AI Can Make Some Jobs More Difficult and Time-Consuming — Here’s How
The technology streamlines tasks for some workers — and makes them completely unmanageable for others.
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…
As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon usage numbers are again soaring
As Twitter ditches its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk’s favorite letter “X,” its open source rival Mastodon is seeing usage numbers soar. According to a new post from Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko, the number of monthly active users for his Twitter alternative has been steadily climbing over the past couple […]
Impulse Space is flying high with new funding led by RTX Ventures
Impulse Space, the space logistics startup headed by founding SpaceX employee Tom Mueller, has closed a new tranche of funding to further develop its line of orbital transportation vehicles. The oversubscribed $45 million Series A was led by RTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), and included participation from existing investors […]
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Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Here’s the rundown from this morning! Stocks are mixed around the world: Chinese […]
When I Told People How Big This Franchise Could Grow, They Laughed. Now the Joke’s on Them.
Why building a successful enterprise in this sector starts with embracing a growth-focused mindset.
Stability, Quality, or Sentiment: What Do These 3 B-Rated Financial Stocks Offer to Investors?
Stability, Quality, and Sentiment are critical when investing in stocks. Financial stocks Moody’s (MCO), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), and EVERTEC (EVTC) score high on these fronts and could be wise investments…
Your Brand Definitely Has a Voice. But Is It the One You Want?
“What kind of brand voice conveys such a crazy ambitious mission?” Six founders on figuring out what their brand should sound like.
Which Tech Stock Is Gaining the Most Attention: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) or Nikon (NINOY)?
As the tech industry’s long-term forecast looks promising, let’s focus on a comparative analysis of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Nikon Corporation (NINOY) to identify which of these is the…
Bunq, the Dutch neobank, has raised $111M at a flat $1.8B valuation to break into the US
Remote working and digital nomads became two very prominent aspects of the world of work during the pandemic, shedding a light on the millions of people who live in one country but earn money in another. Now, a startup that is building financial services catering to that demographic is announcing some growth funding to expand […]
Hackers exploit Citrix zero-day to target US critical infrastructure
Thousands of companies could be at risk from an actively exploited Citrix zero-day that hackers have already abused to target at least one critical infrastructure organization in the United States. Citrix last week sounded the alarm about the critical-rated flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-3519 with a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10, which impacts NetScaler […]