Ready, Set, Raise — the Y Combinator for female founders — announces second cohort
About one-fourth of the startups in Y Combinator’s summer batch had a female founder. Not the most disappointing statistic if you consider this: Companies with at...
Airship acquires A/B testing company Apptimize
Airship announced today that it has acquired Apptimize, an A/B testing company whose customers include Glassdoor, HotelTonight and The Wall Street Journal. Formerly known as Urban Airship,...
Peloton files publicly for IPO
Peloton, the well-funded maker of internet-connected stationary bikes and treadmills, has finally revealed documents for its upcoming initial public offering. The business previously submitted a confidential...
AR mapping startup 6D.ai expands platform as it exits beta
World-mapping computer vision startup 6D.ai is expanding support to new devices as its augmented reality platform exits beta. The SF startup launched its beta in October...
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks and astronaut Sally Ride get their own Barbies
Monday was Women’s Equality Day. It was also the day that Mattel, the company behind Barbie, released two new dolls: One honoring the Civil Rights activist...
I’ll Take This Custom Handheld Sega Dreamcast Over the Switch Lite Any Day
While everyone is oohing and aahing over the Nintendo Switch Lite today, I’d rather throw $200 at YouTube’s GmanModz to build me this fully functional Sega...
Popeyes is sold out of chicken sandwiches
We all helped Popeyes win the great chicken sandwich war, but at what cost? The fried chicken chain announced on social media Tuesday that its instantly...
Google Maps finally lets you plan ‘mixed modes’ travel
Sometimes getting home is a journey. If it takes a few transit methods to get from a party to your front door, Google Maps didn’t used...
Joined by Pete Buttigieg, Drivers Blockade Roadway Outside Uber Headquarters
To a steady beat of whistles, car horns, and “AB5 and a union!” hundreds of rideshare drivers amassed outside Uber’s corporate headquarters in San Fransisco this...
Former Google and Uber exec faces up to 10 years in jail over self-driving car trade secrets
If you thought the Waymo v. Uber trial wrapped up when the companies settled early last year … well, nope. An unsealed federal indictment Tuesday revealed...
