Amazon may be on an unstoppable tear, but this year’s tech IPOs are proving that the little guy can still hack it. According to data pulled from FactSet by CNBC, there have been 14 venture-backed tech IPOs of U.S. companies in 2017. As of Friday’s close, nine have posted positive returns from their offer price, […]
Read moreWe can’t say we weren’t warned. A new signpost was added to the crazy financial ride known as bitcoin on Friday when Coinbase, arguably the best-known bitcoin broker on the market, sent a warning message to investors: “Please invest responsibly.” “We also wanted to remind customers of some of the risks associated with trading digital […]
Read moreDrones are appearing in movies, on television and at weddings. If the professional Drone Racing League has its way, the next stop will be under your Christmas tree. The league is pushing into video games and toys, hoping to raise its brand awareness and attract more racers — and sponsors, said Matthew Hudak, a toys […]
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I loved the 2016 Pixel and Pixel XL, but this year’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL fell short of expectations. It started with a variety of bugs, like buzzing noises to screen problems. Google quickly fixed some of them, but it’s still missing some features that are available elsewhere. The Pixel 2 XL screen […]
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IN THE latest—and possibly most alarming—in a recent string of allegations of racism against airlines, two black musicians claim they were downgraded from business class on a British Airways-branded flight in South Africa to make room for a white woman. Thabo Mabogwane and Bongani Mohosana, a South African musical duo known as Black Motion, purchased […]
Read moreWhat began as a grassroots online campaign featuring a schoolboy has grown into a mass hashtag protest against Russia’s exclusion from the Winter Olympics — backed by what appear to be fake Twitter accounts and users connected to past pro-Kremlin causes. Many ordinary Russians are undoubtedly upset about an International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to […]
Read moreBitcoin investor Cameron Winklevoss — one half of the twins reported to have just become the world’s first bitcoin billionaires — says the skyrocketing cryptocurrency is primed to head higher. Winklevoss and his brother Tyler famously settled with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2008 over the claim that he stole the idea for the social […]
Read moreUber Technologies and a woman who accused top executives of improperly obtaining her medical records after a company driver raped her in India have agreed to settle a civil lawsuit the woman filed against Uber in June, according to a U.S. federal court filing on Friday. The Uber driver was convicted of the rape, which […]
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