September 2020

Software AG gives blockchain a mixed rating in enterprise emerging technology assessment

Blockchain should still be in the ‘assess’ phase for enterprises with many parts of the technology ‘considerably overhyped’, according to Software AG. The German enterprise software firm, in its most…

lecrab 25 September 2020

Technology News

Calling Helsinki VCs: Be featured in The Great TechCrunch Survey of European VC

TechCrunch is embarking on a major new project to survey the venture capital investors of Europe, and their cities. Our survey of VCs in Helsinki will capture how the city…

lecrab 25 September 2020

Technology News

Cambridge Analytica’s former boss gets 7-year ban on being a business director

The former CEO of Cambridge Analytica, the disgraced data company that worked for the 2016 Trump campaign and shut down in 2018 over a voter manipulation scandal involving masses of…

lecrab 25 September 2020

eSports

Fnatic appoints chairman and bolsters leadership team

London-based organisation Fnatic has announced the appointment of a new Chairman as well as two additional hires. Fnatic’s last known leadership restructuring took place in May 2019. Credit: Michal Konkol/Riot…

lecrab 25 September 2020

eSports

RhinoShield to produce Team Vitality phone accessories

Team Vitality announced this week that it has entered a six-month agreement with smartphone and gadget peripheral maker RhinoShield. The alliance makes RhinoShield an official supplier of the team, and…

lecrab 25 September 2020

Technology News

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek pledges $1Bn of his wealth to back deeptech startups from Europe

At an online event today, Daniel Ek, the founder of Spotify, said he would invest 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) of his personal fortune in deeptech “moonshot projects”, spread across…

lecrab 24 September 2020

eSports

Esports Insider and Esports Awards present Esports Assemble

The world’s leading B2B esports events and media company Esports Insider has partnered with the Esports Awards to create Esports Assemble, four days of events, networking, content, and insights over…

lecrab 24 September 2020

eSports

Waterloo Region dives into esports with Subnation

Regional Canadian tourism board Explore Waterloo Region has partnered with gaming and esports media and marketing platform Subnation. The two organisations will collaborate to assess and develop esports-focused business and event opportunities…

lecrab 24 September 2020

Technology News

Snyk acquires DeepCode to boost its code review smarts

Switzerland-based machine learning code review startup DeepCode — which bills itself as ‘Grammarly for coders’ — has been acquired by Snyk, a post-unicorn valuation cybersecurity startup which is focused on…

lecrab 24 September 2020

Technology News

UK launches COVID-19 exposure notification app for England and Wales

The last two regions of the UK now have an official coronavirus contacts tracing app, after the UK government pushed the button to launch the NHS COVID-19 app across England…

lecrab 24 September 2020