Is College Worth It? The ROI of Higher Education in Today’s Economy
The sky-rocketing cost of higher education in the US may put you in a dilemma over the sheer necessity of a college degree. It’s easy to find yourself torn between…
Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks
AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards.
Home on the Trading Range
The nearly 20% bull run for the S&P 500 (SPY) from the March lows is over. Now it’s time to rest up in a trading range for the next run…
China is escalating its war on kids’ screen time
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Two years ago, parents around the world likely looked at China with a bit of jealousy: the country had instituted a strict three-hour-per-week limit for children playing video games. In the…
GoodNotes’ biggest update in four years brings AI-powered handwriting features and a digital marketplace
GoodNotes is releasing a new version with features like AI-powered handwriting recognition, a marketplace for digital stationery, and an educational module for maths in the popular note-taking app’s biggest push in four years to win and retain customers. The app, launched by Steven Chan in 2011, said the new version, GoodNotes 6, has put immense […]
Pretiosum Ventures hits first close on its second fund to back infrastructure startups
London-based Pretiosum Ventures has reached the first close of what TechCrunch understands could eventually be a $20 million second fund. Founded in London in 2019 by Yana Abramova, the solo GP fund invests in ‘infrastructure’ startups, (enterprise SaaS, Fintech, and Web3). Pretiosum (a witty inflexion of the Latin phrase ‘pretiōsus’ meaning ‘precious’) typically writes cheques […]
Coupang to ramp up investment in Taiwan after four quarters of profits
Coupang, a South Korea-headquartered e-commerce company, said it will accelerate its investment in Taiwan after four straight quarters of profits. Coupang was the most downloaded app in the second quarter of this year in Taiwan, the company said in an earnings call on Wednesday. “Taiwan is another investment that is thus far exceeding our expectations,” […]
How I Turned My Love for Travel Into a $50k a Month Business
Shelley Marmor joins The Side Hustle Show podcast to walk through the process of building her fledgling blog into a thriving media company.
Made Renovation promises “tech-enabled” remodels; customers describe “absolute nightmare”
Last year, Jonas Heineman was overseeing a team of commercial project managers as they installed hundreds of electric vehicle charging stations. Heineman’s wife was also pregnant with their first child. Given his busy days and evenings filled with planning for the couple’s growing family, the last thing that Heineman wanted was to spend his “off” […]
Micromax, smartphone sales stalled, eyes a steer into electric vehicles
Micromax Informatics once had a firm grip on the local mobile phone market in India, for a time passing stalwarts like Samsung, icons like Apple and many more to be the biggest handset maker of them all. But a mix of stronger (and cheaper) competition, coupled with the rapid pace of technology development and the […]
Collaboration Is the Key to Super-Fast Growth (Along With a Little Help From A.I.)
Competition takes strength, energy, and focus away from your business, but strategic partnerships bring resources, experience, and enhanced connectivity.