A graphic showing the observed separation of asteroid Polymele from its discovered satellite. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center On August 16, the science team from NASA’s Lucy mission announced the discovery of a moon orbiting the asteroid Polymele. Named for one of the daughters of Peleus in Greek mythology, Polymele is only 17 miles long…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
ThreatX, a vendor selling API protection services to mainly enterprise clients, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Harbert Growth Partners with participation from Vistara Growth, .406 Ventures, Grotech Ventures and Access Venture Partners. With the new cash, which brings ThreatX’s total raised to $52 million, CEO…
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: Which…
TikTok is rolling out an “Elections Center” to fight misinformation ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The Elections Center will connect users with authoritative election information provided by the National Association of Secretaries of State, Ballotpedia, the Center for Democracy in Deaf America, the Federal Voting Assistance Program, the Campus Vote Project, and Restore Your…
Malicious browser extensions are becoming so widespread that millions of users apparently have them installed. A new report from Kaspersky analyzing telemetry data from its endpoint protection solution and found that in the last two and a half years (between January 2020 and June 2022), there had been more than 4.3 million unique users attacked…
Suriyapong Thongsawang The benchmark daily rate for oil supertankers neared $40,000 on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg data. That marks the highest rate since June 2020 and comes amid a surge in crude exports from the Middle East and US. Changing ship routes amid Russia sanctions have lengthened the journeys of some supertankers. Giant oil tankers…
Rep. Liz Cheney lost her House seat to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman in the Wyoming GOP primary Tuesday. In her concession speech, Cheney said she believes she could have won had she backed Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. Cheney said she is now considering a run for president in 2024. In her concession speech, Rep….
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Facebook will ban new political ads from being published in the week leading up to the 2022 election. The move follows a similar ban during the 2020 presidential elections. Facebook suffered a wave of criticism in the wake of misinformation on the site ahead of the 2016 election. Given that political polarization…
Investing in real estate can create income and diversify your portfolio, but there are many tax implications to consider. MoMo Productions/Getty Images Real estate investing can generate interest, dividends, business income, and capital gains. If you invest in a rental property, you may be able to reduce your taxable income. A 1031 exchange allows you…
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Disney Cineworld acknowledged that theatrical attendance is dwindling and blamed “a limited film slate.” 43 movies had received a wide release in the US ahead of this past weekend, compared to 68 at the same point in 2019. Studios are releasing fewer movies to theaters due to pandemic-related delays and a…