Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha is bringing one of her favorite Disrupt panels to your…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
“When I hire someone, I make two promises. And I ask for two promises in return,” said Paul English — currently the co-founder of Boston Venture Studio but perhaps best known as the co-founder and CTO of travel platform Kayak. “I promise them that they will have the most fun they’ve had at any job.” What…
Meet Evy, a French startup that is working on extended warranties and product protection insurance. The company raised a $6.5 million seed round (€6.5 million) from Sequoia, La Famiglia VC, Global Founders Capital and several business angels. Evy wants to bring an AppleCare experience to other brands and retailers. Essentially, the startup wants to create…
A massive cache of leaked data reveals the inner workings of a stalkerware operation that is spying on hundreds of thousands of people around the world, including Americans. The leaked data includes call logs, text messages, granular location data and other personal device data of unsuspecting victims whose Android phones and tablets were compromised by…
The NFL week 8 clash between the Baltimore Ravens and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will continue off an 11-year partnership in which Amazon Prime Video is the new home of Thursday Night Football. It’s the first time a streaming service has secured exclusive, season-long streaming rights to NFL games in the US. The $1.2 billion-per-year…
It’s been a feature largely confined to Apple branded headphones so far, but affordable audio brand 1More look to have broken new ground by offering Spatial Audio with head tracking tech in their all-new Aero true wireless earbuds for a super-low price. The feature-packed buds also boast improved noise cancellation over the company’s previous in-ears, as…
Sony’s mirrorless cameras have been some of the biggest photographic innovators of the past few years – and that run of form has continued with new Sony A7R V: a 61MP full-frame powerhouse with some seriously smart autofocus. (Looking for our early verdict? Head to our hands-on Sony A7R V review). Built for landscape, portrait, wildlife…
Criminals have been abusing free cloud accounts on CI/CD providers to mine cryptocurrencies, but the threat campaign holds more than meets the eye, experts have warned. Cybersecurity researchers from Sysdig uncovered more than 30 GitHub accounts, 2,000 Heroku accounts, and 900 Buddy accounts abused in an activity known as “freejacking” (hijacking free accounts). The researchers…
You’ve probably heard about Kaspersky as the security firm behind one of the best antivirus software around. However, it actually offers a wide range of cybersecurity tools like its very own VPN service. And, the good news is that Kaspersky Secure Connection VPN has just been revamped with a major upgrade. From faster speeds to…
CD Projekt Red has announced that The Witcher, the first game in its celebrated trilogy, is getting a full remake in Unreal Engine 5. While CD Projekt is currently hard at work on The Witcher 4 and its Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, the publisher has signed up a team of ex-Witcher devs to rebuild the original…