Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox usher in the new era of Smosh
In their first YouTube video together in seven years, Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla summoned a demon to score Taylor Swift tickets. The sketch was gently absurd, infused with pop culture references, and above all, goofy as hell — all the markers of classic Smosh comedy. “We were just approaching
Read moreLina Zakarauskaite is elevated from Principal to Partner at London’s Stride VC
London-based VC Stride has appointed Lina Zakarauskaite, formerly a Principal at the firm, as its newest Partner. The move follows the departure of Partner Cleo Sham a month ago to pursue new ventures. Zakarauskaite joined Stride in October 2021. Prior to that she was Head of Growth at travel firm
Read moreRivian shares pop on better-than-expected Q2 deliveries
Rivian delivered 12,640 electric vehicles in the second quarter, a nearly three-fold increase from the same period last year when the EV upstart was in the thick of supply chain problems. Rivian also reported that it produced 13,992 vehicles in the second quarter. Both results were far better than Wall
Read moreKenya’s MyDawa aims to be an all-in-one health platform backed by $20 million funding
Kenyan e-health startup MyDawa has raised $20 million funding from private equity investor Alta Semper Capital, to expand its regional reach and product offerings with the aim of becoming an all-in-one health platform for users. MyDawa, which launched in 2016, has diversified from an e-pharmacy to include online and in-person
Read moreTweetDeck is falling apart after Twitter’s rate-limiting fiasco
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Twitter’s power-user focused TweetDeck interface is experiencing major issues after owner Elon Musk announced limits on the number of tweets users can view daily. The Verge has experienced these issues first hand with our publication’s Twitter accounts, and multiple users across
Read moreRoboDeck, the deck maintenance robot, scores a $2M pre-seed
I’m sure the team at RoboDeck is sick and tired of people referring to their robot is a “Roomba for decks.” But we did so in our write-up when the Israeli firm competed in Startup Battlefield, and I’ve just done so above. It’s a pretty memorable pitch as those things
Read moreIndia’s Reliance launches $12 4G-enabled phone to extend reach
Reliance’s digital arm, Jio Platforms, has unveiled a new mobile handset and associated tariff plans, the latest in a series of years-long efforts from the top Indian telecom operator as it vies to convert users who remain entrenched in the country’s legacy 2G networks. Named ‘Jio Bharat,’ the handset from Jio
Read moreWhat’s the Top Information Security Priority for Every SMB
Some context: I rarely blog about information security because it’s outside my core expertise in digital transformation. It’s hard to drive transformation and also have a risk and security mindset, and it’s extraordinarily time-consuming to keep up with the latest security threats. That said, I have written several articles for
Read moreEccentricity of bivariate normal level sets
Suppose you have a bivariate normal distribution with correlation ρ where Then the level sets of the density function are ellipses, and the eccentricity e of the ellipses is related to the correlation ρ by Plots For example, suppose ρ = 0.8. Here’s a plot of the density function f(x,
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