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Startmate has curated an impressive lineup of 10 startups for its Summer 2024 Accelerator program.

Christopher Luxon, Ben Scales, Phil Duncan, Steve Wyn-Harris, Grant McCallum.

Alfred Nobel may be famous for inventing dynamite but it was the earlier discovery of nitroglycerin by Ascanio Sobrero that ultimately led to our use of nitrates in cardiovascular medicine.

It’s hard to measure the impact of any one drug on world history. But here are five drugs we can safely say made a huge difference to our lives, oft

Celebs are known for having bizarre or extravagant requests during their lifetime, but sometimes even stranger things happen after they pass.

In a detailed reflection at Mere Orthodoxy, William Murrell offers a trenchant criticism of my article “Evangelicals and Race Theory” (February). He makes an intriguing suggestion: Much of the debate over critical race theory derives from different understandings of what CRT is. While some see it primarily as a method (a mere academic activity), many of its critics see it as a metanarrative (a totalizing worldview), and still others as a mood (an affective response to perceived systemic in...

By Elias Torres • Editor’s Note: This article was first published by TechCrunch here. I have a confession to make: My company fell short of its DEI goal in 2020. Heading into the year, our goal was to build a workforce that’s 44% women and 14% underrepresented people (URP). We made some strides, but currently those figures are 43% and 13%, respectively. Here’s why these goals are important to me: I immigrated to America at 17 with my mother and brother from Nicaragua...

How Black communities shaped the internet An interview with Charlton McIlwain, author of Black Software Share this story As we’ve gone through the pandemic, I’ve been thinking about how much of our lives happen on screens and through software. We use software to connect with our friends, to play games, to move markets, and to catch criminals. Software isn’t eating the world; it’s eaten it. Today on Decoder, I’m talking to Charlton McIlwain, a professor of media, culture, and communic...

I have a confession to make: My company fell short of its DEI goal in 2020. Heading into the year, our goal was to build a workforce that’s 44% women and 14% underrepresented people (URP). We made some strides, but currently those figures are 43% and 13%, respectively. Here’s why these goals are important to me: I immigrated to America at 17 with my mother and brother from Nicaragua. I was promised a land where anything is possible with some know-how and hard work. Yet, growing up, I can’...

Date Time Top University of Canterbury entrepreneurs shoot for success at city event Student entrepreneurs will pitch their innovative business and social enterprise ideas to industry experts in a lively competition in central Christchurch next week. More than 30 University of Canterbury (UC) students have spent the past 10 weeks working on their ventures full-time as part of the university’s Centre for Entrepreneurship (UCE) Summer Startup Programme. The Programme provides budding entreprene...