I’m not sure when I found myself expecting disappointment from Microsoft’s PC hardware. Maybe it was when the Surface Pro X arrived with a gorgeous design, but a woefully undercooked Windows-on-Arm experience. Or perhaps it was when the company gave up on the intriguing dual-screen […]
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Vivek Ramaswamy is in his TikTok era, with Jake Paul’s endorsement
Vivek Ramaswamy is on TikTok now, thanks to Jake Paul. In the week since he joined the platform, Ramaswamy has amassed about 33,000 followers, secured an endorsement from one of the most polarizing creators in YouTube history and attempted to establish himself as the millennial […]
Resident Evil Village on the iPhone 15 Pro actually looks pretty good
Screenshot from Vincent Zhong’s iPhone 15 Pro review. In a recent interview with IGN, an Apple executive claimed that the iPhone 15 Pro was “going to be the best game console.” I was skeptical; although Apple boasted about the capabilities of its new GPU in […]
Elon Musk’s Neuralink begins accepting human patients for trials of its brain implant
Are you at least 22 years old and do you have quadriplegia from a spinal cord injury, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)?
Robinhood CEO on the company’s evolution: ‘We’ve made a lot of progress’
Ten years ago, Robinhood was founded to “democratize” stock trading, or more simply, to make it more accessible for anyone to trade stocks. Over time, the now publicly traded company has broadened its offerings – allowing users to do far more than just buy shares […]
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is building a massive GPU cluster to ‘cure, prevent or manage all diseases’
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic organization created in 2015 by Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg, announced a bold new generative AI initiative today. The group is funding and building a high-end GPU cluster that will use AI to create predictive models […]
Why Shaquille O’Neal led edtech startup Edsoma’s $2.5M seed round
Edsoma, a startup that developed an AI-powered reading, education and communication platform for children, raised $2.5 million in a seed round led by Shaquille O’Neal. The trick? Founder and CEO Kyle Wallgren didn’t ask the NBA superstar and philanthropist for money. “He didn’t ask me […]
How automation is changing retention and engagement in the subscription space
Learn how to boost subscriber growth and sales velocity with data-driven insights, powerful automation and more.
Plaid’s Zack Perret on Visa, valuations and privacy
When Plaid won TechCrunch Disrupt 2013’s Hackathon, it wasn’t even Plaid yet. The team was building a web app that let users view their credit card and debit card transactions on a map. But in the process they figured out how to solve the challenge […]
YC says visa challenges hampering participation of international founders
The most recent cohort from Y Combinator features more than 200 startups. The S23 batch stands out for several reasons. More than half of these startups focus on AI applications, highlighting a dominant trend we can expect in the coming years. It’s also remarkable for […]