In August 2020, video-sharing platform TikTok was in talks to sell its US operations after the Trump administration threatened to ban the platform unless its parent company, ByteDance, found a US buyer for it. Tech giant Microsoft became a potential acquirer at one stage but backed out in September 2020 after Oracle was chosen to […]
The CEO’s comments come in a pre-recorded Q&A style stream at the World Internet Conference, which was hosted by the Cyberspace Administration of China. The comments mark the second occasion this month upon which Musk complimented China — a country that will play a vital role in the long-term success of Tesla. Less than two […]
Rumours of a battery-powered 718 have long been circulating, however, it’s now beginning to seem like more than mere speculation. According to Car and Driver, sources within the luxury car company have confirmed that an all-electric 718 is in fact in the works. Porsche’s EV will be built on the brand’s all-new sports car platform, […]
Toast co-founders Steve Fredette, Aman Narang, and Jonathan Grimm started the company in 2012 after their former employer, Endeca, was sold off for $1 billion. They chose to launch their restaurant hardware and software system in their home city, Cambridge, Massachusetts, by testing products on local restaurants, cafes, and bars. Company president Fredette owns 33.2 […]
Employers would also be obliged to respond to flexible working requests more promptly under the plan, which is being labelled a major reshaping of the way people work in the post-pandemic world. However, prior to the government document being officially released, unions are warning that the proposals fail to go far enough. They argue that […]
In an interview with CNBC, Siemiatkowski said: “The volatility in the market right now makes me nervous to IPO, to be honest. I think it would be nice to IPO when it’s a little bit more sound. And right now it doesn’t feel really sound out there.” Swedish fintech Klarna is currently one of the […]
BlackRock is making a five-year, $100 million grant to clean energy from its charitable foundation. Microsoft, alongside other supporters such as General Motors, American Airlines, and Bank of America, is providing a mix of equity capital and “offtakes”, or purchase agreements tied to the clean-energy projects. “We’re not doing this to make money,” Larry Fink […]
Surekha Gangakhedkar told the court she printed off company documents to protect herself as she suspected the pending launch of the company’s blood-testing machines in Walgreens would end badly. On Friday, eight years on from quitting her role at Theranos, Gangakhedkar testified at the criminal trial of her former boss, Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO and […]
Spotlights dramatically illuminated the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and when the Inspiration4’s nine engines fired just soon after 8 pm ET, the surrounding wetlands were flooded with an explosion of light as the rocket took off into the upper atmosphere, decorating the night’s sky with an eerie light show. Orbital […]
Image by NVIDIA Taiwan - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nvidia-taiwan/27097146880, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59106866 Cook’s inclusion on Time’s list comes just a day after Apple revealed its iPhone13 range alongside its new Apple Watch Series 7 and upgraded iPads. In Cook’s profile, Nike co-founder Phil Knight writes: “What separates the good from the great are intangibles such as character, […]
Following a major redesign of the popular smartphone last year, tech giant Apple has instead opted to make a series of incremental changes across four versions of the iPhone handset. The range’s four new devices are the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Each device is powered by […]
The launch came just two days before the planned launch of another Falcon 9 from Florida on Wednesday, which is set to carry four passengers in what will be the first non-government commercial flight to orbit. The Inspiration4 mission was chartered by American billionaire businessman and pilot Jared Isaccman to raise funds for the St. […]
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