Conan O’Brien on how to embrace an ever-changing media landscape “Like most of the best things in my life,” Conan O’Brien explains, with a wry smile, “the success of the podcast was a complete surprise.” The answer is a typically self-effacing one from th

Chamath launches SPAC, SPAC, and SPAC as he SPACs the World with SPACs SPACs are going to rule the world, or at least, Chamath’s future portfolio. Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder of Social Capital, has already tripled down on SPACs, the so-called “blank check” ve

Daily Crunch: Partial US TikTok ban is imminent The Trump administration moves forwards with plans to ban TikTok and WeChat (although TikTok gets a partial extension), Unity goes public and we announce the winner of this year’s Startup Battle

SaaS Ventures takes the investment road less traveled Most venture capital firms are based in hubs like Silicon Valley, New York City and Boston. These firms nurture those ecosystems and they’ve done well, but SaaS Ventures decided to go a differen

Gaming companies are reportedly the next targets in the US government’s potentially broader Tencent purge Some of the biggest names in online gaming in the United States have received letters from the U.S. government requesting information about their relationship with the multibillion-dollar Chinese tech

Check out this never-before-seen clip from HBO’s The Perfect Weapon At Disrupt 2020, we got a chance to see some never-before-seen footage from HBO’s upcoming documentary The Perfect Weapon. The documentary, which was executive produced by John Maggio, is based

Salesforce announces 12,000 new jobs in the next year just weeks after laying off 1,000 In a case of bizarre timing, Salesforce announced it was laying off 1,000 employees at the end of last month just a day after announcing a monster quarter with over $5 billion in revenue, putting the

And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2020 is… Canix We started this competition with 20 impressive startups. After five days of fierce pitching in a wholly new virtual Startup Battlefield arena, we have a winner. The startups taking part in the Startup

Are high churn rates depressing earnings for app developers? It’s great to improve your subscription app’s retention rates, but don’t do it for the 85/15 split.

MIT engineers develop a totally flat fisheye lens that could make wide-angle cameras easier to produce Engineers at MIT, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, have devised a way to build a camera lens that avoids the typical spherical curve of ultra-wide-angle glass, while stil

Battery tech superstars JB Straubel of Redwood Materials, Celina Mikolajczak of Panasonic coming to TC Mobility 2020 It was a trickle at first that has evolved into a slow and steady stream. Now, a wave of new electric vehicles is building, promising to deliver an unprecedented number of models to North America, Eur

Zoox becomes fourth company to land driverless testing permit in California Zoox, the automated vehicle technology startup that was acquired by Amazon this year, has been issued a permit from California regulators that will allow it to test driverless vehicles on public roads

Amid layoffs and allegations of fraud, the FBI has arrested NS8’s CEO following its $100+ million summer financing The tagline from today’s announcement from the United States Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York says it all: “Adam Rogas Allegedly Raised $123 Million from Inves

The stages of traditional fundraising What you think when you hear "seed funding" and "A rounds" might be different from what investors think. You both need to be on the same page as you move forward.

How the NSA is disrupting foreign hackers targeting COVID-19 vaccine research The headlines aren’t always kind to the National Security Agency, a spy agency that operates almost entirely in the shadows. But a year ago, the NSA launched its new Cybersecurity Directorate, w

Instagram CEO, ACLU slam TikTok and WeChat app bans for putting US freedoms into the balance As people begin to process the announcement from the U.S. Department of Commerce detailing how it plans, on grounds of national security, to shut down TikTok and WeChat — starting with app downl

Chime adds $485M at a $14.5B valuation, claims EBITDA profitability In the midst of IPO week we have to add another name to our future debuts list, namely Chime, which announced a huge new round of capital today. The $485 million Series F values the consumer fintech g

It’s game on as Unity begins trading Unity Software, which sells a game development toolkit primarily for mobile phone app developers, raised $1.3 billion in its initial public offering. The company, which will begin trading today with t

Outschool, newly profitable, raises a $45M Series B for virtual small group classes Outschool, which started in 2015 as a platform for homeschooled students to bolster their extracurricular activities, has dramatically widened its customer base since the coronavirus pandemic began.Th

NASA to test precision automated landing system designed for the moon and Mars on upcoming Blue Origin mission NASA is going to be testing a new precision landing system designed for use on the tough terrain of the moon and Mars for the first time during an upcoming mission of Blue Origin’s New Shepard r

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