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Ranking and comparing the world’s top 20 startup hubs

Trends in the Living Networks

This is considerably better data than the first round, in particular in providing richer comparisons of the differences between the cities in how the startup scene is structured. Capital raised in SV is 32% higher across all stages of a startup’s development. It makes for interesting reading. Silicon Valley. Mobile is a major focus.

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Amazon Music will offer My Favorite Murder episodes a week early

The Verge

Two things stick out to me here: one is the week-long timeframe, particularly in comparison to Spotify, which signed deals with Call Her Daddy and Armchair Expert over the past year and immediately shuffled them behind the platform’s wall. Amazon wants to get more brands to advertise on its platform. Speaking of Amazon’s ad ambitions….

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Bait and Twitch

The Verge

It’s part of the site’s culture to play music in the background of streams, and no one really checks for the appropriate licenses. Even so, some clips with copyrighted music would still make it through Twitch’s filter because using music in streams without a license is endemic to the culture of streaming.

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Lynk & Co will make you rethink outdated ideas of car ownership

The Verge

or Citroën C1 that come slathered in external advertising. Signing up isn’t exactly frictionless though, as you have to upload a valid driver’s license and photo, enter payment details, and pass both credit and identity checks. At the moment, Lynk & Co only accepts category B drivers licenses from a list of 30 European countries.

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Gaming opportunities for investors in 2023: Generative AI, low-code, metaverse, and more

GeekWire

The gaming landscape for VC firms encompasses five separate areas: development, operations, access, content, and experience. A lot of money flowed into development of video game industry monetization in 2021. PitchBook, by comparison, estimates the overall market for gaming to be $447.3 Naturally, VC firms followed.

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

Many video games operate under a “live service” model where the developers constantly update a game to encourage players to return, creating a more convincing illusion of a living, breathing, ever-changing world. This method can look seamless to users, but it can be a lot of work for developers and not worth the payoff in all cases.

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

This episode looks at how fuzz testing has evolved over the years, how open source projects have for the most part gone untested over time, and how new efforts to match fuzzing to software development are today helping to discover dangerous new vulnerabilities before they become the next Shellshock. What’s a worm?