VC Office Hours: Black Girls Code founder Kimberly Bryant starts a new chapter
Kimberly Bryant has had quite a few ups and down during her journey as an entrepreneur, especially over the past year.
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.
Elon Musk’s lawyers accuse non-profit of colluding with Twitter rivals
A non-profit that monitors online hate speech and disinformation, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) says that Elon Musk’s lawyers sent CEO Irman Ahmed a threatening legal letter over a CCDH article which said that Twitter fails to act on 99% of Twitter Blue accounts’ hateful tweets. In a copy of the letter that […]
New Relic agrees to go private in $6.5B all-cash deal
New Relic, the San Francisco-based observability software company, has reached an agreement with private equity firms TPG and Francisco Partners to go private in a $6.5 billion all-cash deal. As reported by CNBC, TPG and Francisco Partners were able to salvage a deal that initially fell through months ago after securing enough debt financing to […]
Call of Duty worm malware used to hack players exploits years-old bug
For around a month, hackers have been infecting players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with a self-spreading malware, also known as a worm. To do that, the hackers are exploiting a bug that was reported to the game’s publisher five years ago, TechCrunch has learned. Someone on Twitter posted a screenshot showing the […]
So, You’ve Been Hacked. These are the Best Practices for Business Leaders Post-Hack
The lasting effects of a cyber incident can impact an organization’s reputation, customers, workforce, databases and network architecture.
2 Financial Stocks to Buy in August, 1 to Watch for Growth
The benchmark interest rate is at its highest level since 2001. This is good news for the financial sector as it benefits from high-interest rates. With the Fed unlikely to…
8BitDo’s NES-themed mechanical keyboard comes with truly large A and B ‘super buttons’
It can be difficult to differentiate oneself in the crowded mechanical keyboard market. The variety of providers and customization options means there’s something for everybody. But retro gaming controller outfit 8BitDo has created something original, and highly alluring to nostalgia fiends like yours truly. You might recognize 8BitDo’s name from their reimagined versions of controllers […]
Tech spending has remained surprisingly stable in 2023
As we approach the middle of the third quarter, we take a look at how last year’s spending predictions have panned out to this point.
Twitter’s rebrand is a go, and we’re Blazing Our Collective Glory
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 up around the world today, […]
Disney+ drops ‘Loki’ Season 2 teaser trailer
Disney+ released today the first teaser trailer for the second season of Marvel Studios’ “Loki,” starring Tom Hiddleston as the “God of Mischief.” Following the events of the first season finale, when Loki is trapped in an alternate reality and separated from Sylvie (played by Sophia DiMartino), Season 2 sees Loki unwillingly time-slipping through the […]