February 17, 2026

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…

Discord will now let you stream Xbox gameplay directly to servers and DMs

August 2, 2023
Streaming to Twitch is one thing, but sometimes you just want to share a new game (ahem Baldur’s Gate 3) or a big gameplay moment with your inner circle. Building off its previous integration with Xbox, Discord announced today that users will now be able to stream Xbox games directly from the console to the […]

OurCrowd teams up with Airwallex to let its investors back startups in their local currency

August 2, 2023
Over the course of the last few years, venture investment platform OurCrowd has become Israel’s most active venture investor, with over 400 portfolio companies across 42 funds. The platform allows accredited investors to invest in the startups in the OurCrowd portfolio, but until now, they had to do so by first converting their local currency […]

Amazon now offers Fresh grocery delivery to non-Prime members in select US cities

August 2, 2023
Amazon is making its Fresh grocery delivery service available to people without Prime memberships in select U.S. cities. In the past, Fresh grocery delivery was only available to people who had a Prime subscription. With this expansion, people in a dozen cities, including Austin, TX, Boston, MA, Charlotte, N.C., Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Denver, CO, Nashville, […]

American-made Antares rocket debut slips to 2025

August 2, 2023
The final Antares rocket built with components made in Russia and Ukraine lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia last night, marking the end of a successful flight program and renewed pressure on Northrop Grumman and Firefly to develop its replacement. The Antares-230+ rocket is carrying over 8,200 pounds of equipment and science experiments for the […]

How Nicolas Darvas Used Box Theory to 20x His Money

August 2, 2023
Being a stock market investor, chances are high that you have already experimented with different trading strategies. While these strategies come and go, legendary traders set benchmarks with their success…

Yeah, but is that venture backable?

August 2, 2023
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show where we sit down with a guest, think about their work and unpack the rest. This week we had Sara Mauskopf […]

Inworld, a generative AI platform for creating NPCs, lands fresh investment

August 2, 2023
For a recovering gamer like me, one of the most exciting applications of generative AI is dynamic dialogue. I’m not suggesting AI replace writers — goodness forbid. But as anyone who’s sunk hundreds of hours into an RPG can tell you, scripted NPC interactions get old fast. There’s a few startups prototyping AI tech to […]

Reflex open source tool helps turn Python code into web apps

August 2, 2023
Python enjoys great popularity with developers, which is why the founders of Reflex chose it as the basis for their low-code web app development platform. The startup, formerly known as Pynecone, wants to straddle the line between making it easy to build an app, while giving enough flexibility to customize when needed. Today, the company […]