Philippines startup Shoppable Business smooths bumps in the business procurement process

Shoppable Business Chris Blanquera, Sam Blanquera and Carlo Silva

Shoppable Business Chris Blanquera, Sam Blanquera and Carlo Silva Shoppable Business wants to make it easier for businesses in the Philippines to source and procure branded products and other inventory, with an emphasis on making sure products are authentic. The B2B e-commerce marketplace announced it has closed what it says was an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round of $1.15 million. The …

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Comedian Jocelyn Chia Worried About Arrest After Malaysia Airlines Joke

Comedian Jocelyn Chia Worried About Arrest After Malaysia Airlines Joke

Play video content TMZ.com A comedian’s relatively mild joke about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight has landed her in hot water — so much so, in fact, she’s now worried about being apprehended internationally. Jocelyn Chiawho has both Singaporean and American citizenship, is in the crosshairs of the Malaysian government right now … this following a joke she cracked at …

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Inside ‘devil woman’ Kelly Cochran’s plot to kill lover, husband

Gruesome murder featured in new Kelly Cochran docuseries

Approximately nine years after a divorced father went missing in Michigan’s Upper Peninsulainvestigators are detailing the steps they took to nab the suspect, known as the “devil woman of Michigan,” in his brutal murder. Christopher Regan’s 2014 disappearance took Iron River detectives down a rabbit hole that eventually led to the discovery of two murders carried out by a “bored” …

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Bitcoin Centric-AI “Spirit Of Satoshi” Unveiled

Bitcoin Payments App Bottlepay To Shutdown Services

The Spirit of Satoshi, the world’s first Bitcoin-centric AI, has been announced, promising to revolutionize the understanding and accessibility of Bitcoin knowledge. According to a press release shared with Bitcoin Magazine, “It’s a Large Language Model being built from first principles, oriented on the core values of Bitcoin, trained on the best bitcoin data in the world, and fine-tuned by …

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Realtor may have accepted $3M offer for Washington DC property linked to Sam Bankman-Fried

Realtor may have accepted $3M offer for Washington DC property linked to Sam Bankman-Fried

An unidentified buyer or buyers could soon own a property previously linked to defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. According to an updated posting on Realtor.com, the D.C. property was listed as “contingent”, suggesting that the party handling the deal has accepted an offer but the transaction was not yet …

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Reddit hackers demand $4.5 million ransom and API pricing changes

Apollo for Reddit is shutting down

A ransomware group is claiming responsibility for a hack on Reddit’s systems earlier this year — and demanding not just money but policy changes. BlackCat, a ransomware group, says it was behind the February phishing attack on Reddit, as previously reported by Bleeping Computer. In a post shared by researcher Dominic Alvieri, BlackCat claims to have stolen 80GB of data …

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Reddit communities adopt alternative forms of protest as the company threats action on moderators

Reddit communities adopt alternative forms of protest as the company threats action on moderators

Multiple subreddits are adopting alternative methods of protesting like publishing only one kind of post, changing the topic in focus, and days when the community turns private. A lot of these communities took part in the Reddit blackout from June 12-14 to rally against Reddit’s API rule changeswhich could effectively kill a lot of third-party apps. As the company — …

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Jay-Z & Beyoncé’s Household Items Go Up For Sale On eBay

Jay-Z & Beyoncé's Household Items Go Up For Sale On eBay

If you’ve ever wanted to use the same bidet Jay-Z and Beyoncé perhaps did, look no further … because unique items from one of their swanky former homes have made their way to eBay. Eric from “Eric’s Architectural Salvage LA” tells TMZ … he has some sweet items up on the site, all from a pad they rented — in …

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