Bending Spoons defies SaaS slump, surges 40% on first day of trading
The company has grown rapidly by acquiring and revamping last-generation tech brands like AOL, Eventbrite, Evernote, Meetup, and Vimeo.
The Download: OpenAI’s predictable hack, and an AI stock sell-off
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. OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before. —Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor Reading OpenAI’s account last week of how some of its models broke their…
After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck
The co-founders of Bending Spoons, the Italian company quietly buying beloved, ailing Internet brands, learned big lessons from their own startup’s failure.
WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags
Meta says usernames improve privacy, but critics question whether its safeguards can prevent impersonation.
This 56-Year-Old Had ‘Zero Experience’ as a Founder. Here’s How She Grew a $100 Million Brand With a Cult Following.
She was working at a commercial real estate lending company when inspiration struck.
How Branch Basics Built a $50 Million Cleaning Empire On Trust, Not Hype
One in every three Branch Basics purchases in 2025 came from a friend or family recommendation. That single data point tells you everything about how this women-founded cleaning brand scaled to over $50 million, and why it’s still growing.
Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims
Research appears to reveal a bug that could render the feature effectively useless.
What 60 Property Management Clients Taught Me About Marketing Failure
The lessons learned from what clients will win, and those that won’t.
Are You Trustworthy? Why the Most Valuable Asset in Business Is Your Personal Brand
Trust has become the new currency of business. Before customers buy your product, they buy confidence in the person behind it.
He Started in His Kitchen With a Family Beer Recipe. Now the Boston Beer Company Does More Than $1 Billion in Revenue. Here’s How Jim Koch Did It.
Jim Koch, founder of the Boston Beer Company, says his wild ride began when he realized that a “safe” career path would be “dangerous.”
This Automaker Paid $4.8 Billion to Fix Its Cars in a Single Year. Here’s Its Unexpected Solution to Quality Control Issues.
The company’s efforts are paying off.