Stanford University has produced 1,427 founders who have raised venture capital. David Madison/Getty Images PitchBook released its annual ranking of the top 100 colleges for VC-backed startup founders. Many of the top schools are near tech hubs like San Francisco, Boston, New York City, and Austin. Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Harvard have the top three…
Taurids meteorite fireball descending in glowing aurora over Lake Simcoe, on November 9, 2015. Orchidpoet/Getty Images The Northern Taurids meteor shower will be at its best overnight, between November 11 and 12. Meteor showers happen when Earth passes through the path of a comet. At their peak, you might see around five meteors per hour…
FilmMagic for HBO via Getty Images Elon Musk told Twitter staff he’s usually “pretty responsive on email” and replies “within hours.” The tech mogul waited two weeks after buying Twitter to send an all-staff email and host a company-wide Q&A. Musk has ordered staff to return to the office or be fired, saying “communication is…
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in July 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo A New York Congressman who lost his seat criticized AOC’s midterm campaigning. He said she didn’t help the party enough, an allegation she denies. Democrats managed to avoid huge losses to Republicans nationwide,…
Steamboat Springs Resort at night. Mengzhonghua Photography/Getty Single family home prices in metro Denver have fallen 10% from their record highs recorded in April 2022. Colorado ski towns are struggling with low housing inventory, which is keeping prices high. One realtor said the market shift is a “welcome relief” although it spurred a “fearful tinge”…
Happy Friday to my favorite corner of the internet. Senior reporter Phil Rosen here one last time before the weekend. If you didn’t check your portfolios yesterday, take a peek now if you want to feel like Christmas came early. The stock market just had its best day of the year. We can chalk that…
Twitter owner Elon Musk sitting in a Tesla. James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images Elon Musk told Twitter staff he had PTSD and paranoia about recessions, per a transcript by The Verge. He said a recession was looming and Twitter was in a “dire situation from a revenue standpoint.” Musk also said in the meeting he…
Liz Cheney speaks during a lecture at American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, on September 19, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images GOP Rep. Liz Cheney is a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump. On Thursday she said the 2022 midterm elections marked a “victory for team normal,” reports said. Cheney endorsed three Democrats in the…
A composite of two observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show Jupiter’s aurora. NASA/ESA/J. Nichols (University of Leicester) An astronomer’s map of a heat wave on Jupiter helped solve the planet’s “energy crisis” mystery. Solar plasma triggered an aurora at Jupiter’s north pole, which sent a heat wave spilling down the planet. Astronomer James O’Donoghue…
Hello, and Happy Friday. This is Matt Weinberger, Insider’s deputy editor of tech analysis, filling in for Jordan Erb for the next week. By way of introduction: I just took this new role after a long stint leading our newsroom’s cloud computing coverage; I’m level 39 in Pokémon Go; and my BTS biases are RM…