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Death to C, ++

July 16th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The C programming language is terrible. I mean, magnificent, too. Much of the world in which we live was built atop C. It is foundational to almost all computer programming, both historically and practically; there’s a reason that [...]

Lionel Richie says “Hello” to startup investing

July 16th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

It’s been a while that he’s had the idea of startup investing inside his mind… And in Lionel Richie’s dreams he’s thought of pulling the trigger on a deal at least a thousand times. Richie told me he’s [...]

VCs in the land of the redwoods need to stand taller and address gender inequality

July 16th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

to truly address this problem, we have to acknowledge the larger issue of gender bias within our culture, which unfortunately is often conscious, deliberate, and systematic. It sickens me and it needs to end. And ending it also [...]

Disney is opening an immersive Star Wars Hotel where each guest gets a storyline

July 16th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

AHHHHHHH. Disney just announced that’s potentially so damned cool that I hardly need to use complete sentences here: Immersive. Star Wars. Hotel. Details are still super light, but Disney just dropped this bombshell in the middle of its [...]

A farm shouldn’t be a factory

July 16th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

A shift to technologically driven organic farming practices could save our topsoils, lessen our dependence on synthetics and even capture 100% of today’s CO2 emissions. Read More on Tech Crunch

SoundCloud says it’s going to survive, but how?

July 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

SoundCloud says it’s not going away. I’m glad to hear that because I can’t lose SoundCloud. Ever. Last week, SoundCloud announced layoffs of 173 employees (about half of its staff), as well as the closing of its offices [...]

VCs determined to replace your job keep AI’s funding surge rolling in Q2

July 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

These are good times for AI entrepreneurs. Venture, corporate and seed investors have put an estimated $3.6 billion into AI and machine learning companies this year, according to Crunchbase data. That’s more than they invested in all of [...]

The decentralization of startup building

July 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Breakthroughs in technology, changes to regulation and socio-economic tailwinds are allowing talent and capital to be more widely distributed and at the same time closely connected. We’re witnessing the democratisation of a number of components of the startup [...]

Health insurance startup Alan adds life insurance

July 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

French startup Alan launched a brand new full-stack health insurance last year. This week, the company is launching corporate-owned life insurance so that it can become a one-stop shop for all your corporate insurance needs. When Alan launched [...]