Elon Musk Expresses Concern Over X’s Future, Says It ‘May Fail’ Amid Turbulent Year
In late May, Fidelity estimated X’s valuation at $15 billion, nearly a third of the $44 billion Musk paid for the platform in October 2022.
The Download: the rise of luxury car theft, and fighting antimicrobial resistance
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. The curious case of the disappearing Lamborghinis Across the world, unsuspecting people are unwittingly becoming caught up in a new and growing type of organized criminal enterprise: vehicle transport fraud and theft. Crooks…
Forget the Six-Figure UPS Gig. You Can Make $180,000 at In-N-Out, Writes Burger Heiress Lynsi Snyder in Her New Book.
In-N-Out Burger, which has nearly 400 locations in the U.S., has remained a privately run family business since the Snyder family founded the company in 1948.
VC Office Hours: Why the sex tech industry could benefit from today’s politics
Vice clauses often exclude the sex tech industry from most VCs’ investment areas, but the fervor around reproductive rights could drive the conversation forward for this industry.
Developers are now using AI for text-to-music apps
With the rise in popularity of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI tools like ChatGPT Developers have found use cases to mold text in different ways for use cases ranging from writing emails to summarizing articles. Now, they are looking to help you generate bits of music by just typing some words. Brett Bauman, […]
How to Design a Winning Call-to-Action (CTA) Strategy
CTAs are digital signposts that navigate users towards specific actions, from buying to subscribing. In the rapidly changing online world, understanding and leveraging the potency of CTAs is essential for successful conversion.
8 Ways to Harness the Power of Fear for Personal Success
Don’t let your fears become a stumbling block. Turn them into a means to success.
A California Small Business Owner Was Fatally Shot Outside Shop Over a Pride Flag: ‘This Senseless Act of Hate and Violence Is Unthinkable.’
Laura Ann Carleton, a mother of nine, was shot outside of her store, Mag.Pi.
Everyone’s talking about tech IPOs again
After going on about tech IPOs and the ongoing drought for so long, I would like a change in theme, one driven by SEC filings and data.
Customer engagement platform Beamer raises $20M
Beamer, a no-code platform to build tools for measuring and monitoring product engagement, last week announced that it received a $20 million investment from Camber Partners, Beamer’s first outside round of funding. Newly appointed CEO Satya Ganni says that the proceeds will be put toward building additional product lines targeted at product managers and marketers […]
The human costs of the AI boom
AI companies are using online labor to outsource the large amounts of hidden manual work needed to build their applications.