Shares of protein discovery platform Absci pop in market debut
byAbsci Corp., a Vancouver company behind a multi-faceted drug development platform, went public on Thursday. It’s another sign of snowballing interest in new approaches…
Instagram confirms test of new anti-harassment tool, Limits, designed for moments of crisis
byInstagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed the company is testing a new feature called “Limits,” which would give users the ability to temporary lock down…
Moving fast and breaking things cost us our privacy and security
byDenis Mars Contributor Denis Mars is the CEO and co-founder of Proxy, which designs and builds privacy-first, human-led, identity technologies. Over the years, I’ve…
Pre-orders for Panic’s Playdate handheld will open on July 29th
byPlaydate, the adorable whimsy-and-nostalgia-box/handheld game system built by Panic (with some help from Teenage Engineering), has taken one more big step toward reality: it…
Rivian is planning a second U.S. factory
byRivian, the Amazon-backed electric automaker that aims to be the first to bring an EV pickup truck to market, plans to open a second…
Greylock’s Mike Duboe explains how to define growth and build your team
byWith more venture funding flowing into the startup ecosystem than ever before, there’s never been a better time to be a growth expert. At…
Tesla, BHP ink supply deal for nickel ahead of demand surge
byTesla will secure nickel from the commodity production giant BHP, the automaker’s latest move to secure direct sources of raw materials that are projected…
A DNS outage just took down a large chunk of the internet
byA large chunk of the internet dropped offline on Thursday. Some of the most popular sites, apps and services on the internet were down,…
India considering phased roll out of central bank digital currency
byIndia’s central bank is considering launching a digital currency, according to a top executive, giving a clear indication of its intentions for the first…
Filing: Instant grocery startup Gopuff to raise $750M at a $13.5B valuation; sources: it’s actually $1B on a $15B valuation
byGopuff, the “instant” grocery delivery startup that has been on an acquisition and expansion tear in the last several months to scale its business,…