Trump’s FCC pick has said he wants to ban TikTok, challenge Section 230
Though President-elect Donald Trump has been expected to stop the looming ban on TikTok, his political appointments suggest otherwise.
Trump announced on Sunday that he selected Brendan Carr to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which regulates the internet, news media, and other f
DoorDash’s app can now import your grocery list for faster shopping
While online grocery shopping is generally convenient, manually adding items to your cart one by one can become a bit of a chore. To address this, food and grocery shopping app DoorDash has launched a new feature that allows you to sync your grocery list to the app. The app will then suggest what t
Marlon Nichols talks relationship building in the African markets
Marlon Nichols took the stage at AfroTech last week to discuss the importance of building relationships when it comes to entering into a new market. “One of the first things you do when you go to a new market is you've got to meet the new players,” he said. “Like, what do people need? Wha
OpenAI investor Josh Kushner praises Musk, despite Musk's OpenAI lawsuit
Elon Musk may be suing OpenAI, accusing the ChatGPT maker of abandoning the company's original mission as a nonprofit organization, but Josh Kushner, founder of Thrive Capital and one of the company's key investors, has nothing but good things to say about the world's richest man.
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Trump's pro-fracking energy secretary pick has also invested in geothermal and nuclear startups
President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would be nominating Chris Wright, CEO of oilfield services company Liberty Energy, to the post of energy secretary.
Wright has been a big booster of oil and gas. From his perch at Liberty, Wright last year denied that there's a climate cr
Former TuSimple co-founder urges courts to block asset transfer to China
Xiaodi Hou, the co-founder and former CEO of self-driving trucking startup TuSimple, has urged a California district court to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the company from transferring its remaining U.S. assets to China, according to a recent court filing.
Hou, who plans to apply fo
Mastodon sees a boost from the ‘X exodus,’ too, founder says
Decentralized social network Mastodon is also seeing some uplift from the X “exodus,” founder Eugen Rochko shared on the platform just ahead of the weekend. While the Twitter-like startup Bluesky has been capturing headlines and attention for its rapid adoption among former X users, a s
Healthcare VC firm Initiate has a new $45M and has already founded five startups internally
Jessica Owens and Iana Dimkova, co-founders of Initiate Ventures, are launching their new healthcare/ life sciences-focused firm with a respectable $45 million debut fund.
One of the ways they convinced limited partners to become investors is because they are building a combination early-stage and
Gadget lover Marc Benioff says his favorite gadget these days is his cars and trucks
Marc Benioff famously got into tech as a child coder writing games. He's always loved tech gadgets. During an episode of technewss's Equity podcast, when asked about his latest gadgets, he showed off his Oura ring. But then he considered and said that his favorite gadget these days is his
Partiful is Google’s ‘best app’ of 2024
Partiful, the New York-based event-planning app that’s taking on older solutions like Evite, Eventbrite, and Facebook Events, has been named Google’s app of the year, the tech giant announced on Monday as part of its “best apps and games of 2024” list. The list also highligh
Ex-Duolingo execs raise $13M for a startup that’s making it easier to access a college education
As college tuition increases and the student loan debt crisis continues, three former executives from language learning app Duolingo are building a new startup aimed at making college education more affordable and accessible.
The company, tentatively named Outsmart Education (the name is not final
Google.org commits $20M to researchers using AI for scientific breakthroughs
Google is committing $20 million in cash and $2 million in cloud credits to a new funding initiative designed to help scientists and researchers unearth the next great scientific breakthroughs using artificial intelligence (AI).
The announcement, made by Google DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Ha
Perplexity introduces a shopping feature for Pro users in the US
AI-powered search engine Perplexity is venturing into e-commerce. On Monday, the company debuted a new shopping feature for its paid customers in the U.S. which offers shopping recommendations within Perplexity’s search results as well as the ability to place an order without going to a retai
Sam Altman will co-chair San Francisco mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s transition team
San Francisco’s mayor-elect, Daniel Lurie, has tapped OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to help run his transition team, the campaign announced on Monday, as part of the administration’s effort to embrace the tech industry. Altman, alongside nine other San Francisco leaders, will provide guidance t