Pitch Deck Teardown: SquadTrip’s $1.5M pre-seed deck
For our 60th pitch deck teardown, we’re taking a closer look at a $1.5 million pre-seed round and the deck that helped raise it.
Puzzle Corner
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August 2023
India delays laptop import restrictions order
India is delaying the implementation of its import limitations on laptops, tablets, and servers, a day after the unexpected regulation left electronic industry giants in a state of disruption and uncertainty. New Delhi will provide a “transition period” before implementing the amended import policy, India’s Deputy IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said Friday. The government will […]
Health data of 1.7 million Oregon residents accessed by MOVEit hackers
Hackers behind the mass-exploitation of a vulnerability in the popular corporate file transfer tool MOVEit Transfer have accessed the protected health information of 1.7 million Oregon citizens. Performance Health Technology (PH Tech), a company that provides data management services to U.S. healthcare insurers, confirmed in a notice this week that it was impacted by the […]
Microsoft kills Cortana in Windows as it focuses on next-gen AI
Microsoft is shutting down its digital assistant app Cortana this month, having now put more of its focus on modern-day AI advances, like its ChatGPT-like Bing Chat and other AI-powered productivity features across Windows and its web browser Edge. A support page confirms the end of Cortana as a standalone app in Windows, starting in […]
5 Ways Start-Ups Can Create the Office of the Future
Start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike have taken commendable steps to determine the office protocol that works best for their businesses, whether fully remote or implementing one day to five days onsite. As start-ups reimagine the definition of the office, here are five actions they can take to reinvent their environments.
Score This Multi-Tasking Charging Cable for as Low as $22 and Power up Efficiently
The 6-in-1 charging cable offers ultra-fast speed and durability.
4 Oil Stocks to Add to Your Portfolio in August
Industry experts predict a rising trend in oil prices because of robust oil demand and supply limitations. Given that the potential price tailwinds could bolster the energy industry in the…
3 Travel Stocks With Surprising Growth and Momentum
The travel sector is poised for continued growth this year and beyond, driven by sustained demand for leisure travel, favorable government initiatives, and rapid integration of emerging technologies. Hence, robust…
Salesforce Einstein Studio lets you bring your own model, starting with Amazon SageMaker
Salesforce introduced its AI layer, dubbed Einstein, in 2016. More recently, at the Salesforce World Tour event in NYC in May, all the company talked about was generative AI and Data Cloud, its in-house data lake. Today, it announced the next step in that journey with the release of Einstein Studio and the ability to […]
Stomp brings a fully-functional Mastodon app to your Apple Watch
Another former Twitter app developer has turned their attention to Mastodon in the wake of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover which put an end to third-party clients. Launching today, a new app from the developer of the Twitter app Chirp is bringing Mastodon’s social network to your Apple Watch. Stomp, as the new app is called, […]