VC Office Hours: Unlocking LPs in a bear market
Gale Wilkinson just closed a $23.4 million fund after two years of raising. She shares her advice for unlocking LPs.
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The Download: AI companion dangers, and supersonic planes
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. An AI chatbot told a user how to kill himself—but the company doesn’t want to “censor” it For the past five months, Al Nowatzki has been talking to an AI girlfriend, “Erin,” on…
December 2023
Flipboard becomes a federated app with support for ActivityPub
Instagram Threads isn’t the only app joining the decentralized social web, which includes Twitter/X rival Mastodon and other apps, with its newly added support for the networking protocol ActivityPub. Today, the social magazine app Flipboard is announcing it has also now integrated with ActityPub. In its initial phase, select Flipboard accounts will be discoverable and […]
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U.S. lawmakers call for DoJ to investigate Apple for blocking Beeper’s iMessage app
Apple’s move to cut off Beeper, the app that brought iMessage to Android users, already caught the attention of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren who called out the tech giant for anticompetitive behavior. Now, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Apple’s “potential anticompetitive treatment of the Beeper […]
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A quick guide to ethical and responsible AI governance
As AI systems assume decision-making roles traditionally performed by humans, questions about bias, fairness, accountability, and potential societal impacts loom large.
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Developing climate solutions with green software
After years of committing to sustainable practices in his personal life from recycling to using cloth-based diapers, Asim Hussain, currently the director of green software and ecosystems at Intel, began to ask questions about the practices in his work: software development. Developers often asked if their software was secure enough, fast enough, or cost-effective enough…
Mr. Cooper hackers stole personal data on 14 million customers
Hackers stole the sensitive personal information of more than 14.6 million Mr. Cooper customers, the mortgage and loan giant has confirmed. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general’s office, Mr. Cooper said the hackers stole customer names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, as well as customer Social Security numbers and bank account numbers. Mr. […]
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Apple Watch Series 9 sales to be halted over patent dispute
Apple will be halting sales of its Series 9 smartwatch, TechCrunch has confirmed. The news, shared by 9to5Mac, follows an October ruling by the International Trade Commission (ITC), owing to a patent dispute with California-based med tech firm, Masimo. The dispute stems from the blood sensor monitor on the latest flagship smart Watch. The move […]
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She Took Her Fitness-Inspired Side Hustle From $2,000 a Month to Nearly $2 Million a Year — After Facing an Entrepreneur’s Worst Nightmare
Alexa Stimp, owner and founder of The Shoe Fairy, channeled her love of bodybuilding into a lucrative passion project, then full-time business.