Ask Sophie: What are your top immigration tips from TechCrunch Disrupt 2023?
I wasn’t able to make it to TechCrunch Disrupt this year. What were your main immigration takeaways for founders and startups?
AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, I headed 30 miles south of San Francisco to a hotel in Mountain View, California, to join some of the most accomplished, and some of the most promising, AI…
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Mixin hacked for $200M, Worldcoin eyes greater expansion and Haun Ventures’ execs talk crypto regulation
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. We’re gearing up for the highly anticipated Sam Bankman-Fried trial. As for other news, it’s been an interesting and somewhat slower week for the crypto community.
3 Truths About Unlimited PTO — Why Employees Are Worse Off With Endless Vacation Days
Three truths that might make you reconsider the appeal of unlimited PTO.
Stop Saying ‘I’m Bad at Remembering Names.’ Use These Simple Tips to Break the Bad Habit Once and For All.
Many of us have experienced what it’s like to learn someone’s name and forget it just minutes later. Here’s how to finally remember names.
The Justice Department Is Suing eBay, Alleging Unlawful Sales of Over 371,000 Products
The lawsuit alleges that eBay violated several environmental laws.
Medium hints at a nascent media coalition to block AI crawlers
Web publishing platform Medium has announced that it will block OpenAI’s GPTBot, an agent that scrapes web pages for content used to train the company’s AI models. But the real news may be that a group of platforms may soon form a unified front against what many consider an exploitation of their content. Medium joins […]
Worldcoin doubles down on emerging markets amid wider criticism
Naysayers reacted to the hype around Worldcoin with almost the same level of intensity as its backers, but the company is still moving forward with its big plans.
Pilot is a social travel hub that uses AI to help you plan, book and share trips
Pilot, a Vancouver-based startup, wants to become “the hub of global travel experience” and connect people via travel.
The 5 Key Characteristics and Qualities of a Good Leader
The creation of high-performance teams has become a paramount objective for numerous top-tier companies.
From Zero to Viral — 4 Marketing Campaigns That Shook the Web in 30 Days
In the digital whirlwind, only a few campaigns rise above. Here are four campaigns that define viral success.