Shares of First Republic are off 40% on reports that the government may step in

Shares of First Republic Bank plunged by nearly 50% Friday, ratcheting pressure on the troubled bank and adding to its mounting market-confidence woes. As of noon ET, the stock... Read more »

How Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is fighting for the future of open source software

A crypto wallet theft lawsuit brought about by a man who claims to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto could jeopardise the future of open source software development. That’s according... Read more »

How startups can produce social content that actually resonates

Social media can be a great tool for startups to gain visibility and garner a following among investors and customers, but coming up with a winning strategy may seem... Read more »

Critical-rated security flaw in Illumina DNA sequencing tech exposes patient data

The U.S. government has sounded the alarm about a critical software vulnerability found in genomics giant Illumina’s DNA sequencing devices, which hackers can exploit to modify or steal patients’... Read more »

Battle of two marketing companies

It isn’t often that startup rivals battle in plain view of others, but such is the case with the mobile messaging services provider Postscript, which took to the Twitterverse... Read more »

Cloud infrastructure revenue growth dips to 19% in Q1, but still hits $63B for quarter

As expected, companies are continuing to cut back on their cloud spend where possible, as tech budgets continue to get careful scrutiny. That resulted in a quarter in which... Read more »

Is First Republic just a victim of SVB’s collapse?

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex were especially chattery as... Read more »

How we used data-driven personas to radically improve the customer experience

Gary Sabin Contributor Gary Sabin is VP of product at Impartner, a B2B partner management technology provider. Most conversations around personas happen with the marketing or product teams. These... Read more »

Government is playing ‘psychic war’ in battle over end-to-end encryption

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Brave Search doesn’t use Bing’s index anymore

Brave just announced that it is now exclusively using its own index for its search engine. In other words, it doesn’t rely on third-party solutions like Bing anymore. When... Read more »
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