Tents line a street in downtown Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook) The Compassion Seattle electoral initiative, which aimed to revise the city’s policy towards its homeless population, will not be eligible for election in the city’s November elections, a judge on the Washington State Court of Appeals ruled Friday. Earlier this week, supporters of … Read more
Manav Garg is CEO and founder of Eka Software Solutions and founding partner of SaaSboomi and Together Fund. Software as a service is one of the most important technology sectors today. While its transformative potential was fairly clear prior to the pandemic, the sudden shift towards dispersed workforces skyrocketed interest in SaaS products as medium … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Lining up to receive the Sinopharm vaccine in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday. Credit…Arif Ali/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The World Health Organization approved one Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine and could soon approve another. The Biden administration has backed waiving intellectual property protections for vaccines, which could make it easier for more … Read more
With hopes of a thaw on the horizon, millions of Americans in the southern United States grappled with the aftermath of Saturday’s deadly winter explosion. The storm-hit residents were slowly returning to electricity, but many were still without safe drinking water. More than 350,000 people in eight States were without power on Saturday afternoon, including … Read more
Ireland’s technology scene has come in leaps and bounds in the last decade, with a growing VC scene, plenty of startups and tech giants attracted by the nation’s favorable tax incentives and talent pool. Google, Facebook, Slack, Microsoft and Dropbox each have a European headquarters sited in Dublin. As the EU’s only remaining English-language speaking … Read more