Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Oper8r, built by Winter Mead and Welly Sculley, aims to help newbies to the VC world. The accelerator was launched last year as the Y Combinator for Emerging Fund Managers, designed to help … Read more
It should be said that Biden didn’t really ask Congress to expedite the bipartisan infrastructure bill ahead of the reconciliation package. Andrew Bates, a White House spokesman, told NBC News that Biden “knew he wanted both bills on his desk and was looking forward to signing each one.” The nine MPs in question are also … Read more
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (wearing a cowboy hat) with Jose Andres (left of Bezos) and Van Jones (right of Bezos), recipients of $ 100 million charitable gifts from Bezos, announced after his Blue Origin flight into space on Tuesday . (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) After what some critics call the world’s most expensive midlife … Read more
Nodes & Links is a planning platform for large infrastructure projects that defines when and in what order the bolts and nuts for the bridge (for example) should be delivered. Unsurprisingly, this is often wrong with complex infrastructure projects. The company has now raised a $ 11 million Series A financing round led by urban … Read more
Merging physical and digital: A crowd at The International, Valve’s Dota 2 eSports tournament in Seattle in 2017, three years before the pandemic. (GeekWire file photo / Kevin Lisota) The pandemic had a seismic impact on face-to-face meetings and events, requiring organizers and attendees to adapt to a whole new reality. The aftermath could prove … Read more
Sigma caused a stir with the original 24-megapixel FP thanks to its cool, tiny body and high-end video capabilities, including RAW recording. Now the $ 2,500 fp L has been introduced with the same chassis but a 61-megapixel sensor with a much higher resolution. Along with the camera, Sigma introduced an external electronic viewfinder, which … Read more
After ransomware shuts down the Colonial Pipeline, drivers at gas stations face long lines and empty pumps.
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MANSHIYET RUGOLA, Egypt – The gigantic container ship that blocked world trade by getting stuck in the Suez Canal has been enthroning Umm Gaafar’s dusty brick house for five days, humming its deep mechanical hum. She looked up from her place on the bumpy dirt road and wondered what the ship, the Ever Given, could … Read more
In a 2014 photo taken while serving as a U.S. Senator, Bill Nelson (center) examines a model of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with ex-astronaut Chris Ferguson as a guide. (NASA Photo / Kim Shiflett) President Joe Biden’s decision to head NASA – former US Senator Bill Nelson … Read more