Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week, I noted some challenges plaguing mental health tech startups. Before that, I wrote about Zoom and Superhuman’s PR disasters. Remember, you…
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Let’s be honest, if you’re gonna buy the best smartwatch on the market, it’s got to be the Apple Watch. I’ve tried a fair number of wrist-wearables in my time, and although some are good (Fitbits in particular are…
Attacks on at least three school districts and likely others have prompted the state’s first emergency due to cyberattack.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
Meal-planning apps help make cooking, shopping for ingredients, and finding the right recipes easy — especially if you want to save time or lose weight. Take a look at the best meal-planning apps to see how they can help. Source link Shiv EswarShiv has over 8 years experience working on Internet of Things and an…
Summer Fridays are a seasonal employee perk being offered by more companies who want to make their staff’s work life flexible and enjoyable throughout the summer months.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
Following the latest news of T-Mobile and Sprints merger milestone hurdle, Dish Network has officially confirmed that it will become a major US carrier. As part of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger, the US Department of Justice reached an agreement with the two parties if Dish is well equipped to run Sprints Prepaid businesses and roll out…
FeaturePeek, a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2019 cohort, wants to change the way companies review front-end interfaces. Instead of kludging together reviews with screenshots or involving product managers and marketing people at the last minute, they want to make it easy to carry out reviews throughout the development cycle. “FeaturePeek allows product teams…
The president of the United States called out two of the nation’s largest tech firms in a pair of tweets this morning. Google was the first target. The statement follows weeks of suggested investigations of the tech giant over a supposed relationship with China. There may or may not be National Security concerns with regard…
The U.S. Department of Justice this morning gave the green light to T-Mobile US and Sprint for their proposed $26 billion merger. The deal, which would combine the nation’s third and fourth largest carriers (by subscriber number) has been green lit on the condition that Sprint sell its prepaid assets (including Boost Mobile) to Dish…
Marcus Hutchins, the malware researcher who became known as an “accidental hero” for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017, has been sentenced to supervised release for one year on charges of making and selling the Kronos banking malware. Presiding Judge J. P. Stadtmueller described Hutchins, 25, as a “talented” but “youthful offender” in remarks…
