Sourcetable raises $3M, claiming the future of spreadsheets is spreadsheets
Spreadsheets. They’re probably not what you’d call the most exciting piece of software going; it seems like a third of all startup pitches has “spreadsheets” in the “look how ridiculous, this is how how people solve this problem now” part of the narrative. It can’t be denied that they’re the
Read moreSocial networks can keep storing EU user data in the US under new agreement
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge The European Union and the US have settled on a new transatlantic data-sharing pact. In an announcement on Monday, the European Commission says the new framework should allow information to flow freely between both locations, easing risks for social media companies that operate
Read moreLongshot Space wants to make space launch dumb — and really cheap
Rockets are among the greatest feats in human engineering, but to Longshot Space CEO Mike Grace, they’re an “overly exquisite solution” to the problem of sending megatons of inert mass to space. “You need something that is dumber and much cheaper, both to build and to operate,” he said in
Read moreIP for startups: It starts with strategy
Intellectual property can be a powerful weapon in your startup’s arsenal. It can protect you from competitors using your tech, and it can drastically improve how valuable your company is: If your IP is stopping a big company from doing what it wants, that could, in itself, be a good
Read moreAI for business: A conversation with IBM Canada’s McCann and Attaie
IBM Corp. is no newbie when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI). Its Watson system, which caught the public’s eye in 2011 when it won on the television game show Jeopardy, has been used for everything from chatbots to assisting in medical research to (I kid you not) concocting recipes
Read moreEA to launch single-player Black Panther video game
EA (Electronic Arts) announced Monday that its new studio Cliffhanger Games is developing a third-person, single-player Black Panther game in a joint effort with Marvel Games. Cliffhanger Games claims that the upcoming action-adventure game is designed to give fans of the superhero franchise the ability to explore the expansive world
Read moreSnap is teaming up with Linktree to let users include links in their profiles
Snap announced today that it is rolling out an integration with the link-in-bio tool Linktree to let people show off their work and other profiles on Snapchat. The social network is late to allow links in the profiles of creators. Until now, it only allowed brands and Snap Stars —
Read moreEurope adopts US data adequacy decision
The European Union has adopted a new transatlantic data adequacy agreement with the US. The much anticipated decision means there’s an immediate resolution to legal uncertainty around exports of EU users’ personal data by US companies — a problem that’s affected thousands of business in recent years, big and small,
Read moreAs the value of startup exits craters, poor liquidity may be harming VCs’ ability to raise capital
Is the liquidity crunch caused by the slow pace of startup exits hurting fundraising for venture capitalists? Recent data on the second quarter makes that a somewhat easy theory to support, given that fewer startups are being bought out or going public, and VCs are raising new capital at a
Read moreBangladesh government takes down exposed citizens’ data
The Bangladeshi government on Sunday took down citizens’ sensitive data that it had left exposed online. On Friday, TechCrunch reported that a website belonging to the government of Bangladesh was leaking the personal information of the country’s citizens, including full names, phone numbers, email addresses and national ID numbers. At
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