popular NFT collectible projects, will face a lawsuit accusing it of selling unregistered securities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Unlocking exclusive access has been a long-held promise of a lot of NFT-based communities. And now, Spotify is helping some of them realize that claim with token-gated playlists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google Cloud has partnered with the Tezos Foundation to grow its web3 application development and provide new services for its customers, the companies announced on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon teamed up with hearing implant company Cochlear to launch Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) support to compatible Cochlear devices, the company announced today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Remember poring over reviews on Rate My Professors to find out which prof is good-looking and who gives easy As? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Green Labs, a South Korean agtech startup that raised $140 million (170 billion won) Series C in January last year, is cutting a significant number of jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Home fitness had a huge moment at the outset of the pandemic — and understandably so. People were stuck at home, gyms closed and suddenly workout options seemed to dramatically decrease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Japan is joining a growing list of countries exploring the possibility of adopting a digital currency, with country’s central bank, the Bank of Japan (BoJ), announcing that it would launch a pilot to test a “digital yen” in April. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Web3 gaming company Unagi today announced a €4.7 million ($5 million) seed round of funding, as the French startup prepares to expand its NFT fantasy sports platform beyond football (“soccer”) and into the basketball realm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Autonomous aircraft have long been thought of as having the most potential, though not in the realm of glitzy people-carrying drones so much as the more sedate world of cargo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amid signs of life in the NFT market, an NFT-focused startup, Thred, launched today to help users discover new collections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Micro-EV subscription startup Dance, which launched in 2020, has raised an additional €12 million in an equity and debt round led by existing investors HV Capital, Eurazeo and BlueYard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are as many link-in-bio tools available for creators as the number of links they typically display on their pages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In-app browsers are usually not the best way to consume content in an app. In fact, Android developers have been using the Chrome custom tabs features to fine-tune the experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monad Labs, the team supporting the Monad blockchain, has raised $19 million in seed funding led by Dragonfly Capital, it exclusively told TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) company Joby Aviation has taken another step on its path to start a commercial air taxi service by 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At a time when venture capital funding is slowing in China, EV is one of the few sectors that are still keeping investors excited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

App Store might suggest you a useful app from time to time, but you can’t rely on that to discover new apps. P Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Otonomo, connected automotive company that has seen its stock price plummet since going public in 2021, has announced that it is coming together with Urgent.ly, a roadside assistance tech provider, in a reverse merger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reddit has confirmed hackers accessed internal documents and source code following a “highly-targeted” phishing attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a couple of years since DJI first launched its Mavic Mini, and last year it brought the Mini 3 Pro. It’s utterly confusing why the current drone is called the Mini 2 SE, but in any case, it’s the newest flying creature in the hovering menagerie that is the DJI line-up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Delivery company DoorDash is introducing new features for riders including reduced notifications, a request for customers to not text them while they are on a trip, and messaging promoting one-tap replies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GraphQL, developed internally at Facebook to help developers with API management before getting rolled out as an open-source query language in 2015, has gained traction as an alternative (or complement) to REST and other tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Security researchers say they have recently observed a Russian hacking crew, who were behind the destructive WhisperGate malware cyberattacks, targeting Ukrainian entities with a new information-stealing malware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last year, Snap shut down Zenly, a popular social mapping app it acquired for over $200 million in 2017, despite the fact that Zenly still had 40 million active users and growing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices