To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day
Hundreds gathered this week at San Francisco’s Pier 48 to see the more than 200 companies in Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 cohort present their two-minute pitches....
Monica Rambeau Is the Hero We’d Love to See in Avengers: End Game
Captain Marvel is so packed with standout characters and empowering moments we hardly know where to begin discussing it. On top of being a film that stands...
Researchers Create Fake Profiles on 24 Health Apps and Learn Most Are Sharing Your Data
Using apps to keep track of your medication or look up the symptoms of your latest mysterious illness might be convenient. But a new study out...
Gig workers need health & benefits — Catch is their safety net
One of the hottest Y Combinator startups just raised a big seed round to clean up the mess created by Uber, Postmates and the gig economy....
The 10 Best Deals of March 21, 2019
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today. Read more… Source : The 10...
Facebook’s AI couldn’t spot mass murder
Facebook has given another update on measures it took and what more it’s doing in the wake of the livestreamed video of a gun massacre by...
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Sequel is Coming This October
Get ready for another romantic trip to Italy, because author André Aciman has announced he’s working on a sequel to Call Me By Your Name. via...
Robotics process automation startup UiPath raising $400M at more than $7B valuation
UiPath, a robotics process automation platform targeting IT businesses, is raising more than $400 million in Series D funding from venture capital investors at a valuation...
Tressie McMillan Cottom Is a Public Intellectual
For Guernica, Roxane Gay interviews Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom about her new essay collection, Thick. The two writers talk taking black women seriously, self-protection, and, as...
Admitted Meme Thief FuckJerry Sued for Allegedly Stealing a Meme
There’s a lot of reasons why you might have heard about FuckJerry. In addition to being a popular Instagram account, it’s also come under fire for...
