More cash-crunched companies turn to convertible notes: Connie Loizos
Convertible notes are not just for early stage startups any more. These promissory notes, which are structured as debt that convert into equity upon a specific event such as a certain date or the closing of a priced investment round, are increasingly being ad…
The team behind Apple's 'Mythic Quest' says video games aren't the punch line: Anthony Ha
When Ubisoft first approached “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” stars Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day about creating a new show set in the video game industry, McElhenney said they weren’t interested — at least, not initially. “Anything that we had ever seen…
As top exhibitors pull out of MWC, organizers implement stringent safeguards: Brian Heater
A couple of weeks out, Mobile World Congress organizer, the GSMA, has issued some fairly sweeping safeguards over growing concerns around the coronavirus. After a number of high profile back outs, including ZTE, LG, NVIDIA and Ericsson, the company issued a n…
Index Fund's portfolio is driving long-overdue innovation in femcare: Natasha Lomas
U.K. startup Daye is rethinking female intimate care from a woman’s perspective, starting with a tampon infused with cannabidiol that tackles period pain. It’s also quietly demolishing the retrograde approach to product design that women are still subjected t…
After $479M round on $12.4B valuation, Snowflake CEO says IPO is next step: Ron Miller
Snowflake, the cloud-based data warehouse company, doesn’t tend to do small rounds. On Friday night word leaked out about its latest mega round. This one was for $479 million on a $12.4 billion valuation. That’s triple the company’s previous $3.9 billion valu…
Watch two rocket launches live, including a Space Station supply flight and a mission to study the Sun: Darrell Etherington
There are two – that’s right two – launches happening this Sunday, and both are set to broadcast live on NASA’s official stream above. The first is a NASA International Space Station resupply mission, with a Norhtrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft launching aboard…
The war against space hackers: how the JPL works to secure its missions from nation-state adversaries: Jon Evans
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory designs, builds, and operates billion-dollar spacecraft. That makes it a target. What the infosec world calls Advanced Persistent Threats — meaning, generally, nation-state adversaries — hover outside its online borders, const…
Startups Weekly: Asana numbers likely to be what the market wants: Eric Eldon
[Editor’s note: Want to get this weekly review of news that startups can use? Just subscribe here.] Asana may get more attention than the average SaaS company due to the Facebook pedigrees and outspoken views of its founders, but in practice it’s a low-profi…
'A city where you can pilot almost anything and figure out if it's going to work': Scott Bade
"We've been lucky that our government have really sent a message that technology companies are welcome here."
Why your next TV needs 'filmmaker mode': Devin Coldewey
TVs this year will ship with a new feature called "filmmaker mode," but unlike the last dozen things the display industry has tried to foist on consumers, this one actually matters. It doesn't magically turn your living room into a movie theater, but it's an …
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