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Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Well, that didn’t take long. In late October, I wrote about how the tide is shifting on tech layoffs, highlighting that 70% of layoffs that…

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly ProWellTech series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by…

Asus ZenBook S 13 Flip MSRP $1,500.00 “The Asus ZenBook S 13 Flip puts an OLED display in a well-built, superlight 2-in-1.” Pros Thin and light Excellent build quality Solid productivity performance Good battery life Great keyboard and touchpad Cons Slightly expensive Touchpad buttons are too stiff The “world’s lightest 13.3-inch 2.8K OLED convertible laptop.”…

Admittedly, I have no idea how to describe what I witnessed in All Jacked Up and Full of Worms. The film depicts the adventures of Roscoe, a janitor at a motel “whose girlfriend has brought another man home for strange rituals,” and Benny, a peculiar man “trying to manifest a baby from an inanimate sex…

Originally released in February 2020, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout was given to PlayStation Plus members for free as a monthly gift but is now free to play for everyone. At first, its bright colors and fun theme make you think that this game is probably just another kids’ game. However, this game has garnered a…

Apple TV 4K is one of the best streaming devices you can buy. It’s so capable that we’re willing to bet it can do things you never knew it could. While Apple makes it very easy to pull Apple TV 4K out of the box and get right to streaming movies and TV shows, it…

It could be argued that the smartphone space has seen fairly low technological advancements in recent times, but there’s no doubt that the fast-charging feature on phones has drastically improved. Gone are the days when phones were put to charge overnight in order to be used during the day. The scenario is completely different now….

Google’s Pixel lineup is now a staple in the Android smartphone space, and as we head into 2023, one of next year’s most anticipated releases is the Google Pixel Fold. What is the Pixel Fold, you ask? It’s the long-rumored foldable Pixel phone from Google, and the tech world has been buzzing about it since…

Drive Capital was founded by two former Sequoia Capital Partners looking to start anew in the Midwest. But investors in the Columbus, Oh.-based firm have had a bumpy ride of late, and according to our sources, they aren’t enjoying it. It’s a dramatic turn for Drive, which announced $1 billion in capital commitments back in…