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The ignominious end of the American era

Future students of history will remember August 30, 2021, as the end of the American era.For 20 years, the United States of America had sent its soldiers to Afghanistan

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The ignominious end of the American era

Future students of history will remember August 30, 2021, as the end of the American era.For 20 years, the United States of America had sent its soldiers to Afghanistan

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Zoom announces first startups receiving funding from $100M investment fund

For more than year now, Zoom has been on a mission to transform from an application into a platform. To that end it made three announcements last year: Zoom Apps development tools, the Zoom Apps marke

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Elon Musk’s Loop gets Autopilot — and an intruder

Less than two weeks after its official launch, The Boring Company’s Loop system in Las Vegas had its first security breach.On June 21, the morning of the final day of the International Beauty Sh

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Luminate aims to make hair loss from chemotherapy a thing of the past

Hair loss resulting from chemotherapy is one of the most recognizable side effects in all of medicine, and for many is an unwanted public announcement of their condition and treatment. Luminate Medica

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Chinese PLA Navy concludes war game contests in Russia's Vladivostok

01:15 The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy troops participating in competitions within the framework of the International Army Games 2021 in Russia's Vladivostok headed back

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Kocomo raises millions to give people a way to co-own a luxury vacation home

Who doesn’t want a vacation home?Right. That’s what I thought.Kocomo is a Mexico City-based startup that wants to help make that dream a reality. And it’s just closed on a $6 million equity and $50 mi

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Brazil’s Petlove raises $150M from Riverwood, SoftBank to sell pet products and services online

PetloveCo, a São Paulo-based digital platform for products and services for the pet market, announced today that it has raised about $150 million (R$750 million) today in a funding round led by Riverw

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Russell Westbrook, Chainsmokers join group pouring $13.5M into prebiotic soda brand Poppi

Poppi, a prebiotic soda brand, closed $13.5 million in a Series A2 round and is on a mission to lead in the new category of “functional soda” by offering a better-for-you product that also tastes good

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HAAS Alert raises $5M seed round to scale its automotive collision prevention system

HAAS Alert, a SaaS company that provides real-time automotive collision prevention for public safety and roadway fleets, has raised $5 million in seed funding that the company says it will use to scal

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Kabul suicide attacks should ring the alarm bells

The multiple suicide attacks at the Kabul airport on August 26, killing over 170 people, including 13 American soldiers, and injuring over 200, are stark reminders that

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Kabul suicide attacks should ring the alarm bells

The multiple suicide attacks at the Kabul airport on August 26, killing over 170 people, including 13 American soldiers, and injuring over 200, are stark reminders that

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Hurricane Ida: Power outage, post-Katrina levee system tested

The category-four Hurricane Ida made a landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on Sunday, lashing the coast with 150 mile-per-hour winds, torrential downpours and pound

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Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana

The category four Hurricane Ida has made a landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on Sunday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.Arriving with a barometric pressure of 930 millibars, Ida

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IAG-2021: China wins 'interaction race' stage of Clear Sky contest

03:11 China has scored another win at the International Army Games held in Korla, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The event continued with the Clear

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Clubhouse is adding spatial audio effects to make users feel like they’re really in the room

It’s been a busy summer for Clubhouse. The hit social audio app rolled out new messaging features and an Android app over the last few months and now the company is turning its attention to enhancing

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National security state's basic instinct for war

A U.S. plane is seen taking off a day after explosions hit crowds outside the Kabul airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 27, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: John Gong is a professor at the Univer