Monthly Archives: July 2023

Deal Days: Get a Grade A Refurbished iPad Mini 2 for Just $80

Traveling this summer but still need to work? This Grade A refurbished iPad mini 2 has your back. Get it for more than 40% off before July 14. The post Deal Days: Get a Grade A Refurbished iPad Mini 2 … Continue reading

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A $12 phone is opening doors for rural India to get on the internet

The telecommunications arm of India’s richest company, Reliance Industries, has launched a $12 internet-enabled feature phone.

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Meta will nuke your Instagram account if you delete Threads profile

Threads, Meta’s Twitter rival, is attracting users at an unprecedented pace, amassing 10 million signups in just seven hours, according to co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. But the new service, which requires an Instagram account for onboarding, features an … Continue reading

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How to Win a War With Trucks, Trolls, and Tourniquets

A human chain of fundraisers, keyboard warriors, and drivers supplies Ukraine’s armed forces with everything from drones to combat medicine.

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London Wants American Crypto Refugees

With US authorities cracking down, the UK government hopes to create a “Goldilocks zone” of regulation.

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Ask Sophie: What do I need to know about getting a J-1 exchange visa?

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the … Continue reading

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This sex toy company uses ChatGPT to whisper sweet, customizable fantasies at you

It was only a question of time, I suppose, before someone made a generative AI that can whisper sweet, sweet obscenities at you. Lovense – perhaps best known for its remote-controllable sex toys – this week announced its ChatGPT Pleasure … Continue reading

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Samsung is holding its next Unpacked on July 26 to unveil new foldables

Samsung announced today that it is holding its next Galaxy Unpacked event on July 26, where the company will likely unveil the Galaxy Fold 5 and the Galaxy Flip 5 foldable phones. The company is hosting the event — termed … Continue reading

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Notion hits €300M for its fifth fund, but is unimpressed by big rounds into Generative AI startups

When it first appeared on the scene around ten years ago, Notion Capital was poised to take advantage of the oft-repeated phrase, “Software is eating the world.” In particular, it was aiming at what was then called the enterprise SaaS … Continue reading

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South Korea wants to be a top A.I. hub — its memory chip dominance could be an advantage

South Korea is aiming to become one of the world’s top three AI powerhouses by 2027, following closely behind the U.S. and China, according to the nation’s “digital strategy.”

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