I Started My Business In My Mom’s Basement at the Age of 17. Here are 5 Rules I Wish I Had Known, But Had to Learn the Hard Way
There is no easy way to break this to you, but you are the least important person in your business!
The Download: a blockchain enigma, and the algorithms governing our lives
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. Welcome to the dark side of crypto’s permissionless dream Jean-Paul Thorbjornsen, an Australian man in his mid-30s, with a rural Catholic upbringing, is a founder of THORChain, a blockchain through which users can…
As Threads soars, Twitter rival Bluesky adopts a new personalized, algorithmic feed
Bluesky, one of the many would-be Twitter replacements now on the market, is making a notable change to how users discover new content on its network. Previously, the Bluesky app would feature popular posts in a feed it called the “What’s Hot” feed — something that its users aspired to find a place on, as […]
Cryptography may offer a solution to the massive AI-labeling problem
The White House wants big AI companies to disclose when content has been created using artificial intelligence, and very soon the EU will require some tech platforms to label their AI-generated images, audio, and video with “prominent markings” disclosing their synthetic origins. There’s a big problem, though: identifying material that was created by artificial intelligence…
How Your Calendar Can Help You Relax
In today’s fast-paced world, stress is an inevitable companion. After all, countless responsibilities, work commitments, and social commitments make it challenging to find time to relax. One poll found that…
5 Tech Tools To Make You the Envy of Coworkers and Neighbors All Summer
From a self-correcting selfie camera to an cooler that doesn’t need ice.
Announcing the AI Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
After a few years of being background noise, AI has suddenly become ubiquitous. From consumer apps to enterprise tools to medical devices, nearly everything claims to be “powered by AI” these days. But the technology’s unprecedented (and unregulated) rise prompts as many questions as it provides answers. Fortunately, you’re coming to Disrupt, where we have […]
It’s always earnings season if you look hard enough
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Friday show, and we’re talking about the week’s biggest startup and tech news, with a little bit of fun sprinkled in. We had […]
Boys Club co-founders want crypto skeptics to see it as a tool, ‘not just a vehicle for finance or investments’
Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news in crypto with some of the biggest names in the industry to break things down block by block for the crypto curious. For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Deana Burke and Natasha Hoskins, the co-founders of […]
Sequoia Capital cuts crypto, ecosystem funds by over 50% as it continues to downsize
Sequoia Capital is the latest to pull back from crypto, paring down two major venture funds, including its crypto fund, in an effort to downsize.
gravityLab wants to tackle the artificial gravity problem
Living without gravity spells disaster for the human body. Even a few weeks in microgravity can lead to issues with circulation and vision; over the longer term, the complications compound even further. The heart begins to degenerate and atrophy. Bones turn thin and brittle. But what about Martian gravity, which is around 0.38 that of […]