Last week, at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, we sat down with Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman, two longtime VCs whose paths first crossed as children in Frankfurt, Germany, and who were brought in to reboot the storied venture firm Kleiner Perkins roughly six years ago. They’ve seemingly accomplished their mission to burnish the … Read more
The AI chatbot Google Bard is one of the fastest evolving apps in the Google collection at the moment – and it looks as though its branding is about to evolve too, with Google set to rename it as Gemini. This comes from developer Dylan Roussel (via Engadget), who has apparently found a list of … Read more
The makers of two phone surveillance services appear to have shuttered after the owner agreed to settle state accusations of illegally promoting spyware that his companies developed. PhoneSpector and Highster were consumer-grade phone monitoring apps that facilitated the covert surveillance of a person’s smartphone. Commonly dubbed stalkerware (or spouseware), these apps are typically planted on … Read more
Over 1,000 UK undergraduates have been surveyed by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and 53% admitted to also using popular AI tools like ChatGPT or its innumerable imitators to create content, generate ideas, or both. The Guardian phrases the next bit perfectly, so I’m going to quote them on it: “Just 5% admitted copying … Read more
Following months of behind-the-scenes conflict, Byju’s and some of its biggest investors are now airing their complaints about one another publicly. Byju’s, once India’s most valuable startup, said Friday its investors do not have the voting right to seek leadership changes, a day after a group of shareholders called for an extraordinary general meeting to … Read more
Netflix has pulled the plug on Obliterated, the action comedy series from Cobra Kai‘s creators, after a single season. According to Deadline and Variety, the over-the-top, R-rated series has not been renewed for a second outing on Netflix after the streaming giant canceled the project. No reason has been given for the show’s axing, but … Read more