Welcome to the post-hype crypto market Crypto is creeping back into the startup conversation, but at ETHDenver last week, the buzz was as much about Washington as it was about tokens. Policy shifts are rippling through the market as Tether and stablecoins face scrutiny, players like Stripe re-enter the conversation, and startups either find traction...

AI startups are eating the venture industry and the returns, so far, are good Well, the data is out. AI startups accounted for 41% of the $128 billion in venture dollars raised by companies on Carta last year — a record-high annual share. In a sense, though, we knew that. Investors last year were voracious in deploying capital to AI startups, to the point that 10% of startups accounted for...

The Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Market is experiencing significant transformation driven by continuous advancements in IC packaging technology, flip-chip package designs, wafer-level packaging, microelectronics packaging, and 3D IC package solutions. These innovations are enabling semiconductor manufacturers to meet the rising demand for compact, high-performance, and energy-efficient...

Space Mirror: The FCC Just Approved a Sun-Reflecting Satellite, and Astronomers Are Unimpressed For now, a single satellite has been cleared for a test demonstration, but the company making it hopes to eventually launch 50,000 of them into orbit. Joe is a freelance journalist. It all started with a long-running affection for building his own PCs, which he did for the first time...

Black bear caught in Japan after days of sightings24 minutes agoKurumi MoriTokyo correspondent'Extremely intelligent' bear on the run in Japan after injuring four peopleJapanese authorities have sedated and captured a black bear, days after it was spotted roaming around a city near Tokyo.A veterinarian fired a tranquiliser gun at the bear in Utsunomiya, home to half a million people, but missed...