June 2020 – Page 2

Extra Crunch expands into Romania

Extra Crunch is now live in Romania. That adds to our existing support in Europe in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and U.K.. There’s been reason…

lecrab 29 June 2020

eSports

This week in esports: David Beckham, Gucci, OG, The Lab

As always, we’ve rounded up the biggest and best stories from the past week so you can stay abreast of the industry’s biggest happenings. This week in esports saw David…

lecrab 26 June 2020

Technology News

Here are the winners of The Europas Awards 2020 – Even a pandemic can’t stop these startups

Last year The Europas Awards for European Tech Startups was held at a sunny garden party next to a historic museum in London. Last night, because of the global Coronavirus…

lecrab 26 June 2020

eSports

Patricia von Halle promoted to Director of Consumer Marketing at ESL

Tournament organiser ESL has appointed Patricia von Halle as its new Director of Consumer Marketing. von Halle previously led event marketing at the German company. Credit: Patricia von Halle, ESL RELATED: Stefan Beitz…

lecrab 26 June 2020

Blockchain News

W3BCLOUD secures $20.5 million funding for blockchain data centres

W3BCLOUD has announced the closure of a $20.5 million funding round to build blockchain-enabled data centres. The company, which is a joint venture between ConsenSys and processing giant AMD (Advanced…

lecrab 26 June 2020

Technology News

Amsterdam ejects Airbnb et al from three central districts in latest P2P platform limits

Another brick in the wall for vacation rental platforms: Amsterdam is booting Airbnb and other such platforms from three districts in the city’s old center from July 1, further tightening its…

lecrab 26 June 2020

eSports

Dignitas welcomes RESPAWN by Razer as official team partner

North American organisation Dignitas has unveiled RESPAWN, the performance consumables brand owned by Razer, as its latest team partner. The deal will include the development of new products, production of lifestyle content,…

lecrab 26 June 2020

eSports

Pittsburgh Knights extends Sheetz partnership through 2023

North American organisation Pittsburgh Knights has announced the continuation of its partnership with convenience store Sheetz through 2023. Sheetz, already a partner of the Pittsburgh Knights, will now become the…

lecrab 26 June 2020

Technology News

Amazon really just renamed a Seattle stadium ‘Climate Pledge Arena’

As perennial front-runner for the title of probably-the-most-evil tech company, Amazon has a long way to go to rehabilitate its image as a take-no-prisoners, industry-consolidating wealth machine. In a bold…

lecrab 25 June 2020

Technology News

Privacy not a blocker for ‘meaningful’ research access to platform data, says report

European lawmakers are eyeing binding transparency requirements for Internet platforms in a Digital Services Act (DSA) due to be drafted by the end of the year. But the question of…

lecrab 25 June 2020