Pro Rata Rights, Immigration, The Sharing Economy, Aws, Ray Dalio, And China’S Smartphones
Original Content podcast: 'Years and Years' takes an unsettling look at the next decade: Anthony Ha, Jordan Crook, Darrell Etherington
“Years and Years” is an unusual show. It’s a co-production of HBO and the BBC, and in the course of six hourlong episodes, it covers a span of more than 10 years in our near future. During that time, we see the rise of a terrifying Trump-style politician in t…
Pro rata rights, immigration, the sharing economy, AWS, Ray Dalio, and China’s smartphones: Danny Crichton
What founders need to know about pro rata rights Pro rata used to be reasonably simple. Venture investors who bought preferred shares in startups had the right to lock in a certain percentage of equity provided they continued funding the company in the future…
Tesla brings back free unlimited supercharging for the Model S and X: Kirsten Korosec
Tesla is resurrecting a popular benefit that CEO Elon Musk once called “unsustainable” as it attempts to boost sales of its more expensive electric vehicles. Tesla announced Saturday that all new Model S sedans and Model X SUVs will come with free unlimited a…
Ethical fashion is on the rise: Brian Kateman
Brian Kateman Contributor Share on Twitter Brian Kateman is President and Cofounder of the Reducetarian Foundation. The fashion industry has historically relied on exploitative, unsustainable and unethical labor practices in order to sell clothes — but if rec…
Apple Card can't be used to buy crypto: Natasha Lomas
Cryptocurrency fans who were hoping to use Apple’s forthcoming credit card to splash on coin are out of luck. You also won’t be able to use the Apple Card to buy lottery tickets, casino gambling chips in any form, physical or virtual, or foreign currency or t…
StockX was hacked, exposing millions of customers' data: Zack Whittaker
It wasn’t “system updates” as it claimed. StockX was mopping up after a data breach, TechCrunch can confirm. The fashion and sneaker trading platform pushed out a password reset email to its users on Thursday citing “system updates,” but left users confused a…
E3’s organizer apologizes after revealing information for thousands of journalists: Brian Heater
The Entertainment Software Association issued an apology of sorts after making available the contact information for more than 2,000 journalists and analysts who attended this year’s E3. “ESA was made aware of a website vulnerability that led to the contact l…
Amazon quietly adds 'no human review' option to Alexa as voice AIs face privacy scrutiny: Natasha Lomas
Amazon has tweaked the settings for its Alexa voice AI to allow users to opt out of their voice recordings being manually reviewed by the company’s human workers. The policy shift took effect Friday, according to Bloomberg, which reports that Alexa users will…
Startups Weekly: DoorDash gets a taste of Caviar: Kate Clark
In this week's newsletter: Lux Capital raises $1 billion, Compass is worth a whole lot of money and Vacasa goes shopping.
Elon Musk says The Boring Company will launch in China this month: Natasha Lomas
Elon Musk wants to drill holes in China. The Tesla founder has tweeted to reveal that his tunnelling and transportation startup, The Boring Company, will be launch in China later this month. Musk is due to speak at an AI conference, called the World Artificia…
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