Livestream shopping in the United States has a ways to go to catch up with China’s booming $600 billion industry, but Whatnot’s new $260 million Series D round shows that shoppers stateside are increasingly embracing this way of buying and selling items. The new investment was co-led by DST Global and returning investor CapitalG, and…
A few years ago, I got in the habit of asking researchers the titular question: Are universities doing enough to foster robotics startups? To a one, the answer was invariably, “no.” It was a massive blindspot for some of the world’s leading research institutes, both in commercializing their own work and giving their best and…
Steady as she goes. That may as well be the mantra for Google’s Pixel A-series line of smartphones, as each year the story seems to be the same: “It’s basically as good as the flagship Pixel from last year, but way cheaper!” Heck, I even crowned last year’s Pixel 5a the best Pixel period at…
Windows 11 has just introduced a new feature in testing which makes a handy improvement to the taskbar, among some other changes. The main point of interest here is the work on the taskbar which consists of an overflow facility that’s present for Windows Insiders (testers) in the latest preview build 25163 (which has just…
“Windows 365 is a solution for businesses of all sizes, and we continue to invest in the Windows 365 Business edition to deliver new value to smaller businesses. For small and very small businesses not yet using Microsoft 365, we will provide a simplified sign-up experience to Windows 365,” the company wrote in a blog…
Bus driver Felix Martinez drives route 73 on Wadsworth Boulevard in Lakewood, Colorado in December. Martinez has been RTD bus driver for 18 years. Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images A rise in retirement among city bus drivers is “throwing transit systems into crisis,” according to a new report. At the same time,…
Elon Musk. Andrew Kelly/Reuters Tesla is the most shorted stock in the world, and investors betting against the EV maker lost $1 billion on Thursday, according to S3 Partners.The short-selling research firm said “short squeeze hell” could be imminent as some investors cover their losing bets by buying Tesla to close. Tesla stock jumped 10% on…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Democrats are taking a Manchin deal that’s a huge step down from their initial $3.5 trillion plan. Some are laying responsibility on their leaders…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, typically trades tens of millions of dollars worth of stock and stock options each year, according to Nancy Pelosi’s congressional financial disclosures. AP Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that her venture capitalist husband has “absolutely not” traded using information she’s given him. Her husband, Paul Pelosi, has invested millions…
Sen. Patrick Leahy questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2022. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Sen. Patrick Leahy, as the Senate’s president pro tempore, is third in line for the presidency. As President Biden deals with “very mild” COVID-19 symptoms, Leahy is recovering from hip surgery….