Airbnb said on Thursday it acquired London startup Accomable to expand home-renting opportunities for people with disabilities, the latest expansion as Airbnb grows its global travel business. The deal includes adding to the Airbnb website Accomable’s roughly 1,100 house and apartment listings that can accommodate guests with physical disabilities, the companies said. San Francisco-based Airbnb […]
Read moreTesla plans to reveal an electric commercial truck on Thursday night, which CEO Elon Musk said will “blow your mind out of your skull and into an alternate dimension.” That dimension would best be one where electric trucks can compete with diesel, say a number of analysts. The three main boxes the truck will have […]
Read moreWal-Mart isn’t afraid of Amazon. No, not even in the slightest. The big-box retailer is laser focused on internal initiatives, according to Wal-Mart’s head of U.S. e-commerce, Marc Lore. That includes luring more high-end brands to sell on Walmart.com and across its stores, expanding an online grocery pickup service, and keeping prices competitive, but not […]
Read moreThe states driving most of Overstock‘s purchases via cryptocurrency aren’t your typical tech havens. The top five states for cryptocurrency purchases are Alaska, Delaware, Oregon, Wyoming and Hawaii have , the company told CNBC. Overstock got this statistic by looking at the percentage of overall revenue from each state that came from cryptocurrency purchases. (Absolute […]
Read moreCiting the “extreme deterioration” in the company’s energy business, Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday downgraded General Electric‘s long-term debt. The ratings agency knocked the senor unsecured bonds down to A2 from A1, which is still investment-grade debt but is now six steps away from Moody’s highest rating. A2 is considered upper medium grade. The move […]
Read moreSecurity researchers say that a flaw in Amazon camera could let driver re-enter your house unnoticed
Security researchers claim to have discovered a flaw in Amazon’s Key Service could let a driver re-enter your home after dropping off a delivery. Amazon Keyallows you to order goods from Amazon and have them delivered inside of your home instead of on the doorstep. It consists of a smart lock and a camera that’s […]
Read moreEarlier this year, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk made history upon successfully completing the first commercial rocket launch from the NASA launch pad which also sent astronauts to the moon. Although Musk studied physics and economics in college, he actually first learned about rockets by reading books. In fact, Musk’s connection with books goes […]
Read moreTech is facing a talent gap, partially due to the dearth of formal data science degrees at major universities — and according to one CEO, philosophy majors are stepping up to fill in. “You take a look at the vast variety of people that move into the profession of being a data scientist — they […]
Read moreCharter Communications director John Malone tells CNBC several firms have talked to the cable company about a potential merger or acquisition. The company has received “four different approaches,” Malone said in an exclusive interview with CNBC’s David Faber Thursday at the Liberty Media annual investor meeting. “The problem is none of them at this point […]
Read moreA coalition of rights groups launched an online petition on Thursday urging IBM to declare that it will not develop technology to help the Trump administration carry out a proposal to identify people for visa denial and deportation from the United States. IBM and several other technology companies and contractors attended a July informational session […]
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