Urbanist, writer and professor Richard Florida. (Photo: Daria Malysheva) Reports of coastal city deaths are grossly exaggerated. At least that’s the view of renowned urbanist and author Richard Florida, who spoke to GeekWire editor Monica Nickelsburg earlier this week about the future of cities as part of the annual Crosscut Festival. “I’m just amazed at … Read more
Four former Minneapolis police officers were charged with civil rights charges on the death of George Floyd on May 7th.
Shares of Square are up more than 6% today after the American fintech company reported revenue of a staggering $ 5.06 billion in its earnings report for the first quarter of 2021, well ahead of an expected figure of $ 3.36 billion . Publishing the huge increase in sales, Square grew 266% compared to the … Read more
[MUSIC PLAYING] ezra klein I’m Ezra Klein, and this is the Ezra Klein Show. Let me just start the show today with a claim that is going to sound bold, but I think is obvious. Elizabeth Warren is the single most important policy thinker and doer of this generation. If you go back decades now, … Read more
Toshiba has introduced new options for you to choose from when buying a new Fire TV: The manufacturer has launched a range of smart TVs with an integrated Fire TV experience that will be available in five screen sizes. The 43-inch and 50-inch versions are already listed on Amazon and Best Buy for $ 350 … Read more
(CNN) – When it comes to item tracking, Tile is probably the most popular bluetooth tracker out there. With a variety of models to choose from and compatibility between devices, Tile has made it easy to find items at different prices. Now Apple is in the item tracking game with the $ 29 AirTag – … Read more
The Xbox One on the left with the Xbox Series X and S on the right. Microsoft announced at a court visit this week that it didn’t and never made any money on unit sales for the Xbox. Every console is sold at a loss, and the profit from the project for Microsoft comes entirely … Read more
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Several bank employees are held hostage in a Wells Fargo bank and police are trying to negotiate their release with the help of the FBI. The negotiators worked late into the evening – six hours after the stalemate – to free all of the hostages. At least three of the detainees … Read more
As expected, Bill.com buys Divvy, the Utah-based corporate spend management startup that competes with Brex, Ramp, and Airbase. The total purchase price of roughly $ 2.5 billion is well above the roughly $ 1.6 billion value after the cash that Divvy committed during its $ 165 million funding round in January 2021. Divvy’s growth rate … Read more
YouTube TV subscribers now have a new platform available: PlayStation 5. The console has been tacitly added to Google’s support website for the service. This was first discovered by Android Police. The addition comes as Google and Roku are in the middle of a very public spit on YouTube TV. Roku said Google was calling … Read more