SoftBank has begun approaching other investors besides Benchmark in a continuing effort to acquire a piece of Uber, according to people briefed on the moves. As has been widely reported, the giant Japan-based investor and conglomerate has offered to buy shares in the car-hailing company owned by the Silicon Valley venture firm, but has been […]
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This week’s stock market’s tumble may signal a much bigger downside lies ahead. Technician Scott Redler is noticing an ominous trend in the charts that could temporarily pull the S&P 500 Index down by three to five percent. “We could be at a short-term top,” T3Live.com’s chief strategic officer recently said on “Futures Now.” Redler […]
Read moreThe digital currency bitcoin vaulted to a new record high above $4000 on Saturday, boosted by strong Japanese demand on its way to multiplying its value fourfold this year. Bitcoin traded as high as $4,000.93, more than 7 percent higher near $3,941 in Saturday dealings, according to CoinDesk. The digital currency has now quadrupled in […]
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“Is that a Chrysler?” my friend asks when I pull up in the G90. Hmm, no. But if you’re still asking that question, then Hyundai corporate hasn’t done enough to impart the Genesis brand on the American consciousness. Does that mean I have to? Well, they gave me one to test for the week, so […]
Read moreSnapchat is snapping up people’s attention. The social media platform, which is based on sharing pictures, has 173 million daily users. Yet eyebrows are being raises over a new feature, which allows users’ to share location information. Its call Snap Map and lets users see when their friends are driving, listening to music or even […]
Read moreThe internet has given birth to a plethora of online sensations — from the Turkish chef who became a sensation as ‘Salt Bae’ just by seasoning meat — to Jeremy Meeks, the felon whose viral mugshot catapulted him into a modeling career. For many, social media can be a cruel and harsh place. Yet others, […]
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Patients suffering from mental disorders ranging from depression to Alzheimer’s disease may soon be able to swap their pills for video games. Neuroscape, a research lab at the University of California at San Francisco, has spent the past eight years pursuing that mission. Now, a spin-off called Akili Interactive Labs is engaged in medical trials […]
Read moreWhenever Ryan Bethencourt meets a promising start-up making an alternative to animal products, he knows who to call. The “vegan mafia” is a group of powerful vegans across the country who fund start-ups, and try to wean people from their dependence on animal products. “There’s a whole community of us that are building and funding […]
Read moreAs a crisis unfurled at Google over an employee memo that argued biological factors helped explain the shortage of female engineers and leaders in Silicon Valley, some of the most pointed critiques of the company’s handing of the issue were posted to its own message boards. Memegen, an internal forum that uses images overlaid with […]
Read moreInvestment in space start-ups continues to soar, buoyed by the exploits of highly visible space concerns, like SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. But it’s the terabytes of data streaming to Earth daily from a new generation of smaller, less-expensive satellites — thousands of which are slated to join the roughly 1,500 satellites already in […]
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