Hedge Fund Reaches a Deal to Buy Tribune Publishing

Hedge Fund Reaches a Deal to Buy Tribune Publishing

Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund that has slashed the cost of newspapers it controls, is on Tuesday to acquire Tribune Publishing, the publisher of nine major daily newspapers in major cities including The Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel and The Daily News, came a significant step closer. Tribune Publishing announced Tuesday that Alden, a … Read more

Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020, cutting into Windows market share

Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020, cutting into Windows market share

The new Google Dell Chromebook Enterprise devices. (Google photo) New numbers show that 2020 was the first year Chromebooks outbid Macs and saw impressive market share gains at the expense of Windows. Computers powered by Google’s Chrome OS have already sold Apple’s computers in individual quarters, but 2020 was the first full year in which … Read more

LA-based Metropolis raises $41 million to upgrade parking infrastructure – TechCrunch

LA-based Metropolis raises $41 million to upgrade parking infrastructure – TechCrunch

Metropolis is a new Los Angeles-based startup looking to compete with BMW’s ParkMobile for part of the automated parking management market. Upgrading ParkMobile’s license plate-based service with a computer vision-based system that detects cars entering and leaving garages has been Metropolis’ mission since founder and CEO Alex Israel founded the company in 2017. Israel, a … Read more

At least 4 dead as snow, ice hits 25 states, 150M people

At least 4 dead as snow, ice hits 25 states, 150M people

An “unprecedented” winter storm continued its attack on the nation Monday, killing at least four people, leaving millions in Texas without electricity and wreaking havoc on travel due to heavy snow and ice in much of the United States. A tornado hit Brunswick County, North Carolina, shortly after midnight on Tuesday, leaving some residents trapped … Read more

Hyundai reveals the Ioniq 5 interior ahead of its full unveiling

Ioniq 5 interior - GIF

When the Ioniq 5 crossover is fully revealed next week, it will be Hyundai’s first electric vehicle built on the Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). The platform has a dead battery that Hyundai uses to optimize the interior, which is shown in this short teaser. The center console is a little different from what you may … Read more

Bill Gates on his high-risk climate investments, and spurring innovation to save the planet

Bill Gates on his high-risk climate investments, and spurring innovation to save the planet

Bill Gates’ new book, “How to Avoid Climate Catastrophe,” is out Tuesday. He spoke to GeekWire prior to the release. (John Keatley photo) Breakthrough Energy Ventures hit the headlines last month with news that the fund raised an additional $ 1 billion to invest in promising, scalable solutions to climate change. At the same time … Read more