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| Hey everyone, well, there was a year’s worth of news this week. Here are some of the top stories we had on the site this week. | | | |
Trends of the week - ISPs start dropping data caps
As every tech company in the world asks itself what its coronavirus response should look like, ISPs are being guilted into dropping data caps as more Americans work and study from home. Read more here. - Bitcoin takes a dive as the public markets falter
Cryptocurrencies haven’t shown particularly strong resistance in the face of coronavirus emergency, Bitcoin and other leading coins took substantial hits this week as the Dow also suffered its biggest one-day drop since 1987 though it recovered the bulk of that loss Friday. Read more about it in our coverage. - Princess Cruises admits to a data breach
Tough times at Princess Cruises which was already reeling from a couple of coronavirus outbreaks on its cruise ships when it also copped to a data breach. Read more here. - Trump announces travel ban
The full impact isn’t quite evident yet, but this week Trump announced that European travel would be severely curtailed though there appears to be lessened impact on U.S. citizens. Read more about it in our coverage. - Lego Mario is coming
One of the few pieces of unexpected happy news from this week was the reveal of some new Mario-branded Lego kits that will be arriving later this year. Read more here. | | | |
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| Our premium subscription business had another great week of content. My colleague Darrell Etherington talked a bit about the next frontier of early-stage space investments. “…But for many remote-friendly venture capitalists, making deals remotely is business as usual. We caught up with a few investors to learn how they make virtual dealmaking work for them, including its impact on their deal flow and portfolio diversity. Founding partner of the W Fund Kate Brodock warned investors to not "devalue the process." "In-person is always ideal, but video still allows you to get a close-to-complete sense of the person in front of you — everything from facial expressions to body language to how they organize their desk," Brodock said. "Making meaningful and informative connections through video is entirely possible." Sign up for more newsletters, including my colleague Darrell Etherington’s new space-focused newsletter Max Q, here. Read more | | | |
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