VC Kara Nortman bet early on women’s sports, and now she’s creating the market

When its season ended early this month, Angel City FC finished 11th out of 13 teams, a disappointing result for the Los Angeles soccer franchise that venture capitalist Kara Nortman co-founded in 2020. But the season’s struggles tell only part of a much larger story that’s reshaping how investors think about women’s sports. Despite its […]

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Should I Convert My Super to a Pension?  – Guidance Financial Services

I’ve had several questions in the Ask an Expert column recently centred around the wisdom of converting superannuation into a pension. This conversion is generally presented as something that requires minimal thought, almost just a default action. But judging by the volume of questions I get on this topic, and the complex scenarios that people […]

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Black Friday subscription and streaming deals include huge savings on HBO Max, Apple TV+, MasterClass, Rosetta Stone and more

I love locking in a cheap subscription deal during a discount period like Black Friday or Cyber Monday. It always feels like I’ve gotten away with something — for the rest of the year, I can relax in my Scrooge McDuck money pit while all the other losers are paying full price. On this list, […]

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How to Use Coverlet Coverage Thresholds to Enforce Better Testing Standards?

Modern software teams depend heavily on automated testing to ensure stability, maintainability, and long-term code health. But simply having tests is not enough—the real challenge is ensuring they are meaningful, consistent, and aligned with quality expectations. That’s where coverlet coverage thresholds come in. They help development teams enforce minimum testing standards without manually checking every […]

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The Railway Bubble vs. the AI Bubble

Everyone is trying to put the massive AI spend by technology companies into context. The easiest historical analogies are the telecomm buildout in the 1990s dot-com bubble and the railway bubbles of the 1800s. Each period was defined by excessive infrastructure spending, investor euphoria, and bubbles that popped but still had lasting positive effects. I’m […]

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Essential ingredients for enterprise AI success

Developer trust in AI output is declining. Over 75% of developers still want human validation when they don’t trust AI answers. Debugging AI-generated code takes more time than expected, with “almost right but not quite” solutions being the top frustration. Advanced questions on Stack Overflow doubled since 2023, indicating that LLMs may struggle with complex […]

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Alphabet stock gains as Meta AI chip deal boosts market prospects

Key Takeaways Alphabet (Google’s parent company) stock rose after news that Meta (Facebook, Instagram) is considering using Google’s TPUs (tensor processing units) in its data centers. Google’s custom AI chips were previously developed for internal use only. Share this article Alphabet stock climbed today following reports that Meta Platforms, the social media company that operates […]

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My medium term Bitcoin bear thesis – and why this winter could be the shortest yet

For all the talk that this cycle is somehow “different,” the structure of Bitcoin’s market still looks unmistakably cyclical to me. Each top brings the same chorus claiming the cycle model is dead, and each cooling phase renews the idea that liquidity alone now sets the trajectory. But the evidence keeps pointing the other way. […]

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