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FreshToHome, which runs a fish, meat, and vegetable e-commerce platform in three Indian cities, raises $20M Series B, three months after an $11M Series A (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: FreshToHome, which runs a fish, meat, and vegetable e-commerce platform in three Indian cities, raises $20M Series B, three months after an $11M Series A  —  FreshToHome, a Bangalore-based e-commerce startup that sells fresh vegetable, fish, chicken and other kinds of meat … FreshToHome, which runs a fish, meat, and vegetable

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GlobalFoundries sues TSMC, looks to ban US imports for Apple and Nvidia chips

GlobalFoundries (GF) has filed patent lawsuits against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, alleging that TSMC’s processors infringe on GlobalFoundries’ patents held in the US and Germany, via Tom’s Hardware. As part of the lawsuit, GlobalFoundries is looking to block imports of processors it says rely on those patents

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Linux Fu: It’s a Trap!

It is easy to think that a Linux shell like Bash is just a way to enter commands at a terminal. But, in fact, it is also a powerful programming language as we’ve seen from projects ranging from web servers to simple utilities to make dangerous commands safer. Like most programming languages, though, there are

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Use Your Gift Cards ASAP

The next time you receive a gift card, don’t save it for a special occasion—and don’t toss it in a drawer and forget about it. Use your card as soon as possible, because otherwise you’re providing the company with an interest-free loan. Read more… Use Your Gift Cards ASAP Source: Life Hacker

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The Disney+ interface feels empty but elegant compared to Netflix

Photo: Walt Disney Company Browsing through a demo of Disney’s upcoming streaming service, Disney+, the most striking thing about it is the stark contrast with its biggest competitor: Netflix. Where Netflix is overflowing with content trying to catch subscribers’ attention, Disney+ feels comparatively barren. Like Apple TV’s library of apps, Disney’s service is almost surgically

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Parallax Update Hack Chat

{$inline_image} Join us on Wednesday, August 28th at noon Pacific for the Parallax Update Hack Chat with Chip and Ken Gracey! For a lot of us, our first exposure to the world of microcontrollers was through the offerings of Parallax, Inc. Perhaps you were interested in doing something small and light, and hoping to leverage your

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Macron says France and the US reached a deal that will end the standoff over a French tax on large internet companies that was passed earlier this year (Reuters)

Reuters: Macron says France and the US reached a deal that will end the standoff over a French tax on large internet companies that was passed earlier this year  —  BIARITTZ, France (Reuters) – France and the United States have reached a deal to end a standoff over a French tax on big internet companies

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GlobalFoundries sues TSMC in the US and Germany, alleges infringement of 16 patents and seeks processor import bans that could affect Nvidia and Apple (Nathaniel Mott/Tom's Hardware)

Nathaniel Mott / Tom’s Hardware: GlobalFoundries sues TSMC in the US and Germany, alleges infringement of 16 patents and seeks processor import bans that could affect Nvidia and Apple  —  GlobalFoundries (GF) today announced that it filed lawsuits against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) … GlobalFoundries sues TSMC in the US and Germany, alleges infringement

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Earn money on your unused cryptocurrency with Binance? It’s probably more hassle than it’s worth

Digital asset exchange Binance is launching a cryptocurrency lending platform later this month. In a blog post published earlier today, the exchange announced what it’s calling “Binance Lending.” A platform which Binance CEO, Chanpeng Zhao, touted would let users “earn crypto in their sleep.” Binance is positioning the platform as a “value-add” service for exchange

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Binance launches a crypto lending business, allowing holders of its BNB token, Ethereum Classic, and USDT stablecoin to lend their assets and earn interest (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Binance launches a crypto lending business, allowing holders of its BNB token, Ethereum Classic, and USDT stablecoin to lend their assets and earn interest  —  The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has ventured into lending space, according to an announcement Monday. Binance launches a crypto lending business, allowing holders of

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