Rep. Elise Stefanik visits Swanton Border Sector
Rep. Elise Stefanik visits Swanton Border Sector
Rep. Elise Stefanik visits Swanton Border Sector
GOP lawmakers have been showing up at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in waves to give the former president a public show of support, help him circumvent the gag order — and audition for a role in a possible second-term Cabinet.
It was a smorgasbord of news that seemed to touch every sector and theme in transportation, including tariffs on Chinese EVs, an escalating Tesla strike in Sweden, a federal investigation into Waymo, a buzzy EV IPO, executive shuffling at Ford, and an Uber shuttle service developed for commuters in India and Egypt that has been adapted for American concertgoers. Remember Roborace, the autonomous vehicle racing series that never was? As you might recall, it died in 2022, but founder Denis Sverdlov (who also founded the now-defunct EV startup Arrival) had talked about trying to revive it if more funds were secured.
"Kids' bodies produce heat faster than adults and they can't get rid of that heat as quickly," an expert warns.
GrandeLash and GrandeBrow will make a believer out of you.
Accion, a global nonprofit, announced on Tuesday the launch of the Accion Digital Transformation Fund, a $152.5 million fund for large financial institutions, including microfinance serving small businesses currently excluded from the world’s financial system. The firm said in a statement that it will provide growth capital and strategic support to these companies for “digital transformation.” For over six decades, the nonprofit has been active in the financial services sector: first, by developing and scaling solutions tailored to small business orders, smallholder farmers, and women; second, by providing investments and advisory services to traditional financial institutions and microfinance companies, which in turn create accessible products.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will take a crew to suborbital space for the first time in nearly two years later this month, the company announced on Tuesday. The NS-25 mission will launch from Blue’s launch site in West Texas on May 19. The launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. The six-person crew includes Ed Dwight, the first Black astronaut candidate (but for whom this would be the first visit to space), along with investor Mason Angel, who founded the space- and defense-focused Industrious Ventures.
President Joe Biden ramps up pressure on China with new targeted tariffs on a range of goods as his rival Donald Trump weighs even more draconian measures should the Republican win in November.
Maad, a B2B e-commerce startup based in Senegal, has secured $3.2 million debt-equity funding to bolster its growth in the western Africa country and to explore fresh opportunities in the wider Francophone region. The seed round was led by Ventures Platform, with participation from Seedstars International Ventures, Reflect Ventures, Oui Capital, Launch Africa, Voltron Capital and Alumni Ventures.
China may be outspending the US when it comes to industrial policy in sectors like electric vehicles and semiconductors, but America is winning on innovation where it can’t on price, according to one China expert.
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to announce new China tariffs as soon as next week targeting strategic sectors including electric vehicles, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Zay Jones was released by the Jaguars last month after two seasons with the team.
The Utilities and Consumer Staples sectors have popped since mid-April as investors search for value.
US chip manufacturing capacity is projected to triple by 2032, according to a new report published by the Semiconductor Industry Association, signaling progress nearly two years after President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law.
As DocuSign reportedly explores a sale to private equity, it's acquiring a company itself. On Monday, DocuSign (which now prefers to go by Docusign, with a lowercase "S," a PR rep from the company tells me) announced that it's buying Lexion, a contract workflow automation startup, for $165 million. The purchase comes as DocuSign makes increasing investments in the contract management space, most recently launching DocuSign IAM, a service aimed at connecting different components of the corporate agreement creation and negotiation process.
Opera's in-browser AI product, called Aria, can now summarize text-based web pages on Android. To use it, visit any text-based web page and then tap the three dots in the top right corner of the Opera Android browser and select the "Summarize" option next to the Aria icon. Opera has been building out Aria since its launch and has been expanding its functionality through its AI Feature Drops Program, which enables users to get early access to additional AI features.
The No. 1 bestseller is also a capable garden cart: 'Holds a heavy load with no bending.'
Hans Tung, a managing partner at Notable Capital, formerly GGV Capital, has a lot of thoughts on the state of venture capital today. With $4.2 billion in assets under management, Notable evolved from 24-year-old cross-border VC firm GGV Capital, and Tung was around when GGV invested in the likes of Affirm, Airbnb, StockX, Square and Slack.
Yahoo Sports' Charles McDonald breaks down the Patriots' 2024 draft.
Jeff Crowe, a senior managing partner, admitted that the investment rate in venture and certain sectors is slower than it was several years ago, but he said that dealmaking in certain strategies, sectors and geographies, such as growth equity, healthcare and India, is as robust as it was before the downturn. "We've kept a very steady pace and have delivered a number of nice exits," Crowe told TechCrunch. Not all exits were great outcomes for the firm (NVP's portfolio company VanMoof filed for bankruptcy protection), but returns from certain exits greatly outweighed the losses, according to Crowe.
Visiting chipmakers has become one of President Biden's most common reasons for getting on the road. He will do so again Thursday as he travels to Syracuse to award Micron $6 billion in federal money.