Month: February 2020
Facebook’s Libra Association adds crypto prime broker Tagomi
$28 million-funded crypto startup Tagomi will be the newest member of the Libra Association that governs the Facebook-backed Libra stablecoin, TechCrunch has learned. A formal announcement of Tagomi joining was slated for Friday or next week. Tagomi offers a platform that helps large traders and funds easily access cryptocurrency markets.…
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Daily Crunch: Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down
Yesterday was a big day for executive moves, with Bob Iger stepping down as Disney CEO and Keith Block stepping down as Salesforce co-CEO. Meanwhile, Facebook has acquired another VR game studio and the owner of The Players’ Tribune has raised more funding. Here’s your Daily Crunch for February 26,…
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Andreessen makes Ribbon Health the first investment from its $750 million new healthcare fund
One of the biggest roadblocks to reducing costs in the American healthcare system is the system’s inherent lack of transparency. Most healthcare networks and hospital systems can’t even accurately account for the doctors they manage and which insurance plans those doctors accept — let alone how good those doctors actually…
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Apple may block VPNs from Chinese app store
Apple’s shareholders are preparing to vote on a proposal critical of the company’s previous decision to remove VPN apps from the App Store at the request of the Chinese government. The proposal is just one of six that will face a vote at the company’s annual shareholder meeting at its…
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FCC filings reveal new Bang & Olufsen noise-canceling headphones might be on the way
Recent Federal Communications Commission filings reveal that new over-ear true wireless headphones from Bang & Olufsen’s B&O Play might be on the way. The filings are for a model called the Beoplay H95, so perhaps they will be an update to the Beoplay H9 line of over-ear noise-canceling headphones. The…
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Music revenue saw big growth last year, thanks to a jump in paid streaming subscribers
The annual year end report from the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) has been released, revealing that paid subscriptions to on-demand streaming services jumped a whopping 25 percent over the past year. That’s especially noteworthy considering the report also says that streaming consumption increased incrementally in comparison, from 75…
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