WeAreDevelopers is coming to San Jose, California on the 23rd this month for the first time to run an event almost as big as the World Congress we did the last 10 years! – we now still need some people to moderate stages. Your job is to introduce speakers, run the Q&A and keep time. You get a free ticket to the event and for a +1 and you get access to the VIP parts of the event to talk to speakers and leaders of companies. Contact me at chris@wearedevelopers.com if you are interested.

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The White House has taken down its racist Tetris ripoff days after launching a website dedicated to "arcade" games, as spotted earlier by Kotaku. The Tetris clone, called "Build the Wall," involved stacking different-sized blocks to prevent a "zombie border siege."

It's not clear why the White House removed the title, though the Tetris Company previously said that it's looking into the situation. "For more than 40 years, Tetris has brought people together across generations and cultures through play and joy," Tetris spokesperson Kerri Brusca told The Verge last week. "The objective of the game has always been to stack with purpose to clear …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Teen reading, math, and science scores have fallen to their lowest levels since international PISA testing began in 2000, with 15-year-olds now reading at roughly the level previously expected of students a year younger. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) linked weaker results to more screen time, less reading for pleasure, and digital distraction. It also found that students who regularly used AI chatbots for tasks like drafting essays and summarizing text scored about 20 points lower in science, roughly equivalent to a year of learning. Reuters reports: A 2012 reading high of 501 on PISA's index had declined to a score of 466 last year. The test is widely regarded as the world's leading gauge of educational performance and its results are closely scrutinized by governments and educators. "In reading, more screen time and less reading for pleasure have gone hand in hand with weaker results," OECD head Mathias Cormann told a press conference. "We're also seeing more hasty reading, students rushing through a text and giving a quick wrong answer." Reading scores fell more sharply in students from better-off backgrounds, the study added. Hindered by falling reading standards, average teenage science and maths skills were also at their lowest this century. Science fell from a 2009 high of 506 on the index to 486, while maths was down from 502 to 469 in the same period. East Asia was the best-performing region. Chinese cities that participated in the test, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan had the best educational systems with Britain and Estonia the only countries outside the region that made it into the top 10 in reading, mathematics and science.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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In this episode, host Grace Vinton welcomes Naseem Sayani, founder and CEO of GCWC and Director of WHAM’s Innovators Circle. They dive deep into a critical question: why does it matter who allocates capital, not just who raises it? Naseem shares her journey from incubators to founding her own fund, revealing the collaborative and abundance-driven style that sets women investors apart.

She debunks persistent myths—like the idea that women-led funds are "sweet" or that women are bad with money—and offers invaluable advice for founders: lead with the market opportunity, not just the pain point. The conversation explores the need to bridge the social capital gap, the coordinated approach behind WHAM's Innovators Circle, and her vision for redesigning venture capital from the ground up.

Tune in to hear how Naseem is building a new kind of pipeline and learn how you can be part of the change.

What You'll Learn:

• Why having more women as decision-makers changes what gets funded and the behaviors that technology creates.

• The collaborative, "abundance" style of investing that is reshaping GP-founder relationships.

• The truth behind the top myths about women investors (spoiler: we're great with money).

• Why building social capital across the gender divide is crucial for getting startups through Series A and B rounds.

• How WHAM's Innovators Circle is coordinating capital to prevent losing critical innovations in women's health.

• Practical advice for founders: lead your pitch with the money and the market, not just the problem.

• Naseem’s thoughts on the future of health tech, biotech, and why a more integrated approach to "the health of women" is needed.

Resources & Links:

• Naseem’s Substack: gcwccapital.substack.com

• Naseem’s Podcast: The Capital Flex 

• Connect on LinkedIn: Naseem Sayani

Chapters:

• 00:00 | Welcome and Intro

• 00:20 | The Case for Women Allocating Capital

• 01:52 | A Collaborative Investing Style

• 03:03 | Debunking Myths About Women-Led Funds

• 05:15 | Early Investing Lessons & Diligence

• 07:09 | Is Venture Capital's "Game" Changing?

• 08:54 | WHIM's Innovators Circle: A Pipeline Engine

• 11:13 | GCWC's Media Platform & New Fund

• 13:24 | The Stigma & Semantics of Women's Health

• 15:33 | Pitching "The Health of Women"

• 17:12 | Opportunities & Structural Shifts for Investors

• 19:43 | Advice to Younger Self & Where to Find Naseem

Download audio: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/DHT5405872863.mp3

Did you know? Fun fact: The C# compiler (Roslyn) is open source and written in C#. It exposes APIs to analyze and generate code. 

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