In an era of massive data breaches, most recently the Capital One fiasco, the risk of a cyberattack and the costly consequences are the top existential threat to corporations big…

Sony's new flagship Xperia 1 is a skyscraper of a phone. Thanks to its display's cinema-wide, 21:9 aspect ratio, the Xperia 1 seems even taller than it actually is. It looks like it towers over other phones.The Xperia 1 is Sony's latest attempt to reboot its smartphone line, something the company seems to do every…

Nyca Partners, a firm with investments in financial technology businesses including PayRange, Trellis, Affirm and Acorns, has collected another $210 million for its third venture capital fund. Located in New…

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In Amityville, Pennsylvania, 10 acres of grapevines sprawl across the family-owned Manatawny Creek Winery. Owner Darvin Levengood is no stranger to vineyard pests. But he was met with calamity in the fall of 2017 when grape pickers were bombarded by swarms of…

Northrop Grumman is going to be working on the U.S. Army’s long-planned drone-killing lasers. The Army wants to mount 50 kilowatt laser systems on top of its General Dynamics-designed Stryker…

The exact particulars of the apocalypse are unclear—what caused the disaster; what precise form, or forms, the fury took—and all that we, the viewers, know of what happened is that it’s referred to as The Event and that Earth’s remaining survivors are four black women. Fortunately, post-Armageddon life comes with delightful upsides."We don't have any…

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Here are five words you’ll never hear spring from the mouth of an early-stage startupper. “I don’t mind paying more.” We feel you, and that’s why we’re letting you know…

Grab popcorn. As internet fights go, this one deserves your full attention — because the fight is over your attention. Your eyeballs and the creepy ads that trade data on…

Tess Hatch is an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, where she invests in frontier technology, specifically commercial space, quantum computing and drones. More posts by this contributor Imagine a world…