Amsterdam-based professional website design platform Framer Inc. today announced it has raised $100 million in a late-stage funding at a $2 billion valuation. The Series D funding round was led by the company’s existing investors Meritech and Atomico. As a website builder, Framer’s platform provides tools for web creation beyond the prototyping features of competitors … Read more
Venmo and the NCAA are teaming up to help protect student athletes from harassment, with a number of protections put in place to prevent bullying. This collaboration comes as research shows that nearly half of U.S. teens and U.S. adults have faced some form of online harassment or cyberbullying, and the trend is rising. A … Read more
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Google Cloud’s enterprise customers can now access Gemini via Google Distributed Cloud, its on-premises and edge cloud solution, the company said Thursday. The tech giant positioned the move as a security play. “For years, enterprises … Read more
Stephen King paused his recent run of horror movie reviews on Wednesday to give a damning assessment of what Trump is doing to America. The legendary author, who has attacked Trump on social media many times in the past, accused the president of turning the country into a fascist state. SEE ALSO: Stephen King shares … Read more
TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 04: A Japan Post Co sign is seen outside of a post office in downtown Tokyo on November 4, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Shares in Japan Post with its banking and insurance units started trading in Tokyo on November 4, 2015 after an initial public offering that marked 1.4 trillion yen. … Read more
Hey Product Hunt! 👋 Jason Howie here! I’m really proud to help launch Autobound on Product Hunt today! Daniel and Kyle have built a fantastic product for teams of all sizes. Over the past 4 months ago I joined them and I have seen them kill themselves day in and day out to make not … Read more
Susan Monarez is no longer the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a post by the official Department of Health and Human Services X account. She had been in the position for just a month. In the wake of her apparent ouster, several other CDC leaders have resigned. Named … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. At the recent Entrepreneur Level Up Conference, entrepreneurs from across the country gathered to gain strategies, inspiration and practical insights from a lineup of well-known successful entrepreneurs. I was honored to host the conference and partner with Entrepreneur. One of the headliners, Robert Herjavec — investor, entrepreneur … Read more
A sticker in Seattle that takes aim at the richest of the rich. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) I spotted a sticker on the wall of a Seattle bar restroom recently. It stuck with me — more than it did on that bathroom wall — because I peeled it off and kept it. “Billionaires are the … Read more
Remember when everyone thought AI would replace writers and coders first? Apparently, a venture capitalist recently told OpenAI’s Noam Brown that sure, AI could do those things — but making “accurate, calibrated predictions about the future?” That’s uniquely human. Well, University of Chicago just dropped Prophet Arena to test that theory, and the results are… humbling. Here’s the deal Prophet Arena throws … Read more