Not All Revenue Is Good Revenue. Here’s How Firing Bad Customers Can Save Your Startup.
Learn about the hidden costs of keeping the wrong customers around.
The Download: introducing the Creativity issue
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. Introducing: the Creativity issue The university computer lab may seem like an unlikely center for creativity. We tend to think of creativity as happening more in the artist’s studio or writers’ workshop. But…
April 2025
Meta Is Testing AI That Can Catch Teenagers Trying to Get Around Age Rules on Instagram
Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger offer the Teen Accounts feature, which provides restrictions around messaging and sensitive content.
7 Silent Mistakes Fast-Growing Startups Make Before Running Out of Money
Strong revenue can hide dangerous financial cracks. Here’s why even fast-growing startups run out of money-and how founders can prevent it before it’s too late
Tariff turmoil may have killed the tech M&A market’s comeback
The tech market doesn’t need to be soaring up and to the right to foster healthy M&A activity. Deals can get done even in down markets. But can M&A thrive in an uncertain market? That’s a harder question. The venture market soured in 2022 as fundraising and exits largely dried up. Since then, venture investors […]
PHNX Materials found a way to decarbonize concrete using dirty coal waste
PHNX Materials has devised a way to strip fly ash of sulfur and aluminum, impurities that concrete companies would rather avoid.
A16z acqui-hires VC tech podcaster Erik Torenberg, who joins as new partner
Andreessen Horowitz’s hiring spree continues. On Monday, Erik Torenberg announced that the giant VC firm had acquired his Turpentine podcast, with him joining as a general partner. Torenberg’s podcast focuses mostly on interviewing VCs at a variety of firms about their approach to investing. Recent guests include Accel’s Andrew Braccia, Seven Seven Six’s Alexis Ohanian, […]
Most Leaders Make This Major Mistake in the Workplace — and It’s Destroying Their Teams
When employees feel seen and heard, innovation flourishes, engagement soars, and profits follow.
‘There’s Panic and Confusion’: One of the World’s Biggest Shipping Companies Is Suspending Service on Select Packages to U.S. Consumers
The order goes into effect on Monday, April 21.
Bluesky launches blue check verification
Bluesky announced on Monday that it is rolling out blue check verification, confirming previous rumors that this feature was on its way to the platform. Like Twitter’s original blue check (RIP), Bluesky’s blue check will verify that notable accounts are legitimate, making it easy for users to trust that an account’s posts are real. In […]
Reddit briefly down for users worldwide
Popular social network and forum site Reddit reported significant outages on Monday morning. The connection errors started at around 11:20 a.m. ET, according to the website Downdetector, which collects anecdotal reports from impacted users globally. At its peak, more than 90,000 users logged an outage report with the downtime tracking website. At 11:52 a.m. ET, […]