July 25, 2025

The Download: saving the US climate programs, and America’s AI protections are under threat

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. How nonprofits and academia are stepping up to salvage US climate programs Nonprofits are trying to preserve a US effort to modernize greenhouse-gas measurements, amid growing fears that the Trump administration’s dismantling of…

Seed to Series A: Strategic insights for tech founders in the 2024 venture landscape

December 21, 2023

Mike Cardamone Contributor Mike Cardamone is CEO and managing partner at Forum Ventures, where he focuses on developing Forum’s investment strategy with the mission to make the B2B SaaS journey easier, more accessible, and successful for early-stage founders. There is no question that 2023 was a tough year for the venture and tech ecosystem. Carta […]

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Massachusetts lawmakers mull ‘killer robot’ bill

December 21, 2023

Back in mid-September, a pair of Massachusetts lawmakers introduced a bill “to ensure the responsible use of advanced robotic technologies.” What that means in the simplest and most direct terms is legislation that would bar the manufacture, sale and use of weaponized robots. It’s an interesting proposal for a number of reasons. The first is […]

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Y Combinator-backed Intrinsic is building infrastructure for trust and safety teams

December 21, 2023

A few years ago, Karine Mellata and Michael Lin met while working at Apple’s fraud engineering and algorithmic risk team. Both engineers, Mellata and Lin were involved with helping to address online abuse problems including spam, botting, account security and developer fraud for Apple’s growing customer base. Despite their efforts to develop new models to […]

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