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Supreme Court OKs counting undated mail ballots in Pennsylvania

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light to counting undated mail-in ballots in a contested Pennsylvania local election, a move with potentially broader

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Clay debuts a new tool to help people better manage their business and personal relationships

A new startup called Clay, backed by $8 million in seed funding, has built a system designed to help you be more thoughtful with the people in your life, which operates somewhat like a personal CRM. W

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Why did file sharing drive so much startup innovation?

One of the great things about editing all of our deep-dive EC-1 startup profiles is that you start to notice patterns across successful companies. While origin stories and trajectories can vary widely

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Gettr, the latest pro-Trump social network, is already a mess

Well, that was fast. Just days after a Twitter clone from former Trump spokesperson Jason Miller launched, the new social network is already beset by problems.For one, hackers quickly leveraged Gettr&

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Tesla has installed 200,000 Powerwalls around the world so far

Tesla has installed its 200,000th Powerwall, the company’s home battery storage product, the company said in a tweet on Wednesday. Tesla’s CFO Zachary Kirkhorn told investors during a firs

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Police violence won't end until we commit to public safety

Getty Editor's note: Ray Baker is an adjunct professor at Towson University. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.On April 27, police in Northern Ca

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Some Jan. 6 defendants try to use journalism as riot defense

The Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January created a trove of self-incriminating evidence, thoroughly documenting their actions and words in videos an

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Plaid raises $425M Series D from Altimeter as it charts a post-Visa future

Plaid, a unicorn that helps connect consumers’ bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $425 million Series D, it announced this morning. TechCrunch understands that the new capital

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The consequences of scaling up sneaker culture

StockX’s mission is “to provide access to the world’s most coveted items in the smartest way possible.” It says it right on the website, and it’s incontestable that the infinite data StockX makes tran

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Anna Shcherbakova leads Russian world figure skating sweep

Anna Shcherbakova poses in the ladies medal ceremony during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, March 26, 2021. /CFP Anna Shcherbakova, 16, clinc

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TryNow raises $12M to bring try-before-you-buy, Amazon Wardrobe as a service to online retailers

Amazon’s Prime Wardrobe has been a key way for the e-commerce giant to expand its reach selling clothing and other apparel: giving shoppers an easy way to try on several items, return what they

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Musk crowns himself 'Technoking of Tesla' - as finance boss becomes 'master of coin'

Tesla's filing with the SEC follows news of a fresh lawsuit against Elon Musk relating to his Twitter posts.

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Emotive raises $50M to make text marketing more conversational

While more businesses are turning to text messages as a marketing channel, Emotive CEO Brain Zatulove argued that most marketers are just treating it as another “newsletter blast.”“T

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From food delivery to housing: Former Favor founders raise millions for Sunroom Rentals

Real estate tech startup Sunroom Rentals, which leases units on behalf of property managers and apartment owners, has raised $11 million in a Series A round of funding led by Gigafund.Ben Doherty and

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ChargeLab raises seed capital to be the software provider powering EV charging infrastructure

As money floods into the electric vehicle market a number of small companies are trying to stake their claim as the go-to provider of charging infrastructure. These companies are developing proprietar

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LA-based SoLo Funds raises $10 million to offer an alternative to predatory payday lenders

SoLo Funds wants to replace payday lenders with a community-based, market-driven model for individual lending and now has $10 million to expand its business in the U.S.Payday lenders offer high intere

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Ancient technique of encaustic painting demonstrated at art exhibition

03:37 Encaustic painting is an ancient technique in which pigments are mixed with hot liquid wax. Artists in various parts of the world have learned and improved the te