Ariane 5 transfers from the final assembly building to the launch pad in preparation for flight VA254 with Star One D2 and Eutelsat Quantum at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. /ESA The wor
Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Ford and VW, has landed a permit in California that will allow the company to give people free rides in its self-driving vehicles on the st
It all seems so simple. Instead of the dreaded back-and-forth on email, what if there was a solution that helped two parties (or multiple parties) schedule a call or a hangout?Calendly was born out of
Gopuff, the startup that’s helped kickstart a new category of food delivery in the U.S. — “instant” delivery of essential groceries and other home goods for a flat fee of $1.95
By the time Porter co-founders Trevor Shim and Justin Rhee decided to build a company around DevOps, the pair were well versed in doing remote development on Kubernetes. And like other users, they wer
Three months ago, Mastercard invested $100 million in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (AMC BV) — the mobile money business of telecom Airtel Africa. This was two weeks after it also received $200 million fr
What lessons has the world learned from the pandemic.mp3 00:00 Editor's note: This 100-episode podcast explains how China works. Exploring Xi Jinping Thought and how the Chinese p
Blockchain infrastructure startups are heating up as industry fervor brings more developers and users to a space that still feels extremely young despite a heavy institutional embrace of the crypto sp
As we’ve known for about a week, today was the day Panic’s charming/whacky/curious/all-of-the-above Playdate gaming device (and its crank!) went up for pre-order. The buzz around the littl
Open source has become a major force in the world of IT, and today a startup that has built a profitable operation by developing business management software on the priniciple is announcing a sizable
Delegates' flags of the Organization of American States (OAS). / AP The U.S. has long painted itself as a global hegemon of happenstance or a sort of disinterested Atlas that merely holds the
Pedro Castillo was sworn in as Peru's fifth president in three years on the 200th anniversary of the country's independence on Wednesday, promising an end to corruption and a new constitution."I swea
01:39 The gunman who went on a killing spree at a series of spas in March has pleaded guilty to four counts of murder --- part of a plea deal negotiated by prosecutors.Robert Aaron Long
As more people are venturing out into the world this summer (safely, we hope!), Snapchat wants to make it easier for people to find restaurants, stores, parks, and other interesting spots in their nei
Affordable healthcare continues to be a major problem in the U.S., with roughly 30 million people without comprehensive healthcare and high medical costs causing many to go into debt. Spot is tackling
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Abu Naser is an inde
Pipo Saude, a startup that developed a platform that sells and manages healthcare benefits for Brazilian companies, has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding.Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capita
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