To help the Biden administration hit its goal of 70 percent of Americans getting at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by July 4, Uber and Lyft are dropping ride-hailing prices. And by dropping we mean offering certain rides for free. Both companies confirmed...
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May 12, 2021 albert
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While consumers and businesses continue to use their purchasing power to spin the wheels of the globalized economy, one of the companies that’s built a technology platform to help that economy operate more smoothly is announcing an investment to double down on growth. Zencargo, which...
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May 11, 2021 albert
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Two-factor authentication should be your default setting for all the online spaces where you dwell. And for PlayStation owners specifically, setting that up is as easy as it could be. Sony’s two-step verification (2SV), as the company calls it, can be switched on from your...
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May 9, 2021 albert
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There are plenty of legit reasons to want to see Elon Musk host Saturday Night Live on May 8. For starters, he’s a deeply awkward and unfunny person — and that level of cringe has its own sort of twisted appeal. Also, people seem to...
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May 8, 2021 albert
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Sorry, Facebook. Apple released iOS 14.5 to the public at the end of April, which included the ability to stop apps from tracking your activity for ad targeting purposes. New data shows just how popular the feature is. When a user opens, downloads, or updates...
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May 7, 2021 albert
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On Wednesday, Peloton announced a sweeping, voluntary recall for both of its treadmills — the Tread and Tread+ — due to safety hazards. The issue dates back to March, when Peloton CEO John Foley had issued a note to the company’s support page after learning...
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May 5, 2021 albert
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In April, we brought you over a dozen breakout sessions on fundraising and operations at the TC Early Stage event. Calendly’s Tope Awotona explained how to bootstrap effectively, Marlon Nichols shared how to get an investor’s attention, Zoom CRO Ryan Azus talked about how to...
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May 4, 2021 albert
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Over the past several years, I’ve covered my fair share of upstart avatar companies that were all chasing the same dream — building out a customizable platform for a digital persona that gained wide adoption across games and digital spaces. Few of those startups I’ve...
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May 3, 2021 albert
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While most of the U.S. was sleeping on Saturday night into Sunday morning, four astronauts aboard the International Space Station made the journey back home. NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, and Shannon Glover, along with Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),...
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May 2, 2021 albert
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Startups constantly talk about being mission-oriented, but it’s hard to take most of those messages seriously when the mission is optimizing cash flow for tax efficiency. However, a new generation of startups is emerging that are taking on some of the largest global challenges and...
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