Verily, the life sciences business under Alphabet, said Friday that it has raised $1 billion, capital that will be used to expand its data-driven healthcare products tailored to individuals. The round was led by Alphabet, the company said in its announcement. Verily also announced changes to its executive team that will go into effect January…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Investor Chris Olsen knows the West Coast VC scene. He spent six years with Sequoia Capital in California before co-founding Drive Capital in Columbus, Ohio, in 2013 based on the theory that the “most compelling emerging market is America, just outside of Silicon Valley,” as he told us early last year. Institutional investors have bought…
Happy Friday! Unless you’re stuck on Quordle, in which case I hope you’ll start having a happy Friday as soon as you get yourself unstuck. Well, it’s not hard to find the Quordle solution. Scroll to the bottom of this page, and there it is. But are you sure you need all four answers? Maybe…
The books are there. The copious Reddit threads are, too. But to anyone who generally avoids the internet (or literature), Game of Thrones already spoiled its spin-off’s ending way back in 2013, thanks to none other than Joffrey Baratheon (or should we say, Lannister). House of the Dragon is proving to be a monstrous feat,…
Why make commercials for your store when you could go one better and turn the whole thing into a movie? That appears to be the vibe of Spirit Halloween: The Movie, which features a bunch of school kids who decide to sneak into a Spirt Halloween store and stay there overnight. David Poag’s movie stars…
Following the first official trailer and a sneak peek during Comic Con, a new trailer for Black Adam has arrived, giving us another look at Dwayne Johnson as the eponymous DC antihero with powers born of rage. In the trailer, you’ll see some of Black Adam’s tragic backstory, Viola Davis reprising her Suicide Squad role…
I hate when our video game parents fight. Though the “Genesis does what Nintendon’t” style of console wars from the ‘90s doesn’t really happen anymore, we’ve gotten a small, more buttoned-up version of that over the last week thanks to Call of Duty. Xbox CEO Phil Spencer and PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan have engaged in…
The Discovery+ true crime series House of Hammer, detailing the allegations surrounding Call Me By Your Name actor Armie Hammer, has raised a lot of questions about Shibari and Kinbaku, BDSM, kink, and ethics. The series, which opens with Hammer (who has denied these allegations) detailing his love of Japanese rope bondage, has also made…
So, what’s everyone been watching this week? Hmmmm? Just to get a sense of what everyone’s streaming, we’ve used data from streaming aggregator Reelgood, which gathers viewership numbers from hundreds of streaming services in the U.S. and UK. Each week, the most streamed TV shows and movies come down to a few elements — sheer…
No matter what problem you have, there’s most likely a product on Amazon that can take care of it for you. While many of them may seem ridiculous upon scrolling, when said problem arises, you’ll reach for those unconventional products again and again. Why? Because they share one very important thing in common: they’re actually…