Verily, the Alphabet company formerly known as Google Life Sciences, has been working for several years on a device that is designed to collect blood painlessly using a system of exploding micro-needles and magnets. The Silicon Valley team, which is run by Verily’s chief technical officer Brian Otis, has gone as far as to produce […]
Read moreFor nearly a decade, SpaceX evolved its Falcon 9 rocket every launch, trying to keep up with lead designer Elon Musk’s relentless pursuit of innovation. Until now. An enhanced version of Falcon 9 called Block 5 launched for the first time on Friday. Musk plans for this new rocket to achieve a host of new […]
Read moreAfter raising more money from top Silicon Valley investors, Robinhood has quadrupled its valuation in about a year to more than $5 billion. Less clear is how the operator of a commission-free stock trading app generates enough money to justify such a lofty amount. On Thursday, the start-up announced it raised $363 million in capital, […]
Read moreSpaceX founder Elon Musk took questions before the company launches the new version of its Falcon 9 rocket known as Block 5. Musk dove into a plethora of new information and technical data, detailing the goals and upgrades for the workhorse orbital-class rocket, which has become the company’s backbone. Here are a few highlights from […]
Read moreAs Silicon Valley technology executives have amassed enormous fortunes in recent years, one relatively obscure group — the Silicon Valley Community Foundation — has emerged as the local charity of choice. Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has donated stock worth more than $1.8 billion to the foundation. Reed Hastings, the founder and chief executive of […]
Read moreOne word may explain Warren Buffett’s investment decisions on Apple and Amazon: profit. Last week Buffett both lamented on not investing Amazon shares and revealed how he added massively to Berkshire Hathaway’s stake in Apple. The Oracle of Omaha’s moves may be explained by his philosophy of emphasizing a company’s historical financial track record versus […]
Read moreA pint-size girl wearing a jean jacket with the tags still on fans a stack of $100 bills at the camera. She gets in the driver’s seat of a red Mercedes-Benz, though her legs are too short to reach the pedals. “This is why all y’all f—– haters hate me b—-,” Lil Tay says in […]
Read moreTesla Model 3 owners will soon be able to add some perks to their cars now found only on Tesla’s higher-end vehicles. The electric car maker will begin taking orders for all-wheel drive and “performance” versions of the Model 3 by the end of next week, said CEO Elon Musk in a tweet on Friday. […]
Read moreOath CEO Tim Armstrong is reportedly one of the candidates being considered to replace Martin Sorrell at WPP, according to a report by the Financial Times. A spokesperson for WPP said in an email that “no appointment has been made” and that the company “will not be making any comment on the identity of any […]
Read moreMuch of Dick Costolo‘s professional track record is impressive: In June 2007, he sold his company FeedBurner to Google for a reported $100 million. And from 2010 to 2015, Costolo was CEO of Twitter. In 2013, he took the social media company public. But some of his early career decisions seem to make less sense […]
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