Elastic founder on returning to open source four years after going proprietary
Licensing kerfuffles have long been a defining facet of the commercial open source space. Some of the biggest vendors have switched to a more restrictive “copyleft” license, as Grafana and Element have done, or gone full proprietary, as HashiCorp did last year with Terraform.
But one $
How I Podcast: Hyperfixed's Alex Goldman
"">The beauty of podcasting is that anyone can do it. It's a rare medium that's nearly as easy to make as it is to consume. And as such, no two people do it exactly the same way. There are a wealth of hardware and software solutions open to potential podcasters, so setups run the gamut from&
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold: Bigger, mostly better
All credit goes to Samsung for inventing and popularizing the foldable. The form factor had plenty of doubters — I admit I was skeptical — when the first Galaxy Fold hit the market in 2019. It was the first Galaxy Flip, which arrived a year later, that taught me to truly appreciate foldables.
In war-torn Sudan, a displaced startup incubator returns to fuel innovation
Businesses need stability to thrive. Unfortunately for anyone in Sudan, stability has been hard to come by for the past year and a half as the country quakes amidst a raging civil war. More than 20,000 people have been killed, and about 7.7 million people have been displaced just within the country
X faces additional $1.9M fine to end ban in Brazil
X (formerly Twitter) could soon resume service in Brazil — if it's willing to pay an additional fine.
Reuters and other publications have reported on an order from the country's Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes stating that the Elon Musk-owned social network could “immediately r
Judge is unimpressed by Apple’s deadline extension request in Epic Games dispute
Apple faces a looming deadline to produce what it says are more than 1 million documents related to recent App Store changes.
On Friday, Judge Thomas S. Hixson denied the company's attempt to extend that deadline, describing the request as “bad behavior.” So Apple’s deadline is s
Meta offers a glimpse through its supposed iPhone killer: Orion
For years, Silicon Valley and Wall Street have questioned Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to invest tens of billions of dollars into Reality Labs. This week, Meta’s wearables division unveiled a prototype of its Orion smart glasses, a form factor the company believes one day could replace th
VCs expect a surge in startups offering lower rate mortgages, other loans now that the Feds cut rates
When the U.S. Feds cut interest rates by half a percentage point last week, it was a dash of good news for venture capitalists backing one particularly beleaguered class of startups: fintechs, especially those that rely on loans for cash flow to operate their businesses.
These companies include
Robot hand can detach from arm, crawl over to objects, and pick them up
Research videos aren't known for their narrative arcs. Occasionally, however, you see one that keeps getting better the longer you watch. “Beyond Manual Dexterity” is one such video. It wows you in the first few seconds with a highly dexterous robotic gripper, and then things start to go of
Why Index Ventures is bulking up its investment team in NYC
While online discourse would make it seem that venture has retreated to the Bay Area, with San Francisco being the most important place to build a startup, Index Ventures is looking to bulk up its New York-based investing team.
The firm is currently looking to hire another New York-based investor
WordPress.org temporarily lifts its ban on WP Engine
WordPress.org has lifted its ban on hosting provider WP Engine until October 1, after putting a block on it earlier this week. The block prevented several sites from updating their plug-ins and themes and exposing them to potential security risk.
WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, who has been i
Binance founder ‘CZ’ released from custody after four-month sentence
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was released from U.S. custody on Friday after serving out his four-month sentence in a low-security correctional facility. CZ’s sentence was the product of a federal investigation that found Binance had failed to stop widespread criminal activi
Canoo hit with two supplier lawsuits as last remaining co-founder leaves
EV startup Canoo has been hit with two new lawsuits from suppliers linked to the drivetrains that power its electric vehicles, just weeks after the company kicked off a major reorganization that included the departure of its chief technology officer.
Canoo has also parted ways with senior director
AI dominated both YC Demo Day and startup news
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