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VC industry has become a better career for women over the past 7 years

In Brief Women are making strides in the venture capital world, according to a new report published by the nonprofit All Raise and as first reported by the Wall Street Journal. All Raise released a report that said 18.6% of the top roles at leading VC firms are held by women, which is double what it was in 2018. The survey also found that many women (a quarter of survey respondents) were promoted last year and that investors were still interested in backing underrepresented founders (75% of in

Vast Data in talks with Alphabet’s CapitalG, Nvidia to fund round at up to $30B valuation

In Brief AI storage platform Vast Data is in talks with Alphabet’s venture arm CapitalG and existing backer Nvidia to raise a fresh round that could value the startup at up to $30 billion, Reuters reported, citing two sources. TechCrunch reported last month that Vast Data was working to raise funds at a $25 billion valuation. The round could close in the next few weeks, per Reuters, which would make New York-based Vast Data — last valued at $9.1 billion in 2023 — one of the most valuable tech

Fatal Tesla Autopilot crash triggers $345 million lawsuit and safety questions

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust In brief: Tesla could pay damages of $345 million in a personal injury trial over a fatal Autopilot crash that happened in 2019. Lawyers for the plaintiffs claim that Elon Musk and Tesla made false statements to customers, shareholders, and the public about the safety capabilities of Autopilot, thereby increasing drivers' reliance on the system. On April 25, 2019, 42-year-old George McGee was drivi

Joby, L3Harris partner on hybrid defense craft that can be piloted or autonomous

An electric air taxi by Joby Aviation sits at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in New York City, Nov. 12, 2023. Joby Aviation and defense manufacturing giant L3Harris announced a partnership Friday to develop a next-generation military craft that can be piloted or fly autonomously. The partnership brings together Joby's hybrid vertical take-off and landing, or VTOL, aircraft and L3's expertise in military systems and certification. The companies expect to begin testing this fall, followed by o

Nintendo sold 5.82 million Switch 2s in 7 weeks but still can't keep up with demand

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Nintendo has already sold 5.82 million Switch 2s since the console went on sale on June 6th and still expects to sell 15 million units by the end of its fiscal year in March 2026, the company said in its latest earnings report. If that pans out, the Switch 2 would easily outsell the or

Show HN: Rewindtty – Record and replay terminal sessions as structured JSON

A terminal session recorder and replayer written in C that allows you to capture and replay terminal sessions with precise timing. ⚠️ Disclaimer This is a hobby project created for fun and learning purposes. It's still in active development and may contain bugs or incomplete features. If you encounter any issues, please report them in the Issues section. Contributions are welcome and encouraged! Features Record terminal sessions : Capture all terminal input/output with accurate timing inform

Apple has sold 3 billion iPhones but Android is still king of the world

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Apple recently announced it has sold over 3 billion iPhone units since its introduction in 2007. The iPhone contributed to almost $44 billion in sales for the April–June quarter of 2025. Apple took just four years to reach this milestone since completing sales of 2 billion units back in 2021. The iPhone is more than a mere smartphone. While we at Android Authority focus mainly on Android (it’s in the name!), many of the contributors and staff members

How to Secure a Linux Server

How To Secure A Linux Server An evolving how-to guide for securing a Linux server that, hopefully, also teaches you a little about security and why it matters. Table of Contents (TOC made with nGitHubTOC) Introduction Guide Objective This guides purpose is to teach you how to secure a Linux server. There are a lot of things you can do to secure a Linux server and this guide will attempt to cover as many of them as possible. More topics/material will be added as I learn, or as folks contri

Nintendo’s Switch 2 doubles first-month sales of the original

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nintendo’s financial year is off to a bumper start thanks to explosive sales of its Switch 2 console. Following its launch in June, the Switch 2 console has now sold 5.82 million units according to Nintendo’s Q1 earnings report, more than double the 2.7 million unit sales achieved by the original Switch in its first month. “Currently, demand for Nintendo Switch 2 is exceeding supply in many countries, and w

Mountain of Ink

I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Platinum 3776 fountain pens for years. I’ve purchased like three different ones and always end up selling them because the nib hasn’t been quite right for me. I decided to give this white one a try in a fine nib since I’ve been loving Japanese fine nibs so much right now. My nib sizes have swung widely over the last ten years since I got into fountain pens, everything from double broads and flex nibs to extra fine nibs. I’ve settled on Japanese fine/Western

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Tesla Autopilot plaintiffs seek $345 million in damages over fatal crash in Florida

A Tesla vehicle passes the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse as jury selection began in connection with allegations regarding the safety of Tesla’s autopilot system on July 14, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Tesla is facing a crucial verdict in a personal injury trial over a fatal Autopilot crash in 2019, the first time Elon Musk's automaker has been in front of a jury on such a matter in federal court. Attorneys for the plaintiffs on Thursday asked the jury to award damages of around $345 milli

Apple has now shipped 3 billion iPhones

Apple has shipped its three billionth iPhone, Tim Cook has revealed during a call for the company's third quarter earnings. The company released the first iPhone in 2007 and sold its billionth iPhone in 2016. It is believed to have shipped its two billionth sometime in 2021, and now only four years later, it has reached the new milestone. Apple's CEO said the iPhone enjoyed a double digit growth in the third quarter and that the company earned $94 billion in revenue, up 10 percent year over year

Facing questions on AI strategy, Tim Cook says Apple is 'very open' to acquisitions

Tim Cook arrives for the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 8, 2025. Apple's AI strategy and investment was on the mind of analysts on an earnings call after the company reported third-quarter earnings that showed overall revenue grew by 10% year over year. While Apple was never going to announce major acquisitions or initiatives on an earnings call, CEO Tim Cook's remarks on Thursday confirm that the company i

Crafting your own Static Site Generator using Phoenix (2023)

Image by Annie Ruygt This is a post about building up your own Static Site Generator from scratch. If you want to deploy your Phoenix LiveView app right now, then check out how to get started. You could be up and running in minutes. The year is 2023, you have many options for building a Static Website. From the OG Jekyll to literally hundreds of JavaScript based options to people suggesting you should just craft HTML by hand. All of these solutions are correct and good, and you know what? You

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The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong

The sharpest criticisms of the book Abundance have sometimes come from the antitrust movement. This group, mostly on the left, insists that the biggest problems in America typically come from monopolies and the corruption of big business. In housing, for example, Ezra Klein and I write that a key bottleneck to homebuilding in the last few decades has been legal barriers to construction, including zoning laws and minimum lot sizes. This is a mainstream view supported by economists and scholars w

Reddit shares jump as much as 20% on second-quarter sales and guidance beat

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 21, 2024. Reddit shares jumped as much as 20% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat on sales and guidance. Here's how the company did compared with LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 45 cents vs. 19 cents expected 45 cents vs. 19 cents expected Revenue: $500 million vs. $426 million expected Reddit's revenue grew 78% year-over-year in the second qu

Figma's top VCs are sitting on $24 billion worth of stock after massive IPO pop

Figma Inc. signage during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. You can almost smell the bubbly wafting across Silicon Valley. Following Figma's blockbuster market debut on Thursday, four of the most iconic names in venture capital — Index Ventures, Greylock, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia — are collectively sitting on roughly $24 billion worth of the design software vendor's stock. Until recently, there's b

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The 28 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now (August 2025)

When it comes to originals, Netflix and Amazon have the deepest libraries of prestige movies. But ever since CODA won the Best Picture Oscar, it’s become clear that some of the best movies are on Apple TV+. As with any streaming service, not every film on the roster is a winner, but from the Billie Eilish documentary to Sundance darlings, Apple’s streaming service is building up a strong catalog to run alongside its growing slate of beloved TV shows. Below are WIRED’s picks for flicks you shou

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Apple shipped its 3 billionth iPhone

is a reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Apple has been the target of a fair amount of criticism over the past year, from its AI missteps to a strong distaste for its new design ethos. But the numbers don’t lie, and if Apple knows how to do anything it’s sell iPhones. Specifically, three billion of them, as CEO Tim Cook announced on the company’s earnings call tod

Figma’s stock soared in its highly anticipated IPO, market cap instantly hit $45B

Figma began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after a long delay. It soared so quickly that trading was halted for a short time due to market volatility. Within a minute of trading, its market cap hit $45 billion but the price spent the day bouncing between $101 and as high as $124. It closed at $115.50 and a $47 billion market cap, Yahoo Finance reports. The company and existing investors sold shares at the IPO price of $33 per share. Quite the pop. And after-market trading i

Reddit revenue soars as it bets on AI and advertising

Reddit reported its second-quarter earnings on Thursday, and it’s clear that the company’s focus on AI has ramped up considerably. One significant area of investment is growing its advertising business, supported by its AI-powered marketing tools. The results revealed that the majority of Reddit’s revenue continues to come from ads, which brought in $465 million, representing 93% of the company’s total revenue. Last month, Reddit launched two new features for advertisers: Reddit Insights, a to

Hard-won vibe coding insights: Mailchimp’s 40% speed gain came with governance price

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Like many enterprises over the past year, Intuit Mailchimp has been experimenting with vibe coding. Intuit Mailchimp provides email marketing and automation capabilities. It’s part of the larger Intuit organization, which has been on a steady journey with gen AI over the last several years, rolling out its own GenOS and agentic AI capabili

Tim Cook: Apple just sold its three-billionth iPhone

Apple reported its fiscal Q3 2025 earnings today, beating analyst expectations in key categories like revenue, earnings per share, iPhone revenue, and more. During a call with analysts today, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple has just crossed another major milestone: shipping its three-billionth iPhone since its launch in 2007. For those keeping track at home, Apple shipped its one-billionth iPhone back in July 2016, nine years after the release of the first iPhone. At the time, Cook tout

Apple says tariffs added $800M in costs last quarter, expects over $1B hit in Q4

As part of the ongoing Q3 2025 earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave an update on how the U.S. tariff war is affecting the company’s business, and detailed what to expect during the next fiscal quarter if nothing changes. On the conference call, Cook said: “For the June quarter, we incurred approximately $800 million of tariff-related costs. For the September quarter, assuming the current global tariff rates, policies, and applications the balance of the quarter, and no new tariffs are adde

The Anti-Abundance Critique on Housing Is Dead Wrong

The sharpest criticisms of the book Abundance have sometimes come from the antitrust movement. This group, mostly on the left, insists that the biggest problems in America typically come from monopolies and the corruption of big business. In housing, for example, Ezra Klein and I write that a key bottleneck to homebuilding in the last few decades has been legal barriers to construction, including zoning laws and minimum lot sizes. This is a mainstream view supported by economists and scholars w

New James Bond Movie Will Be Written by Creator of ‘Peaky Blinders’

The director came first, and now it’s the screenwriter. MGM just announced that Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders, has been hired to write the next James Bond movie, which will be directed by Denis Villeneuve. News of Knight’s hiring was first reported by Deadline before being confirmed by the official 007 account. According to the trade, since Villeneuve’s hiring, producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman (who are shepherding the franchise) have been focusing on finding the right writer