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YC and a16z back virtual reality basketball app Gym Class

TechCrunch

Gym Class is what they call a VR pure-play — the experience relies on the hardware, and the mechanics only make sense in VR. Gym Class is tightly focused on basketball for the time being, the company says, and doesn’t have any near-term plans to build out a wider offering of sports experiences.

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Silicon Valley Bank implodes, Apple launches a new music service, and ChatGPT goes enterprise

TechCrunch

Excitingly, it’ll feature new stages with industry-specific programming tracks across climate, mobility, fintech, AI and machine learning, enterprise, privacy and security, and hardware and robotics. with advertisers and social media giants like Facebook, Google and TikTok. Don’t miss it. Now on to WiR.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

Blocksport Blocksport builds Web3-ready platform solutions for the professional sports and entertainment industry to enable tokenization use cases for their fan community. Numo provides a social to-do list that people with ADHD use to complete daily tasks. It includes a smart hardware device and a mobile application.”

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Tough tumbler: Lock-picking vs. the pandemic shutdown

The Parallax

The art of lock-picking, many of them will tell you, is hacker philosophy made real, but the longtime hacker sport has faced an uncertain future since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the world’s social gatherings. Tweak them in the right order, and the lock opens.

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Tough tumbler: Lock-picking vs. the pandemic shutdown

The Parallax

The art of lock-picking, many of them will tell you, is hacker philosophy made real, but the longtime hacker sport has faced an uncertain future since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the world’s social gatherings. Tweak them in the right order, and the lock opens.

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Daily Crunch: Beating ‘other takeover bidders,’ Bosch acquires autonomous driving startup Five.ai

TechCrunch

Some super fun hardware stories today – Brian explored how PitchCom is changing the fabric of baseball , a sport that’s been stuck in the time before technology in many ways. Sheesh-o : India’s startup darling, the social commerce platform Meesho, which recently raised at a $4.9 Startups and VC.

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#ClouderaLife Spotlight: Elias Avila, Sr. Staff Proactive Support Engineer

Cloudera

“I played football during the season, and then track and field and wrestling during the off season to always be involved in organized sports,” Elias said. . Elias credits school sports as one of his keys to escaping the cycle of poverty he saw around him.