Silicon Valley needs a new approach to studying ethics now more than ever

Silicon Valley needs a new approach to studying ethics now more than ever

Lisa Wehden Contributor Share on Twitter Lisa Wehden is an investor at Bloomberg Beta, a VC fund focused on the future of work; previously she launched Entrepreneur First in Berlin. Next month, Apple and Google will unveil features to enable contact tracing on iOS and 

Matt Ocko saw COVID-19 coming: Here’s what his venture firm is doing about it

Matt Ocko saw COVID-19 coming: Here’s what his venture firm is doing about it

Matt Ocko, co-founder of venture firm Data Collective (DCVC), was among a small group of VCs viewed as alarmists when they began tweeting about the coronavirus’s imminent appearance in the U.S. back in January. In retrospect, those individuals were prescient, so we spoke with Ocko 

Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

Divergent, the Los Angeles-based startup aiming to revolutionize vehicle manufacturing, has cut about one-third of its staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended startups and major corporations alike. The company, which employed about 160 people, laid off 57 workers, according to documents filed with 

COVID-19 forced Airbnb to rethink its product offerings; here’s some of what it came up with

COVID-19 forced Airbnb to rethink its product offerings; here’s some of what it came up with

The coronavirus has decimated the travel industry, and Airbnb, the home rental company that appeared unstoppable not so long ago, has not been spared. While the headlines have focused on the measures it’s taking to stockpile cash to offset its losses, behind the scenes, the 

‘Deficiencies’ that broke FCC commenting system in net neutrality fight detailed by GAO

‘Deficiencies’ that broke FCC commenting system in net neutrality fight detailed by GAO

Today marks the conclusion of a years-long saga that started when John Oliver did a segment on Net Neutrality that was so popular that it brought the FCC’s comment system to its knees. Two years later it is finally near addressing all the issues brought 

Matt Ocko saw COVID-19 coming: Here's what his venture firm is doing about it

Matt Ocko saw COVID-19 coming: Here's what his venture firm is doing about it

Matt Ocko, co-founder of venture firm Data Collective (DCVC), was among a small group of VCs viewed as alarmists when they began tweeting about the coronavirus's imminent appearance in the U.S. back in January. In retrospect, those individuals were prescient, so we spoke with Ocko 

WPeMatico 1.3 multiplies

WPeMatico 1.3 multiplies

With the new version 1.3 of WPeMatico come many news and this is true also for the PRO version, and more importantly is that from release 1.3, PRO version will became a package of two plugins. Therefore were born the premium plugins WPeMatico Professional and 

WPeMatico 1.3.3 Free & Professional

WPeMatico 1.3.3 Free & Professional

We recently launched version 1.3.3 of  free and professional WpeMatico plugins. This version comes with several important improvements. Among them, you will find the “order by drag and drop” of the feeds to be consulted. This is an important upgrade, because it allows the user 

New add-on: WPeMatico Publish 2 Email

New add-on: WPeMatico Publish 2 Email

Introduction Publishing to an email WordPress comes with a built in way to publish posts via email.  Find and activate it in your WordPress admin, Settings, Writing page. However, for the same purpose, I have used a very powerful plugin frequently.  It is called Postie