Max Q: Umbra is a Silicon Valley outsider — they prefer it that way
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: A closer look at Umbra News from Rocket Lab, Astranis and more Umbra co-founder Gabe Dominocielo’s...
Microsoft’s Bing Chat comes to Chrome and Safari in tests for ‘select users’
Microsoft’s AI chatbot, Bing Chat, is coming to non-Microsoft browsers, the company confirmed today following various reports of the AI chatbot being spotted in other...
OneTrust hauls in another $150M on a $4.5B down round valuation
OneTrust has been raising money by the bushel since it was founded in 2016, raising a $200 million Series A in July 2019, a $210...
Blow for Flutterwave as Kenyan court declines request to withdraw case
Plans by Kenya’s Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) to withdraw its second case against African fintech giant Flutterwave have been shot down by the country’s third...
Instagram is launching creator subscriptions in Australia, Canada, the UK and more
Meta announced today that it’s rolling out Instagram subscriptions to all eligible creators in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the...
What to do about your traction slide when you don’t have revenue yet
Your traction slide needs to describe the risk you’ve designed out of the business When I work with early-stage startups on how they can tell...
Twitter (now X) CEO CEO Linda Yaccarino claims usage at ‘all time high’ in memo to staff
Twitter, now X’s, newly established CEO Linda Yaccarino touts the company’s success and X’s future plans in a company-wide memo obtained by CNBC. The exec...
Netflix rolls out ‘My Netflix,’ a new tab for trailers, reminders and more
Netflix launched today a new shortcut option for mobile users who want to quickly find their favorite and need-to-watch titles. Dubbed “My Netflix,” the feature...
Spyhide stalkerware is spying on tens of thousands of phones
A phone surveillance app called Spyhide is stealthily collecting private phone data from tens of thousands of Android devices around the world, new data shows....
North Korean hackers targeting JumpCloud mistakenly exposed their IP addresses, researchers say
Security researchers say they have high confidence that North Korean hackers were behind a recent intrusion at enterprise software company JumpCloud because of a mistake...