Why Smart Entrepreneurs Choose Refurb Flagships Over Full-Price Tech
You can get a refurbed and unlocked Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max for less than $800.
The Download: Taiwan’s silicon shield, and ChatGPT’s personality misstep
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. Taiwan’s “silicon shield” could be weakening Taiwanese politics increasingly revolves around one crucial question: Will China invade? China’s ruling party has wanted to seize Taiwan for more than half a century. But in…
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‘We Don’t Forget Where We Come From’: Real Estate Mogul Don Peebles Reveals His Best Entrepreneurial Lessons With 2-Time NBA All-Star Andre Drummond
The famed real estate developer explains how he got his start, and Drummond shares what he wants his future to look like beyond basketball.
Australian court finds Apple, Google abused app store market power
Epic Games has just secured a win in its crusade against Apple and Google’s app store policies: The Federal Court of Australia on Tuesday ruled that Apple and Google’s engaged in anti-competitive conduct when it came to their respective app stores, ABC News reported.
How a once-tiny research lab helped Nvidia become a $4 trillion-dollar company
Nvidia’s research lab developed the technology that took the company from a video game GPU startup to a $4 trillion-dollar company.
The Download: meet the judges using AI, and GPT-5’s health promises
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. Meet the early-adopter judges using AI The propensity for AI systems to make mistakes that humans miss has been on full display in the US legal system as of late. The follies began…
3 Traits You Need to Succeed as a Franchisor, According to Top Franchise Leaders
Have what it takes to lead and own a franchise? We asked top franchisors what they’re doing to stay on top — and the traits they say helped them succeed.
This ‘Lumberjack Strategy’ Helps Me Find New Clients Quickly — and With Way Less Effort
I used this strategy to get clients easily and skip networking events for good. You can too.
What you may have missed about GPT-5
Before OpenAI released GPT-5 last Thursday, CEO Sam Altman said its capabilities made him feel “useless relative to the AI.” He said working on it carries a weight he imagines the developers of the atom bomb must have felt. As tech giants converge on models that do more or less the same thing, OpenAI’s new…
TDK backs Ultraviolette with $21M to take India-made electric motorcycles global
Ultraviolette aims to expand its electric motorcycles to 40 European countries, as well as Latin America and Southeast Asia.
Pronto’s 10-minute house help pitch sparked a 3.6x valuation jump in just 90 days
Pronto has raised $11 million in an all-equity Series A round co-led by General Catalyst and Glade Brook Capital at a post-money valuation of $45 million.