Airbnb Offers Free Housing to LA Wildfire Victims

Airbnb says it is offering free temporary housing to residents affected by the wildfires currently raging through Southern California. The company has partnered with 211 LA, a non-profit telephone line…

Stephen Curry’s Penny Jar Capital files to raise a Fund II

Penny Jar Capital, the early-stage firm founded by Bryant Barr and Richard Scudellari and where basketball star Stephen Curry serves as a special adviser, has filed to raise a Fund…

Acer’s Concept Dual Play Embraces Its Inner Transformer

2024 As Kendrick Lamar said, “sometimes you gotta pop out…” and Acer did just that. During its IFA presentation, the company unveiled their Acer Project Dual Play concept. A 2-in-1…

Google Pixel Watch 3 Review: The Best Smartwatch for the Android Faithful

Sorry to leave you all hanging on this one. I had to disappear for a few months. During that time, I wore the Pixel Watch 3 to learn its ins…

Maingear’s Custom Apex Art PC Cases Are So Pretty They’ll Make You Forget What’s Inside Them

Half the reason you shell out the thousands of dollars for a pre-built PC tower is for the convenience. The other half is the aesthetics. CES 2025 has already inundated…

Google’s new Agent will power Mercedes’ next in-car AI assistant

Mercedes-Benz Google Cloud released its new Automotive AI Agent on Monday and has named the Mercedes-Benz CLA as the first car model to offer it later this year. The Agent…

Apple Says It Will Clarify That Its Bad Notification Summaries Are AI-Generated

Apple will soon push an update to iOS that more clearly denotes when notifications have been summarized by its Apple Intelligence software. The company has received significant pushback over the…

Heartcore Capital closes $180M fund to pivot toward infrastructure, synthetic biology, climate

Back in the heady days of 2021, Heartcore Capital planned to focus on consumer technology with a $200 million fund. Fast-forward to 2024, and its latest fund will now “leaven…

Ukranian Hackers Managed to Nearly Destroy Russian Internet Provider

A regional Russian internet provider named Nodex was infiltrated and almost completely destroyed in an attack by a Ukranian hacking group. Nodex confirmed the attack in a statement on Russian…

Lead Edge is increasingly steering its 700+ investors away from VC deals

Mitchell Green worked variously in investment banking, as an analyst with Bessemer Venture Partners, and for a hedge fund backed by Tiger Management before striking out on his own in…