Month: January 2020
Lame LPs, founder referenceability, and the future of VC signaling
I’m still going through some of the comments I received on last week’s articles about the heightened competition among VCs for the best (typically SaaS) venture deals. Some more notes on whether large funds investing in small rounds causes VC signaling risk in a moment, but first, a fun anecdote…
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Journalist Glenn Greenwald charged with cybercrimes for reporting in Brazil
Brazilian prosecutors have charged journalist Glenn Greenwald with violating cybercrime laws, The New York Times reports. The complaint reportedly claims Greenwald was part of a “criminal organization” that hacked public officials’ phones — an accusation apparently linked to Greenwald’s extensive reporting for The Intercept on President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration. Last…
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Tim Cook-backed Nebia releases a much cheaper third-gen shower head
Last year, Tim Cook-backed shower startup Nebia announced it had raised a Series A led by the faucet-maker Moen, this year, we’re seeing the fruits of the exclusive partnership, the startup’s third-generation shower head. The product, called Nebia by Moen, is launching on Kickstarter for $199 and will retail for…
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Apple Card users can now download monthly transactions in a spreadsheet
One of the big questions I got around the time the Apple Card launched was whether you’d be able to download a file of your transactions to either work with manually or import into a piece of expenses management software. The answer, at the time, was no. Now Apple is…
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YouTube TV launches on PlayStation 4 as Vue shutdown nears
YouTube TV is now available on PlayStation 4, becoming the first third-party live TV subscription service to launch on Sony’s game console. Ever since launching its own PlayStation Vue service, Sony has kept competitors such as Sling TV, YouTube TV, and Hulu’s live TV service off of the PS4. But…
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Nvidia could be striking back at AMD with rumored RTX 2080 Super-equipped laptops
At CES 2020, AMD came out swinging with a group of GPUs, like the Radeon RX 5700M, for laptops that should see it compete in the market for the first time in years. However, Nvidia’s not going to take that lying down. We’ve seen a leaked Geekbench result, spotted by…
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