Shark Tank India investors fall short on pledges
Over a year following the inaugural season of the Indian edition of Shark Tank, the seven esteemed investors made good on less than half of...
Former NHTSA head blasts Cruise’s ‘Humans are terrible drivers’ ad
A former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has responded to a full-page ad taken out in several major newspapers by Cruise,...
Forerunner Ventures sees a future full of “digitally native franchises”
Forerunner Ventures made its name in the venture world by betting on once-nascent startups like Jet, Bonobos and Glossier when it was far easier to...
Basecamp introduces special reduced pricing in India
Basecamp, one of the widely used project management tools first released in 2004, is now available to users in India with special reduced pricing that...
Maybe showing off an AI-generated fake TV episode during a writers strike is a bad idea
The ongoing strike of creatives in TV and film, plus the nascent threat of AI-based writing and effects, make it a complicated time to work...
TikTok launches its music streaming service in Australia, Mexico and Singapore
TikTok is launching its new subscription-only music streaming service called “TikTok Music” in Australia, Mexico and Singapore. Today’s expansion comes almost two weeks after TikTok...
AO3 was offline a week ago, but there’s still a fandom brewing in the Downdetector comments
It was an internet nerd’s worst nightmare. On July 10, Archive of Our Own (AO3), a beloved, non-profit fan fiction platform, was plagued by DDoS...
Cameo announces more layoffs as celebrity greeting market shrinks
Cameo, a website for ordering video greetings from celebrities, is downsizing again. The Chicago startup, which was valued at more than $1 billion in 2021,...
As growth becomes more elusive, a new set of software product benchmarks emerges
Even the fastest-growing software startups aren’t expanding as fast as they used to. Of course, this is partly by choice; you have to trade off...
Instagram is making it easier to create Reels with the app’s templates
Instagram announced today that it’s introducing updates to its Reels templates to make it even easier for users to create engaging short-form videos, as the...