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Meet the world's newest carnivorous plant

An unassuming herb found on the western coast of North America known as Triantha occidentalis, or western false asphodel, has now joined the ranks of carnivorous plants

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Ship sailing under Panama flag runs aground in northern Japan

A Panamanian-registered ship ran aground in a northern Japanese harbor and was leaking oil and no injuries among the 21 crew, the Japan Coast Guard said.It said the oil leak was being controlled with

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Russian, U.S. defense chiefs discuss strategic stability by phone

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discussed results of recent bilateral consultations on strategic stability during a ph

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Russian, U.S. defense chiefs discuss strategic stability by phone

Xinhua file photos of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin di

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Desktop Metal is acquiring industrial 3D printing company ExOne

As part of its earnings call this week, Desktop Metal announced plans to acquire ExOne. The Pennsylvania-based firm creates a variety of different industrial 3D printers for industries like aerospace,

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Twitter redesigns website and app with new font, less clutter and high-contrast features

Twitter today is introducing a revamped version of its website, which the company says will make the site more accessible, less cluttered and easier to use. Among the changes, which are also rolling o

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Regulations can define the best places to build and invest

Market timing — how relevant an idea is to the current state and direction of a market — is the most important factor in determining the durability of that idea.Several inputs inform market timing: Th

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Archer Aviation is seeking $1B in damages from Wisk Aero as legal dispute escalates

Archer Aviation is seeking $1 billion in damages from Wisk Aero, according to court filings Tuesday, significantly escalating the ongoing legal battle between the two air taxi rivals.Wisk “deployed a

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Doxel raises $40M from Insight, a16z to become the ‘Waze for construction’

Doxel, which has developed software that uses computer vision to help track and monitor progress on construction job sites, announced today that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding.Insight P

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A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem

Singapore is home to fewer than six million people, making it one of the smallest ASEAN countries, in terms of population. It is a young country as well — having gained independence in 1963 — and resi

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Samsung brings active noise cancellation to its entry-level Galaxy Buds

In what has quickly become the busiest Unpacked of the virtual era, Samsung just dropped a new version of its wireless earbuds. The Galaxy Buds 2 add active noise canceling to the entry-level model, w

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Apple drops its lawsuit against maker of iPhone emulation software

Apple has settled its 2019 lawsuit with Corellium, a company that builds virtual iOS devices used by security researchers to find bugs in iPhones and other iOS devices, the Washington Post has reporte

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Apple drops lawsuit against virtual iPhone company

Apple had previously attempted to acquire Corellium in 2018, but was rebuffed by the company, at which point it launched the lawsuit.

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Singapore’s logistics tech startup Parcel Perform raises $20 million

Singapore-headquartered Parcel Perform, which connects merchants with e-commerce carriers and provides shipment tracking features, said on Wednesday it has raised $20 million in a new financing round

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Firm that claimed Pfizer vaccine turns people into chimpanzees banned from Facebook

French YouTuber Leo Grasset was among those contacted by Fazze and said he was asked to post a 45 to 60-second video on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube criticising the mortality rate of Pfizer's COVID vaccine.

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Perform a quality of earnings analysis to make the most of M&A

As a startup founder, there will be three scenarios in which you’ll need to understand how to properly do a quality of earnings (QofE) if you want to maximize value.The first scenario will be when you

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Jerry raises $75M at a $450M valuation to build a car ownership ‘super app’

Just months after raising $28 million, Jerry announced today that it has raised $75 million in a Series C round that values the company at $450 million.Existing backer Goodwater Capital doubled down o