Every evening at 8 a.m., the news anchor with the stern face announces the day of the hunt on Myanmar’s military television. Mug photos of those charged with political crimes appear on the screen. Among them are doctors, students, beauty queens, actors, reporters, and even two makeup bloggers. Some of the faces look puffy and … Read more
Jesse Salk, CEO and Co-Founder of TwinStrand Biosciences. (TwinStrand photo) New financing: Gene sequencing startup TwinStrand Biosciences raised $ 50 million in a Series B round led by Section 32, a California-based fund focused on biotechnology, technology, healthcare and life sciences. All venture capital funding for the 6-year-old company is now north of $ 70 … Read more
(CNN) — Today, you’ll find a deal on a Mac Mini, a discount on Amazon’s first fitness tracker and savings for first responders at Under Armour. All that and more below. Amazon Aerogarden Sprout Indoor Garden Who says you need a huge yard to start your own garden? With Best Buy’s one-day deal on … Read more
While insurers continue to be bothered by startups like Lemonade, Alan, Clearcover, Pie, and many others who are using technology to rethink how a business can be built to help people and businesses manage risk with some financial security To mitigate, fraud is a problem that has not gone away. Today a startup from France … Read more
HATTIESBURG, miss. – A small plane crashed into a Mississippi home, killing one of the home’s four residents and three Texas residents who were flying to a university graduation ceremony, authorities said Wednesday. Gerry Standley, 55, was a resident of the house where the plane crashed in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Also killed were the pilot, 67-year-old … Read more
After some Google employees volunteered to return to the company’s offices last month, CEO Sundar Pichai says the tech giant will be introducing a new hybrid work week. In an extension of a pilot project that started in December, most employees will be out of the office for about three days and the other two … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Although it is recovering, Uber is still losing money. Credit…Teresa Eng for The New York Times Uber said its business was recovering from the slowdown caused by the pandemic, although it continued to lose money. The company said on Wednesday that revenue was $2.9 billion in the first three months … Read more
Blue Origin’s New Shepard Crew capsule is designed to send up to six people to the edge of space and back. (Blue Origin Photoillustration) You had to know that the first vacant space on a spacecraft built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company, founder of Amazon, would be sold online – but a charity … Read more
Former US President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida on February 28, 2021. Facebook blocked Donald Trump’s account in January following the riot in the U.S. Capitol. The former president hasn’t changed his news since the lockdown, according to CNN political scientist Jackie Kucinich. “We see the same news … Read more
Bitso, a regulated crypto exchange in Latin America, announced today that it has raised $ 250 million in a Series C funding round that valued the company at $ 2.2 billion. Tiger Global and Coatue jointly led the round, which also included the participation of Paradigm, BOND & Valor Capital Group and existing supporters QED, … Read more