Tag: Startup

In Silicon Valley, where the same high-wattage names tend to dominate the headlines, Ali Partovi has long wielded outsized influence despite limited name recognition. The Iranian-born Harvard graduate built an impressive resume early on — joining the founding team of LinkExchange (acquired by Microsoft in 1998 for $265 million), co-founding iLike (sold to MySpace for…

Cancer ranks as one of the top causes of death worldwide. The National Cancer Institute reported nearly 20 million new cancer cases and 9.7 million cancer-related deaths globally in 2022, with projections showing a rise to 29.9 million new cases by 2040. Craif, spun off from Nagoya University in Japan in 2018, is using microRNA(miRNA)…

In Brief Posted: 12:01 PM PDT · April 26, 2025 Image Credits:Matthias Balk/picture alliance / Getty Images Google announced this week that beginning on October 25, it will no longer support or release software updates for the first and second generation Nest Learning Thermostats. And it will completely stop launching new Nest products in Europe.…

Image Credits:miodrag ignjatovic / Getty Images 9:27 AM PDT · April 26, 2025 Amazon is raising eyebrows with the timing of its big book sale for 2025, which runs from April 23 to 28 — which means it’s competing directly with Independent Bookstore Day. As writer Maris Kreisman explained in Lit Hub, Independent Bookstore Day…

Morgan Freeman, left, and Tim Robbins in the classic ’90s movie “The Shawshank Redemption.” Michael Weinstein, GNS The best ‘90s movies evoke nostalgia for a period when the Cold War had recently ended, Gen X slackers made headlines and the latest technology consisted of beepers and answering machines. Top movies of the ‘90s celebrate this…

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Elon Musk’s Tesla got more good news…

Amazon has made a major change that could help its Amazon Haul win the war with its key rivals…

Image Credits:Slate Auto 1:55 PM PDT · April 25, 2025 Slate Auto, the buzzy new EV startup that broke stealth this week, is close to locking in a former printing plant located in Warsaw, Indiana as the future production site for its cheap electric truck, a review of public records shows. The company is expected…

Image Credits:Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto / Getty Images 1:54 PM PDT · April 25, 2025 We’re thrilled to announce that Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will be joining us at our upcoming StrictlyVC event in Athens, co-hosted with Endeavor, on Thursday night, May 8, at the stunning Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. For those who might not…