Steve Jobs’ son launches a fund, NASA debuts a streaming service, and writers protest a proposed surveillance law
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The best apps are taking a page from mobile gaming
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Most secondary sales won’t look like Tiger’s Flipkart deal
A few months ago, it looked like all the pieces had fallen into place for a hot secondaries summer: Buyers were coming back to market,...
This week in AI: Experiments, retirements, and extinction events
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of...
Spyware maker LetMeSpy shuts down after hacker deletes server data
Poland-based spyware LetMeSpy is no longer operational and said it will shut down after a June data breach wiped out its servers, including its huge...
Here’s what the Fearless Fund lawsuit could mean for venture
The first official piece of policy around diversity efforts in venture capital may soon see the light of day, but not because of any action...
Dan Gwak of Point72 Ventures thinks there has never been a better time for defense tech startups
Dan Gwak has had a more varied life than many investors. He grew up in Jakarta, the son of Korean parents who ran a shipping...
The US could learn a lot from how the UK is crafting DEI policy for venture capital
The U.K.’s Treasury Select Committee last month released a report on the diversity — or lack thereof — of the nation’s venture ecosystem. Black founders...
AWS revenue growth dropped to 12% in Q2, but company remains optimistic about cloud biz
Amazon has seen AWS growth rates dropping substantially over the last three quarters, from 20% to 16% to 12% this quarter. That’s not the kind...
Spotify introduces new product to help software development teams with A/B testing
Spotify is introducing a new commercial product for software development teams called “Confidence,” which is based on its homegrown experimentation platform. Confidence is designed to...