He ‘Accidentally Discovered’ a Semi-Passive Side Hustle in College — Now He’s on Track to Make More Than $500,000 This Year
When a lack of funding put a stop to Zach Downey’s pizza vending machines, he stumbled upon another lucrative idea.
The Download: escalating pandemic risks, and ask us anything on Reddit
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. How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic This week marks a strange anniversary—it’s five years since most of us first heard about a virus causing a mysterious “pneumonia.” A…
Why Crypto Is Surging Back to All-Time Highs and Shrugging Off High Interest Rates
A slate of bitcoin-ETF approvals has fueled demand and retail interest,
‘I Was Young and Should Have Known It’: Mark Cuban Says This Is the 1 Thing He’d ‘Do Differently’ in Life
The billionaire took to Threads to get candid about growing older.
Understanding bonds as investment tools
In the vast, complex world of investment, bonds often get sidelined. Yet, they are one of the most critical tools for any investor. Unlike cash, money markets, and certificates of…
Streamer Deezer cheers Apple antitrust fine, but calls tech giant’s DMA response ‘deceptive’
Streaming music service Deezer is joining Spotify in cheering the European Union’s €1.84 billion fine imposed on Apple for breaking antitrust rules in the streaming music market. However, the company urges the EU Commission to assess Apple’s response to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which it says is “deceptive” and “an attempt to bypass European […]
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Australian space startup Esper wants to build hyperspectral sats for cheap
Australian remote sensing startup Esper wants to capture hyperspectral imagery from space at a fraction of the price of its competitors. The company, which will launch its first demonstration satellite today on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission, is entering a field rife with competition. There’s a reason for that: Hyperspectral is an incredibly powerful type of remote […]
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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker scorns anti-encryption efforts as ‘parochial, magical thinking’
AI is “not open in any sense,” the battle over encryption is far from won, and Signal’s principled (and uncompromising) approach may complicate interoperability efforts, warned the company’s president, Meredith Whittaker. But it’s not all bad news. (Actually, it is all bad news, because I wrote up the good news separately.) Speaking on stage with […]
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Ex-Brex exec Sam Blond is already leaving Founders Fund just 18 months after he joined
Sam Blond is leaving Founders Fund, as well as the profession of venture capitalist, just 18 months after he joined the storied Silicon Valley firm. In a tweet on Monday, Blond expressed his gratitude at the chance to work at Peter Thiel’s VC firm and explained, “Full time investing / being a VC isn’t the […]
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Why Signal ‘turned our architecture inside out’ for its latest privacy feature
Adding usernames to a messaging app may seem like a standard feature, but for Signal, such identifiers were anathema to its mission of total privacy and security — until now. The upcoming 7.0 version adds usernames, but the company’s president, Meredith Whittaker, explained that this was nowhere near as simple a decision as it may […]
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Here’s How Much Amazon’s Typical Customer Makes, Plus How Much They Spend on the Platform Per Year
A retail snapshot from data company Numerator paints a picture of who shops at Amazon and where they usually spend their money.