Populus, the San Francisco-based transportation data startup, got its start as shared scooter mania took hold and cities tried to make sense of how infrastructure was being used by fleets of tiny vehicles. Now, Populus co-founder and CEO Regina Clewlow is positioning the company, which collects data on transportation fleets and shares it with cities,…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
After SpaceX announced its Starlink Maritime service last month, it was only a matter of time before some household name in boat world went all-in on the satellite service. Sure enough, today Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines announced it will be adding the service to its whole fleet, after a pilot service on one of its…
Save $100: Are you a student shopping for a laptop? Consider the Asus Chromebook Flip C433 2-in-1 laptop, which is on sale for $299.99 at Amazon as of Aug. 30. For students, a solid laptop is a vital purchase at this time of year. And it has to check all the right boxes, with the…
The people that pick your vegetables and harvest your fruit deserve to vote to unionize without being intimidated — and they want the governor of California to know it. This month, members of the United Farm Workers walked for 24 days, and their grueling 355 mile march in 100 degree weather was documented on TikTok…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a dangerous strain of crypto-mining malware, which has made its way onto Windows devices across the globe. As detailed in a report from security firm Check Point, the malware is smuggled inside various legitimate-looking applications distributed via online marketplaces, including one disguised as an official Google Translate client. Once downloaded, the…
Mikhail Gorbachev in Edinburgh, Scotland, on December 21, 1984. Bryn Colton/Getty Images Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at 92. Gorbachev instituted major reforms that contributed to the collapse of the USSR in 1991. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his role in bringing a…
Our Banking CMO Report synthesizes interviews with 10 CMOs at some of the largest and most innovative banks, credit unions, and neobanks in the US and Canada. Through our exclusive interviews, we provide insights into how CMOs define their roles and responsibilities; how trends are shaping their strategic priorities; and how a changing consumer and…
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Snap is reportedly preparing to lay off around 20 percent of its staff. The company, which has more than 6,400 employees, will start letting people go on Wednesday, according to The Verge. Snap declined to comment to Engadget. There will reportedly be cuts among the company’s hardware division, which recently halted development on the Pixy…
Arturia has been building out its collection of effects plugins over the last few years. One notable blind spot was distortion. It wasn’t until FX Collection 3 launched in June that the company would introduce its first dedicated distortion plugins. Dist OpAmp-21 and Dist Tube-Culture are solid, if unspectacular entries in the world of dirt…