Former Y Combinator, A16Z Experts Hold an Invitation-Only Summit for Founders
On August 9th, those who previously ran the Startup Incubator Y Combinator events and PR are holding a small invitation-only event with former Andreessen Horowitz social media manager. The To Do List Summit concludes with 80 early-stage founders, and teaches them how to work with the media to run their own social media, organizers promise. […]
Trump’s AI strategy will trade guardrails for racial growth with China
The Trump administration released its highly planned AI action plan on Wednesday. This has stripped a sharp shift from former President Biden’s careful approach to addressing AI risks, instead building AI infrastructure, cutting red tape for high-tech companies, strengthening national security and moving forward with plans to compete with China. This downstream impact of this […]
The UK targets Regulation’s Apple and Google mobile platforms
The UK’s Competitive Markets Agency (CMA) announced on Wednesday a proposal to give Apple and Google’s mobile platforms a “strategic market situation.” This is to allow regulators to create rules that can change how the app store works and change how mobile software works. This move is designed to create a more open and competitive […]
Trick Robotics Using UV Light to Reduce Pesticide Use in Strawberries
Strawberry is the most popular berries in the United States for both consumers and farmers. It is also a consistent list of the environmental working group’s “dirty dozen” list, some of the most pesticide-dependent fruits, and the most contaminated produce. San Luis Obispo, a California-based Tric Robotics, believes strawberry farmers will help reduce chemical use […]
Hundreds of organizations that violated SharePoint Mass-Hacks
Security researchers say hackers have violated at least 400 organizations by leveraging Microsoft SharePoint’s zero-day vulnerability, indicating a sharp increase in the number of compromises detected since the bug was discovered last week. Eye Security, the Dutch cybersecurity company, said it had identified hundreds of SharePoint servers affected by scanning the internet, and that it […]
Eight months later, Swedish Unicorn Lovely Crosses a $100 million milestone
Less than a week has passed since becoming the latest unicorn in Europe, Swedish atmosphere coding startup Lovable is still a centaur. Lovable only took eight months from its launch to arrive here thanks to the burgeoning popularity of AI-powered websites and App Builder. The startup claims it currently has over 2.3 million active users, […]
Proton’s new Privacy First AI Assistant encrypts all chats and does not keep logs
Proton, a manufacturer of privacy-focused productivity tools, released an AI assistant called Lumo on Wednesday. The company offers chatbots that do not maintain logs of conversations, and have end-to-end encryption to store chats, providing a ghost mode of conversations that disappears as soon as you close the window. Available via web clients and Android and […]
Trump is set to unveil his AI roadmap: What does this know?
US President Donald Trump is expected to announce his much-anticipated AI action plan at a Washington, DC event hosted by Silicon Valley Insider on Wednesday. The AI Action Plan should provide a roadmap for the Trump administration’s strategy, priorities and concerns on AI. The plan is effectively an alternative to Biden AI executive order, the […]
Netzelonitrogen wants bacteria to replace synthetic fertilizers in the farm
Synthetic fertilizers are a modern wonder and help feed billions of people, but they are not without costs. Fertilizer runoff from farms led to dead zones in oceans around the world. There, low oxygen levels are normally hungry for the coast of life. While it’s a high order to eliminate synthetic fertilizers, some startups believe […]
Apple warned Iranians against iPhone spyware attacks, researchers say
Apple has notified more than 12 Iranians in recent months, according to security researchers. Miaan Group, an Iran-focused digital rights group, and Hamid Kashfi, an Iranian cybersecurity researcher who lives in Sweden, said they spoke to several Iranians who received notifications last year. Bloomberg wrote first about these spyware notifications. Miaan Group released a report […]