Building a Brand vs. Paid Acquisition: Which Is Best For Your Business? Here’s What You Should Know.
Learn how to build a strong brand and a loyal customer base.
The Download: how your data is being used to train AI, and why chatbots aren’t doctors
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. A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data Millions of images of passports, credit cards, birth certificates, and other documents containing personally identifiable information are likely included in…
After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem
What drove Africa’s record deal volumes when the rest of the world was reining back the enthusiasm of 2021? We polled a few investors to find out.
After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
Can you take back a gift? FTX thinks so
Over the weekend, FTX and its affiliated debtors sent confidential letters asking politicians, PACs and other recipients of funds to return donations made by the crypto exchange.
Can you take back a gift? FTX thinks so by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
What Quiet Quitting Employees Are Trying to Tell You
Here’s the truth behind quiet quitting and what leaders can do to help their employees work at a higher level and still have time for themselves.
Self-driving truck companies face a potential roadblock in California
After years of pressure from the autonomous vehicle industry, The California Department of Motor Vehicles is on the verge of allowing companies to test and deploy self-driving trucks on public roads. Now, a new speed bump has emerged. California Assembly Member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry introduced in late January a bill that would require a trained human safety operator […]
Self-driving truck companies face a potential roadblock in California by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Hype machines
The age-old question in my industry is, “Where are we in a given hype cycle?” For now, crypto news cycle dominance has, thankfully, died now, largely through its own self-destructive tendencies. FTX obviously served as the most prominent recent example of what happens when the tech community believes its own hype. You so badly wish […]
Hype machines by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Down Bad: Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Messenger All Crashed on Wednesday
The social media platforms took a hit for thousands of users late Wednesday afternoon.
Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows
Imagine that you were provided no-cost fertility treatment and also offered a free DNA test to gauge which of those little IVF embryos floating in a dish stood the best chance of getting into a top college someday. Would you have the test performed? If you said yes, you’re among about 40% percent of Americans…
Here’s how to stream the Super Bowl LVII 2023
Regardless of if you’re tuning into the Super Bowl this Sunday to watch the NFL championship game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs or if you just want to watch Rihanna perform, there are plenty of ways for viewers to watch this year’s Super Bowl. The Super Bowl LVII takes place on […]
Here’s how to stream the Super Bowl LVII 2023 by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Essential Leadership Lessons From the FTX Crypto Exchange Disaster
Here are a few key lessons leaders can learn from the FTX collapse.