While being contrarian to market sentiment is always risky, it’s also possible that folks might be taking a long-term solution to a short-term problem.
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Law enforcement needs to protect citizens and their data
Robert Anderson Contributor Robert Anderson served for 21 years in the FBI, retiring as executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch. He is currently an advisor at The Chertoff Group and the chief executive of Cyber Defense Labs. Over the past several years, the law enforcement community has grown increasingly concerned […]
View More Law enforcement needs to protect citizens and their dataQuantum-safe communication over the internet infrastructure? Yeah, that’s doable
We’re close to the deployment of a commercial quantum computing system. We need a security scheme that will protect data exchanged between quantum computers on the existing internet infrastructure.
View More Quantum-safe communication over the internet infrastructure? Yeah, that’s doableWhy convertible notes are safer than SAFEs
José Ancer Contributor José Ancer is an Emerging Companies partner at Egan Nelson LLP, a top-tier boutique law firm delivering lean, world-class legal counsel to startups underserved by traditional firms. As the saying goes, where you stand on an issue often rests on where you sit. Translated into startup law and finance, your views on […]
View More Why convertible notes are safer than SAFEsIn big tech’s future expansion plans, public good should be the corporate incentive
Yung Wu Contributor Yung Wu is the CEO of MaRS Discovery District, a Toronto-based innovation hub. More posts by this contributor To actually change the world, Big Tech needs to grow up The cancellation of Amazon’s planned expansion in New York exposes the truth about its HQ2 promises. In the end, the company seemed mainly […]
View More In big tech’s future expansion plans, public good should be the corporate incentiveHow to build The Matrix
In this article we look at the development of video game technology past and future to ask the question: Could a simulation like that in “The Matrix” actually be built?
View More How to build The MatrixFifty years of the internet
Leonard Kleinrock Contributor Share on Twitter Leonard Kleinrock is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. When my team of graduate students and I sent the first message over the internet on a warm Los Angeles evening in October, 1969, little did we suspect that we were at […]
View More Fifty years of the internetPre- and Post-Money SAFEs: Choosing the right one for your startup
Jared Verzello Contributor Jared Verzello is a startup and venture capital lawyer and GM of Atrium Seed where he guides companies through formation, fundraising, hiring, and managing board meetings. With Y Combinator’s Demo Day taking place at Pier 48 in San Francisco next week, its largest batch of companies ever is getting ready to present […]
View More Pre- and Post-Money SAFEs: Choosing the right one for your startupWhat to watch for in a VC term sheet
Mital Makadia Contributor Mital is a partner at Grellas Shah, focusing on representing tech startups and startup founders. She provides counsel on a variety of corporate and transactional matters and negotiates and structures equity financings, M&A transactions, and commercial and intellectual property transactions for her clients. When startup founders review a VC term sheet, they […]
View More What to watch for in a VC term sheetThe inevitability of tokenized data
Chris McCoy Contributor Chris McCoy is the chief executive of Footprint and the creator of Storecoin. More posts by this contributor Yesterday’s “plastics” are today’s crypto tokens We’re reaching the endgame of an inevitable showdown between big tech and regulators with a ley battleground around consumer data. In many ways, the fact that things have […]
View More The inevitability of tokenized dataThe next frontier in real estate technology
From entertainment to transportation, technology has upended nearly every major industry — with one notable exception: real estate.
View More The next frontier in real estate technologyThe “splinternet” is already here
Keith Wright Contributor Share on Twitter Keith Wright is a Villanova School of Business instructor of Accounting and Information Systems, founder of Simplicity On-Demand LLC and former Senior Vice President for Global Sales Operations for SAP. There is no question that the arrival of a fragmented and divided internet is now upon us. The “splinternet,” […]
View More The “splinternet” is already here