His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets. 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...

Google’s Personal Intelligence feature is expanding to all US users Google announced on Tuesday that it’s expanding Personal Intelligence, its feature that allows its AI assistant to tailor its responses by connecting across your Google ecosystem, such as Gmail and Google Photos, to all users in the U.S. Previously only available to paid users, Personal Intelligence is available in AI Mode in...

Israel rejects Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, Netanyahu saysTrump last month announced "a monumental step toward lasting peace and security" after Hamas said it had accepted a disarmament plan for Gaza.But Netanyahu said that Hamas had to disarm before Israel withdrew its forces from Gaza, adding it couldn't be some "fictitious disarmament". He said he was now in discussion with US officials...

Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘Mafia’ skills) Ryan Beiermeister has joined Founders Fund as a partner, she announced on Monday. Beiermeister is well-known in Silicon Valley for a number of reasons. For one, prior to this role, she spent about two years as VP of Product Policy at OpenAI as it became a household name, shortly after ChatGPT became...

Virgin Galactic Reenters Space Tourism Market at $750K Per Ticket New Delta-class spacecraft promises more seats and more flights -- at an even steeper cost than before. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being somewhat...