May 9, 2024

Infighting among fintech players has caused TabaPay to ‘pull out’ from buying bankrupt Synapse | TechCrunch

TabaPay has abandoned its plans to purchase the assets of troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse, TabaPay confirmed to TechCrunch today. Synapse says the problem is banking partner Evolve Bank & Trust. And Evolve says it is not involved, and not to blame. Meanwhile, another player in the saga, Mercury, says Synapse’s allegations have “no merit.” Synapse’s counsel declared in bankruptcy court on Thursday that the deal would not be moving forward, Fintech Business Weekly’s Jason Mikula

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Software

Artisanal Power: How to Avert a Threatened Mass Casualty Event | HackerNoon

Too Long; Didn’t Read Decentralized recognThe Bulletin of Atomic Scientists uses a “Doomsday Clock” as a trope. It’s a powerful meme that needs to be stretched beyond nuclear war. That said, we were, and are just “five minutes away” from a mass casualties event due to an obsolete power system event. Which, thanks to nerds, can readily and affordably be fixed. The affordable, reliable, proven path to energy safety and security? Artisanal power generation, distribution, and management.figurable

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Google built some of the first social apps for Android, including Twitter and others | TechCrunch

Here’s a tidbit of startup history that may not be widely known outside of the tech firms themselves: The first versions of popular Android apps, like Twitter, were built by Google itself. That revelation came about via a new podcast with Twitter’s former senior director of product management, Sara Beykpour, now the co-founder of the AI news startup Particle. In a podcast hosted by Lightspeed partner Michael Mignano, Beykpour reminisces about her role in Twitter’s

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