App-based lender emerges as biggest winner in new figures, with Virgin Money also making sizeable gainsStarling Bank is proving to be one of the big winners in the battle for current account customers, it emerged this week.And the app-based bank could …
Report: Blizzard Once Slapped With ‘Misogyny Tax’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Kotaku: A cybersecurity company whose security researcher had once been harassed by Blizzard employees at a hacking conference charged the game developer a 50 percent “misogyny tax” when it sought a quote for se…
Last day to snag early bird passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2021
Don’t miss your chance to experience TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 — the startup world’s must-attend event of the season — for less than $100. Why not get the best ROI of your time while simultaneously learning about the latest industry trends and mining for opportunities that can take your startup to new levels of success? Disrupt […]
YouTuber Won $10,000 Bet With a Physicist Over Wind-Powered Vehicle
Derek Muller, creator of the science-themed YouTube channel Veritasium, won a $10,000 bet with UCLA physics professor Alexander Kusenko, who claimed that Muller’s wind-driven land yacht couldn’t travel faster than the wind without any additional power …
PayPal’s new ‘superapp,’ to include messaging, is ready to launch
CEO Dan Schulman revealed the superapp would include high-yield savings, early access to direct deposit funds and messaging functionality outside of peer-to-peer payments.
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電子決済サービス「PayPay」の決済終了時に発せられる音を利用して、店頭で商品をだまし取るという詐欺が行われたという。昨年8月、玉県三郷市内のディスカウントショップで実際には代金を支払っていないにも関わらず、音だけでPayPayで支払ったように見せかけて商品8200円相当をだまし取ったとされている。店側が決済終了の画面を確認しなかったことから発生した出来事だが、犯行を行った容疑者が店を訪れるたびに売り上げが合わなくなったことから発覚したとしている（TBS NEWS）。
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How to prepare for M&A, your most likely exit avenue
Despite the headlines about billion-dollar M&A transactions, record IPOs and the rapid growth of SPACs, small deals will continue to be the most likely exit for the vast majority of tech startups.