Time for tech’s report card
We’re embarking on another earnings cycle, which means we can study tech’s largest companies’ results to get some perspective on the state of the economy.
The Download: AI agents for science, and the “censorship-industrial complex”
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. AI for science needs reasoning, not just data —Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and the cofounder of Schmidt Sciences, and Suhas Mahesh, who leads the AI for science work…
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North Korean hackers targeting JumpCloud mistakenly exposed their IP addresses, researchers say
Security researchers say they have high confidence that North Korean hackers were behind a recent intrusion at enterprise software company JumpCloud because of a mistake the hackers made. Mandiant, which is assisting one of JumpCloud’s affected customers, attributed the breach to hackers working for North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau, or RGB, a hacking unit that […]
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg should cage fight over whose rebrand is worse
Elon Musk is the best thing that could have ever happened to Mark Zuckerberg. As Musk begins to change Twitter’s branding to X, Facebook’s rebrand to Meta doesn’t seem all that bad. Zuckerberg might be good at lifting weights these days, but he still needs to pull Meta out from a seriously rough few years. […]
7 Strategies for Entrepreneurs in Partner and Affiliate Marketing
Here are seven ways you need to keep in mind while working with marketing partners for your company.
What’s the Invisible Impact of AI? The Winners Aren’t Who You Think
AI technology will usher in a new era and allow businesses to solve problems in ways never thought possible.
AI Can Make Some Jobs More Difficult and Time-Consuming — Here’s How
The technology streamlines tasks for some workers — and makes them completely unmanageable for others.
As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon usage numbers are again soaring
As Twitter ditches its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk’s favorite letter “X,” its open source rival Mastodon is seeing usage numbers soar. According to a new post from Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko, the number of monthly active users for his Twitter alternative has been steadily climbing over the past couple […]
Impulse Space is flying high with new funding led by RTX Ventures
Impulse Space, the space logistics startup headed by founding SpaceX employee Tom Mueller, has closed a new tranche of funding to further develop its line of orbital transportation vehicles. The oversubscribed $45 million Series A was led by RTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), and included participation from existing investors […]
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Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Here’s the rundown from this morning! Stocks are mixed around the world: Chinese […]
When I Told People How Big This Franchise Could Grow, They Laughed. Now the Joke’s on Them.
Why building a successful enterprise in this sector starts with embracing a growth-focused mindset.