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Recession woes, war in Ukraine, and rising inflation have to date had little effect on the patent litigation marketplace—emphasizing the “non-correlated” in “non-correlated asset”—and it was borne out in the courts last week, where litigation exploded, with 135 new patent filings, more than double the average—though this keeps with a trend of seeing filings spike…
Enlarge (credit: Scharon Harding) Google is testing a method to boost the battery life of Chromebooks by changing how they work with the Chrome web browser. It’s shaping up to be a potentially attractive update for users who leave a lot of tabs open on their Chromebooks. Google Chrome currently cuts the CPU time and…
Enlarge / A license plate reader in California. (credit: Gado | Getty Images) Since the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, America’s extensive surveillance state could soon be turned against those seeking abortions or providing abortion care. Currently, nine states have almost entirely banned abortion, and more are expected to follow…
Enlarge (credit: Hubble Heritage Team) On Friday, NASA continued to build the hype for next week’s image release from the Webb Space Telescope by announcing the five objects in the first cache of images. A few of the targets are exactly what you’d expect, given what scientists have said they want to use the telescope…
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The first two years of the pandemic boosted e-commerce, but Simon Wu, a partner at Cathay Innovation, has identified three factors that are now creating strong headwinds for online retailers: Increasing economic uncertainty iOS social media privacy updates “A potential drop in discretionary spending.” Even if one could set aside a looming recession, the fact…
Roger Hurwitz Contributor Share on Twitter Roger Hurwitz is a founding partner at Volition Capital. He focuses primarily on investments in software and technology-enabled business services. More posts by this contributor Should SaaS founders be raising capital now? The don’ts of debt for fast-growing startups It feels like almost any company is a tech company…
SAVE $38: The Google Nest Thermostat is on sale for only $91.99 at Walmart as of July 8. That’s 29% in savings and just a few bucks away from its lowest price ever. Like saving money? Here’s a tip: You can save as much as 10% a year on heating and cooling by just turning…
It’s a big year for San Diego Comic-Con, a big year for Marvel, and a big year for Mondo. On the ‘Con front, 2022 marks the fan convention’s first full-blown return since COVID shut the world down in March 2020 (there was a heavily curtailed show in 2021). For Marvel, it’s a year of re-introductions,…