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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

Technology News

Wirecard, the disgraced German payments firm backed by SoftBank, files for insolvency over €1.3B in loans coming due

The house of cards has well and truly collapsed for Wirecard, the German payments company that has been accused of accounting fraud. Today it announced that its German operation Wirecard…

lecrab 25 June 2020

eSports

Guild Esports launches with David Beckham as co-owner

Guild Esports, a talent development company that counts David Beckham as a co-owner, has announced its global launch. Headquartered in London, UK, Guild Esports is looking to develop a talent pipeline…

lecrab 25 June 2020

eSports

Gucci enters esports with Fnatic-inspired watch

Italian luxury fashion brand Gucci has officially stepped into the world of esports through a collaboration with British organisation Fnatic. Gucci has unveiled a watch inspired by Fnatic’s League of…

lecrab 25 June 2020

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Connect Ventures outs $80M third fund to back ‘product-led’ seed-stage founders

Connect Ventures, the London-based seed-stage VC that was an early investor in Citymapper and Typeform — and more recently backed scaling startups such as Curve and TrueLayer — is announcing…

lecrab 25 June 2020