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SaaS startups are changing the founder/investor dynamic

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 2:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


The balance of power between startup founder and venture capital investor has changed – and the rules of the courtship reversed. Falling software costs and better management mean Software as a Service (SaaS) startups are accessing less funding, keeping their capital and more often finding success on their own. This is good news for startups as they are independently building the engine of their companies and only accessing funding to purchase fuel to run it. The shifting fortunes of investors means they need to bring something other than cash to the table. Now more than ever, VC investors need to…

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These idiots shot a porno in an Autopilot-enabled Tesla and Elon Musk deserves some blame

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 2:24 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Cars, Insider


Taylor Jackson is a pioneer, of sorts. The adult actress, to our knowledge, is the first to shoot a pornographic scene in a moving vehicle without a human driver. And much like other pioneers her actions will inspire some while leading others to reenact an event that could, quite possibly, end in death. Jackson recently shot a pornographic scene where she and a man in the driver’s seat engaged in various sex acts while riding in a Tesla, on Autopilot. As dumb as it was, Jackson isn’t the problem; Elon Musk is. Look, we knew that people would fuck in…

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American senator pleads for children’s protection in anti-lootbox bill

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 1:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


American government officials have finally taken their shot at video game lootboxes. Specifically, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri announced his intention to introduce the “The Protecting Children from Abusive Games Act” to the US Senate. This is the culmination of slow-burning anti-lootbox sentiment that’s bubbled up from the gaming community over the course of the last year-and-a-half. Ever since games like Battlefront II and Middle Earth: Shadow of War took lootboxes and in-game purchases from just “occasionally-overpriced bling” to “pay-to-win garbage,” those who regulate fair trade have begun to sit up and take notice. Since then, the issue has been studied in numerous…

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Elon says Tesla will field 1M fully autonomous robo-taxis by 2020 – AI experts call BS

May08
by on May 8, 2019 at 11:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Opinion, robots, Social Media


Elon Musk, the PT Barnum of tech, is currently getting a ration of ridicule from some of the world’s foremost leading AI experts over his ridiculous claim that Tesla will field a million fully autonomous cars by 2020. If there are a million Tesla robo-taxis functioning on the road in 2020, I will eat them. Perhaps @rodneyabrooks will eat half with me? https://t.co/NEVnU4Jjgy — Kai-Fu Lee (@kaifulee) May 8, 2019 Musk, as his oddly sycophantic followers are prone to point out every time he’s criticized, is a big-picture kind of guy. So, it came as no surprise when he told…

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