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The Australian and New Zealand startup community will see a boost in funding this year. Blackbird, a VC fund based in the two south Pacific countries, on Wednesday closed a fund at over AUD $1 billion, which is about USD $640 million, which the firm says is Australia’s largest fund to date. This is Blackbird’s…

As Rian Johnson prepares to premiere Glass Onionhis highly anticipated follow-up to 2019’s surprise hit Knives Outhis first major success, Looperturns 10. In a career full of critical and commercial hits, Johnson has made a name for himself as an innovative and clever writer and a stylish and deft filmmaker. The result is a storyteller unlike…

We’ve been hearing for years how TikTok hoovers up data globally and presents it to its parent company in China, and potentially thence to the powers that be. But despite renewed calls today from FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, the popular app is very unlikely to be outright banned. That doesn’t mean it will be allowed…

Watching TV is one of the most common ways to decompress and enjoy your time off. Android TVs can take this experience to the next level by offering on-demand streaming, customization, personalized recommendations, and even video games. Plus, new features are always being added to enhance your experience, so there’s always something more to discover….

I’ve been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 hit the streets. In that time, I’ve also reviewed More than 200 laptops, the vast majority running Windows. And outside of a brief diversion to escape the pain of Windows Vista, I’ve never found much reason to want to secede to a Mac. Then, I saw a…

The global economy is in turmoil right now, and after a couple of years of relatively smooth sailing, even experienced investors are having a difficult time navigating the choppy waters this year. The volatility that has been shaking economies since January has left portfolios bruised and many investors unsteady about the future — and new…

If you’ve worked at large tech companies, you’ve probably seen that a bunch of groups show up, whether officially or unofficially. Google calls ’em Employee Resource Groups (ERG), Facebook has its internal version of Facebook with groups, and other orgs have systems that range from listservs that have been running since the 1990s, to internal…

As director of Techstars’ startup pipeline, Saba Karim spends much of his time touting the ways entrepreneurs can benefit by joining an accelerator. But is it the right choice for every founder? After he posted a thread on Twitter offering several rationales explaining why some should definitely avoid them, I invited him to adapt it…