Reduce Your Business’s Spending by Investing in Microsoft Office Licenses Instead
There’s no need to pay a recurring Microsoft 365 fee every month (or year) for access to Word, Excel, and more.
Stripe’s former growth lead helps African diaspora invest in startups, real estate
When Joe Kinvi joined Touchtech Payments in 2017 as head of finance, the Irish startup couldn’t afford his full salary. So he negotiated for stock to make up the difference. Eighteen months later, Stripe acquired the company, and that equity converted into Stripe shares, enough to let Kinvi leave his job, bootstrap a side project, […]
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Google fixes Chrome zero-day security flaw used in hacking campaign targeting journalists
Kaspersky attributed the hacks to an espionage campaign targeting journalists and employees at educational institutions.
Cloud veterans launch ConfigHub to fix ‘configuration hell’
A trio of cloud industry leaders have launched a new company with the mission of modernizing software configuration data management. Emerging from stealth today with $4 million in funding, ConfigHub is the handiwork of CEO Alexis Richardson, founder of cloud-native container management platform Weaveworks; CTO Brian Grant, former Google software engineer and original lead architect […]
AI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $15M after a quick start in school
It’s virtually impossible today to determine when a student’s writing has been composed using ChatGPT or another GenAI tool, and it can be a nightmare to disprove incorrect accusations. An AI edtech startup called Brisk has built a tool that could at least help teachers identify some of the telltale signs, and it’s now announcing […]
The AI Hype Index: DeepSeek mania, Israel’s spying tool, and cheating at chess
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. While AI models are certainly capable of creating interesting and sometimes entertaining material, their output isn’t necessarily useful. Google DeepMind is hoping that…
What Building an App Taught Me About Parenting — and What Parenting Taught Me About Startup Success
I never thought parenting and startups had much in common until I found myself navigating both at the same time
Microsoft adds AI-powered deep research tools to Copilot
Microsoft is introducing a “deep research” AI-powered tool in Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI chatbot app. There’s been a raft of deep research agents launched recently across chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok. Powering them are so-called reasoning AI models, which posses the ability to think through problems and fact-check themselves — […]
We read the email Jack Dorsey sent when he cut 931 of Block’s staff
Block just laid off 931 employees. Read the email from its co-founder Jack Dorsey for more details on why.
Read the email Jack Dorsey sent when he cut 931 of Block’s staff
Block just laid off 931 employees. Read the email from its co-founder Jack Dorsey for more details on why.
More Than a Quarter of Your Email List May Be Bad – Here Are 5 Ways to Clean It
At least 28% of your email list could have gone bad over the past year. Do these simple things to clean it up and stop sending emails into a void.