After years of copying and pasting shopping links into spreadsheets and taking screenshots of products to share with her friends and family, Kristine Locker finally decided to launch a social shopping platform (which she named after herself) that could take her endless tabs and organize them into a shareable, virtual wish list all in one […]
Virtual Male Idol Under Fire Over Past Mixtape
In a unique controversy, a member of the virtual idol boy group PLAVE faced backlash over his past mixtape. PLAVE | Wikitree PLAVE, much like the popular girl group MAVE, is a virtual K-Pop group consisting of real singers who are represented by virtual avatars in music videos and even “live” performances. A few months […]
Drone couriers and virtual faces among Alchemist Accelerator’s demo day highlights
Today is demo day at Alchemist Accelerator, which focuses on very early stage startups from technical founders. 15 companies are presenting in this batch, but here are four we thought worth a closer look. Alchemist also scored an additional $ 2 million from Mayfield to keep investing like this, so they must be doing something […]
K-Netizens React To Virtual Idol Group Receiving Actual In-Ear Monitors As Gift From Fans
Recently, an online community board gained much attention for the virtual K-Pop idol group PLAVE, receiving an unexpected gift from fans. Photos of the members wearing in-ear monitors were posted online, revealing that fans had sent them actual ones as a gift to the members! Yejun 커스텀 인이어 pic.twitter.com/BVCwMUix9a — 픽셀예준_vid (@PixelYejun) January 11, 2024 […]
Dubai’s New Virtual Asset Regulator Licenses Crypto Exchanges Binance, FTX
Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority has licensed two cryptocurrency exchanges: Binance and FTX. The regulator was formed last week when Dubai approved its first law to regulate crypto assets. Dubai Licenses Binance and FTX Cryptocurrency exchanges FTX and Binance have been licensed by Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA). The regulator was established last week […]