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Polychain puts its money on HotStreak to streamline sports betting using blockchain

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In the world of sports betting, instant payments and reliable custody are key to the user experience. HotStreak , a web3 platform for daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests, is wagering that the decentralized nature of the blockchain makes it an ideal solution for DFS platforms. It doubled in size in 2021 with over $52.7

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Event marketing is a ‘team sport,’ and Vendelux is coaching companies to find the best ROI

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Two former Shutterstock execs, Alex Reynolds and Stefan Deeran, were working together monetizing APIs and computer vision, and having attended some of those bad events, thought there could be a better way to make decisions on what events should be at the top of the list and which company team members should go to maximize return on investment. “We

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Computer vision transforms tennis coaching at Billie Jean King Cup

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With centuries of tradition behind it, tennis as a sport has been highly resistant to change. It’s fair to say that tennis has lived up to its roots as a traditional sport,” says Mat Pemble, executive director of IT for the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the sport’s governing body.

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Why you can’t ignore cloud security

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Over the past few years, enterprises across Australia have moved more and more of their systems and applications to the cloud, with the trend only gathering pace with people increasingly working outside the traditional network perimeter, often at home and other locations. It’s team sport for everyone in the company.”

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Leadership playbook: Michelle McKenna’s winning formula for CIOs

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On a recent episode of the Tech Whisperers podcast , we unpacked some of the unique moments from her career, the challenges and lessons learned, and why she believes CIOs need to focus on developing the human side of technology to accomplish big, bold things. 2: ‘Know Your Team.’ But my team had been through a lot of Hail Marys.

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

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While some Ukrainian start-ups have relocated, the vast majority have kept at least a part of their operations or team in Ukraine. As the war began, the company relocated the team of 70 to safer regions in western Ukraine and EU. Ajax Ajax Systems makes professional security systems in Europe. It has raised $14.7

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TechCrunch+ roundup: How VC really works, longevity investor survey, choosing your angel

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Essentially, VC is a high-stakes extreme sport in which top players can accumulate startling amounts of wealth and power. ” It should go without saying, but it’s a bad idea to pitch an investor if you don’t have a solid grasp of how they operate. “You could claim the system is broken. In 2019, it was 78.86

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