Month: March 2021
Hear how Poshmark went from Series A to the public markets with Manish Chandra and Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha
Poshmark has come a long way over the last decade. Launched in 2011, the social fashion marketplace has raised upwards of $150 million, and has now listed on the public markets. It’s valued at $3.5 billion. But well before all the success, Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha saw the potential, leading the…
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Crypto wallet and exchange company Blockchain.com raises $300 million at $5.2 billion valuation
As Coinbase is about to go public in the U.S., another cryptocurrency company is having a blockbuster first quarter of 2021. Blockchain.com, the company behind a popular cryptocurrency wallet, an exchange, a block explorer and more, has raised a $300 million Series C round. If you’ve been paying attention, you…
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Acer Predator Triton 300 SE review: more prey than Predator
Acer’s Predator Triton 300 SE is chasing after the hype that Asus built with last year’s excellent Zephyrus G14. It’s similar in a few key ways: it’s a sophisticated-looking gaming laptop bordering on ultrabook territory in terms of its sleek and relatively thin design. It has a 14-inch 1080p display…
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Google, Microsoft want to fix browser compatibility for good developers
A new cross-company effort is working towards improving the compatibility across different web browsers. The Compat2021 campiagn is headed by Google and Microsoft together with Spanish open source development company Igalia, who will work with the “broader web community” and pool resources to improve the five critical areas the group…
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Supreme’s next drop could be its flashiest yet
Supreme, the streetwear brand notorious for slapping its name on everything from feature phones to a literal brick, is turning its attention to film photography. Tomorrow’s drop includes a reusable Yashica MF-1 35mm film camera, available in either black or red and subtly adorned with a Supreme logo. It’s made…
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AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution won’t require machine learning, unlike Nvidia DLSS Radeon RX 6700 XT
We recently confirmed that FidelityFX Super Resolution, AMD’s answer to Nvidia’s DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), will finally be coming to RDNA 2-powered graphics cards at some point in 2021. Despite rivaling Team Green’s AI-powered framerate booster, AMD’s VP of graphics, Scott Herkelman, informed PCWorld that FidelityFX won’t require any…
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