Month: February 2020
Report: Outdoor Voices founder Tyler Haney is stepping down as CEO as growth slows
Tyler Haney, the founder and chief executive of activewear label Outdoor Voices, has stepped down, according to the Business of Fashion. We’ve reached out to Haney directly, as well as board members from the venture firms that have backed the company, including General Catalyst and Forerunner Ventures, and we hope…
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Hot Wheels made two remote-controlled Tesla Cybertruck toys
Hot Wheels will ship you a Cybertruck long before Tesla is likely to make any deliveries on their electric retro-future wheels trapezoid: The toy maker just unveiled two different RC Cybertruck models, including a 1:64 scale model at just $20 – and a much larger 1:10 scale version for $400.…
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Do AI startups have worse economics than SaaS shops?
A few days ago, Andreessen Horowitz’s Martin Casado and Matt Bornstein published an interesting piece digging into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) startups, and, more specifically, how those companies perform as businesses. Core to the argument presented is that while founders and investors are wagering “that AI businesses will…
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Arlo Pro 3 home security cameras now support Apple’s HomeKit
Arlo Pro 3 security cameras now support Apple’s HomeKit smart home platform, which lets you manage your gadgets (lights, cameras, etc.) through the Home app on your iOS device. The cameras originally launched last September without support for HomeKit, but it has now arrived. If you want to use your…
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Hackers impersonate top VPN to steal cryptocurrency
Researchers at Kaspersky have discovered a new malicious campaign which uses a fake version of a popular VPN service’s website to spread the Trojan stealer AZORult by tricking users into thinking they are downloading a Windows installer. AZORult is one of the most common stealers on Russian hacking forums because…
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Google’s Stadia adds four SteamWorld games to its lineup
Google’s streaming-based Stadia game service has had a rocky start since it launched last year, but Google has been trying to bolster that with more games. The latest are four titles from the SteamWorld series: SteamWorld Dig, SteamWorld Dig 2, SteamWorld Heist, and SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech. For those…
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