Q&A with Brex co-CEO Henrique Dubugras on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, launching Brex travel to compete with SAP Concur and Navan, and more — Everybody hates Concur. Brex wants to replace it. … Brex is what you might call a neobank — not a traditional bank but, rather …
Apple reports an issue with its Weather app on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS, ongoing for over five hours; some users have had issues for over a week — Apple is currently experiencing issues with its weather data provider, leaving many users unable to see live weather forecasts for selected regions in the Weather app.
Many current and former Amazon executives, showrunners, and agents say Amazon Studios is confusing and frustrating; one showrunner says Studios has “no vision” — Despite ambitious bets like ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ and the upcoming ‘Citadel,’ insiders complain that there's still …
In a referendum 89% of Parisians voted against keeping shared e-scooters in the city; Lime, Dott, and Tier will have to pull their fleets out by September 1 — In a major blow to shared micromobility companies Lime, Dott and Tier, Paris has voted to ban rental e-scooters from their streets.
Twitter updates the description of all blue checkmarks to say “This account is verified because it's subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account” — On Sunday, Twitter did something different: It updated the language in the description of verified users …
Sources: in November 2021, five days after Biden put NSO on a Commerce Dept. blacklist, a shell company acting as a front for the US gov't licensed NSO software — The Biden administration has been trying to choke off use of hacking tools made by the Israeli firm NSO.
In a now deleted tweet, Elon Musk said verified accounts would get a “few weeks grace” but would lose their badges if “they tell they won't pay now” — - The first day of Twitter's previously announced axing of “legacy” verified checks nearly passed without incident.
A16Z appears to openly court Saudi capital; Horowitz compared the US unfavorably to the Saudis after the US government appeared unmoved by an Andreessen essay — Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains. — According to Bloomberg …
Sources: SVB execs bought long-term assets that paid more interest based on a misplaced profit-driven strategy, falling out of compliance with its risk model — Focused on profits, leaders made decisions that foreshadowed the bank's surprise failure — Flush with cash from a booming tech industry …
Sources: Lyft founders' departures followed months of staff concerns as the company's market value fell 85% to under $3.5B in two years, while Uber fared better — New CEO says he aims to boost employee morale and overhaul customer and driver experience — Tech Live: Lyft Co-Founder on Stock-Price Tumble, Autonomous Cars
New York Times : Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force...
