Delivery couriers will be able to earn money by completing activities like filming everyday tasks or recording themselves speaking in another language. Image: Startup Stock Photos / Pexels Source: TechCrunch
Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination. Watch as founder and former CEO…
Today, I’m talking with Hank Green, a longtime friend of Decoder and the cofounder and now former owner of Complexly, an online education company he started with his brother John in 2012. I say former owner because Hank and John have just converted Complexly into a nonprofit and given up their ownership of the company…
The company that attempted China’s first orbital-class rocket landing says it will soon try again. Image: Dominic Kurniawan Suryaputra / Unsplash Source: Ars Technica
Today on Decoder we’re going to talk about the war for AI talent. Right now, the hottest job market on the planet is for AI researchers. Image: Ryan Quintal / Unsplash The vast majority of these people are concentrated into a small number of hugely valuable, extremely fast-growing companies in the San Francisco Bay Area….
ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 model that created the viral Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fight videos got the attention of Elon Musk. Image: Lacza / Pexels Source: CNBC
Introduction A seismic shift is underway in the legal battle surrounding Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud case. Following media reports suggesting a potential settlement with no financial penalty, the former president’s legal strategy has pivoted dramatically. Now, his attorneys are launching a counteroffensive, demanding a staggering sum from an unlikely source: Harvard University. Image:…
The financial landscape is shifting beneath our feet. Once-niche prediction markets are surging into the mainstream, offering a high-stakes arena to bet on everything from elections to Oscar winners. This new frontier promises excitement but carries significant risk, especially for your core retirement savings. The savvy strategy emerging? Isolating this speculative activity in a separate…
Sling Money Receives Approval to Offer Crypto Services in UK as Stablecoin Payments Gain Popularity The crypto payments landscape in the United Kingdom has welcomed a new, regulated player. Sling Money has secured approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to offer cryptocurrency services. This move signals a significant step for the app as it…
Sling Money Receives Approval to Offer Crypto Services in UK as Stablecoin Payments Gain Popularity The crypto payments landscape in the United Kingdom is welcoming a new, regulated player. Sling Money has secured approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to offer cryptocurrency services. This move signals a significant step for the app as it…
