Mozilla launches $35M venture capital fund for early-stage ‘responsible’ startups

It seems that every internet company and their dog have at least one venture capital (VC) arm under their wing, with the likes of Google Ventures (now GV), Microsoft Ventures (now M12), Salesforce Ventures, Twilio Ventures, and Zoom Ventures all serving their corporate namesakes potential cash cows via hundreds of equity investments. Today, it’s Mozilla’s…

Brex is acting more and more like a venture capitalist over time

Brex has been steadily increasing its partnerships with startup aggregators over time, such as Y Combinator, AngelList, and today, as per its latest announcement it inked a new deal with Techstars. Brex CEO and co-founder Henrique Dubugras compared his company’s strategy to that of Stripe, “if you can get companies in the inception, you act…

People are using the same meme template to troll Elon Musk’s Twitter

Twitter has always been a bit of a dumpster fire, but over the past week it’s evolved into something that pretty much defies metaphors. It started when Elon Musk’s reluctant takeover became official, then quickly escalated as he fired top executives, announced the introduction of an $8 monthly fee for Twitter Blue (which includes the…

GOP strategist says the party deserves blame for wave of hatred that led to attack on Pelosi’s husband

Republican leaders leave the RNC headquarters in July, 2010, when they campaigned to retake the House under the “Fire Pelosi” slogan. Mark Wilson/Getty Images GOP strategist Doug Heye was interviewed on MSNBC about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband. He said he and other Republicans bore guilt for whipping up hatred against Pelosi. Leading Republicans…

World’s longest passenger train, which stretches 1.2 miles, snakes through the Swiss Alps. Take a look.

A 1.2-mile-long Swiss train has set a new world record for the longest passenger train. swiss-image.ch/Philipp Schmidli A Swiss train has set a new world record for the longest passenger train. The train was made up of 25 new railcars and stretched more than 1.2 miles. The train traveled through a UNESCO World Heritage site…