“Some of them have to drop their ego. When you want to just jog around and do what you want to do, there’s a big problem.” Russell Martin has already said the Scottish Premiership is where his Rangers team will really be judged, and he has wasted no time in letting the players know what … Read more
A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission. In a Friday afternoon post on X, Khan linked to an article about Figma’s impressive first day of trading and argued the IPO is “a great reminder that letting startups grow into independently successful businesses, rather than be … Read more
George Stanger’s second-half red card proved pivotal as 10-man Kilmarnock let a two-goal lead slip to draw 2-2 with newly-promoted Livingston in a dramatic opening match of the new Premiership campaign. In the only 3pm kick-off of the season’s first day, new-look Killie looked on course for victory after strikes from Djenairo Daniels and David … Read more
Startup founders face a perplexing and even contradictory capital market in 2025, according to Sapphire Ventures partner Cathy Gao. “Capital isn’t scarce. But access to that capital is harder than ever,” she said. Gao, who spoke at TechCrunch’s All Stage conference in July, said it’s possible for startup founders, especially those in later Series C … Read more
David Warner has started the Ashes banter early by claiming that Joe Root will need to “take the surfboard off his front leg” if England are to win the urn overseas for the first time since 2010/11. Root is yet to score a Test hundred in Australia, with a best of 89 and an average … Read more
Even while the tech industry is still fanning its face over Figma’s hot IPO on Thursday, another significant tech IPO occurred this week: Ambiq Micro. On Wednesday, the chip maker for wearable devices saw its shares climb from the initial price of $24 to over $42 on Friday. There’s one thing both companies have in … Read more
Leading Japanese duo Miyu Yamashita and Rio Takeda will start their third rounds in the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl at 2.35pm on Saturday, live on Sky Sports. Yamashita leads the way at the halfway stage on 11 under, three shots ahead of her compatriot, and there is then a gap of four shots … Read more
CRV has secured $750 million toward the 55-year-old venture firm’s twentieth flagship fund, it announced on Friday. The new fund is smaller than the $1 billion early-stage fund CRV closed in the fall of 2022. At that time, the firm also announced a $500 million second Select fund, a capital pool for backing late-stage rounds … Read more
A late Ryan Johnson own goal handed Luton Town a fortunate and hard-fought 1-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon in the League One opener on Friday night. Off the back of consecutive relegations, Luton boss Matt Bloomfield will be pleased with the three points at Kenilworth Road to kick off their 2025/26 campaign, although they laboured … Read more
Earlier in July, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick gave chipmakers like Nvidia the green light to start selling certain AI chips in China again, but his department is said to be holding things up. According to reporting from Reuters, Nvidia has yet to receive a license to sell its H20 AI chips. The U.S. … Read more
