Launched in 2006, education startup Course Hero started its life away from the attention of venture capital. After launching, the company waited eight years to raise a $15 million Series A. Then, after going another nearly six years without raising venture capital, Course Hero closed two financings in 2020. Yesterday, the edtech company announced yet […]
Noname Security hits $1B valuation after $135M Series C raise
API security is all the rage these days, pushed into the limelight following a spate of high profile security incidents that saw reams of user data exposed or exfiltrated. Peloton spilled users’ private account information; Experian exposed the financial histories of millions of Americans; and Facebook, LinkedIn, and Clubhouse all had user data scraped en […]
テクノロジーとデモクラシーの間で引き裂かれた自由の国アメリカ／ポスト・レーガンのアメリカを探して：#01
およそ40年にわたって続いた「レーガンの時代」が終わりを迎え、アメリカはいま、「ポスト・レーガンの時代」という分岐点に向き合っている──。デザイン・シンカーの池田純一は、現在のアメリカをこう分析する。いったい「レーガンの時代」とは何だったのか。それが終わりを告げることにより、今後アメリカはどう変化していくのか。テックとデモクラシーを基底に据えることで浮かび上がってくる現代アメリカの社会文化をひもとく新連載！
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Samsung Submits Patent Application On a Rollable Smartwatch With a Camera
According to recently-submitted patent application spotted by LetsGoDigital, Samsung may be working on a rollable smartwatch equipped with a camera and two separate displays. PhoneArena reports: The device looks like a regular Galaxy Watch with a displ…
How optimizing presales productivity can help startups multiply revenue growth
CROs will often try to brute-force growth by adding more sales reps. That’s one way, but there are other approaches, especially in a market where finding talent has its own challenges.
Saudi women’s rights activist sues three US intel operatives over hacking for UAE
Loujain al-Hathloul says actions of men on behalf of the UAE led to her iPhone being hacked and to her imprisonment and tortureLoujain al-Hathloul, the prominent Saudi women’s rights activist, has filed a lawsuit against three former US intelligence an…
Ubisoft First Major Pub To Befoul Own Game With NFTs
Ubisoft just announced Ubisoft Quartz, an NFT initiative which allows people to buy artificially scarce digital items using cryptocurrency. This announcement represents the AAA-industry’s first real foray into NFTs, which a lot of people absolutely hat…
TechCrunch+ roundup: Credit Karma post-exit, recruiting developers, re:Invent recap
The very day in Feb. 2020 that Credit Karma planned to announce that it had been acquired by Intuit for over $7 billion, the stock market tanked, spooked by news that a virus could start a pandemic.
Amazon Web Services Outage Affects Several Major Games
Amazon Web Services, upon which much of the internet is built, is experiencing issues with its biggest hub of data centers. Naturally, this means a lot of folks are having trouble logging into and playing some of their favorite games.Read more…
Sony Shows The Future Of Next-Gen VR With Prototype Headset
Today, Sony held an online event called Sony Technology Day to showcase different technology that the company is developing. One presentation showed Sony’s prototype for an 8K VR headset. Read more…