Content Without Strategy Is Boring Noise — Here’s Why Clear Messaging Is Your Startup’s Most Overlooked Growth Lever
Without a clear content strategy, even the best ideas will fail.
How the “censorship-industrial complex” is changing the Internet and US policy
I first heard the term “censorship-industrial complex” on April 15, 2025. That’s when I got the tip that a small office in the U.S. State Department, which focused on monitoring and countering foreign disinformation from the likes of Russia, Iran, and China, was facing imminent shutdown—the next day. And the reason? R/FIMI, as the office…
Hackers steal and destroy millions from Iran’s largest crypto exchange
It’s the latest cyberattack on Iran claimed by a pro-Israeli hacking group since the latest flare up in tensions between the two countries.
Don’t Wait For Customers to Find You — Here’s How to Go to Them Instead
In today’s hyper-connected world, passive customer engagement is no longer enough — businesses must proactively deliver timely, relevant value within customers’ existing digital journeys to truly stand out.
Puzzle Corner
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Grifin secures $11M to make investing less intimidating for its female user base
Investment app Grifin secured a $11 million Series A funding round.
The Download: tackling tech-facilitated abuse, and opening up AI hardware
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. Why it’s so hard to stop tech-facilitated abuse After Gioia had her first child with her then husband, he installed baby monitors throughout their home—to “watch what we were doing,” she says, while…
Selling as a Founder Is Brutal — It Was Also the Reason We Reached $400M in Revenue
Selling is one of the hardest parts of building a startup, but arguably the most important. This piece shares hard-won, tactical lessons from my early days, offering a blueprint for founders navigating the messy reality of doing sales with no team, no leads and no playbook.
Trump set to delay TikTok ban with yet another extension
U.S. President Donald Trump will issue another extension to decide the fate of TikTok, pushing it by 90 days, the White House said on Tuesday.
The quest to defend against tech in intimate partner violence
After Gioia had her first child with her then husband, he installed baby monitors throughout their Massachusetts home—to “watch what we were doing,” she says, while he went to work. She’d turn them off; he’d get angry. By the time their third child turned seven, Gioia and her husband had divorced, but he still found…