Technology As it readies a test for vaping additives, cannabis testing company Cannalysis raises $22 millionTechCrunch - Jonathan ShieberCannalysis, a testing company for cannabis, has raised $22 million in a new round of financing as it prepares to bring a new test for vaping additives to the market. The test, which the company is preparing
Electric Scooters Mercedes is the latest carmaker that wants in on e-scootersMashable - Sasha LekachMicromobility is more than just jargon for electric scooters, e-bikes, and even electric skateboards. It's a way to keep customers brand loyal even if they've ditched the car. That's why Mercedes-Benz
Climate ‘Shameful’ and ‘Cowardly’ — Teenage Climate Activists Shame GOP Rep. for His ExcusesRolling Stone - Ryan Bort The UN Climate Summit kicks off in New York City next Monday, the Global Climate Strike begins on Friday, and on Wednesday a group of teenage …
Comcast gives its internet-only customers a free upgrade to Xfinity FlexDigital Trends - Simon Cohen As cord cutting starts to put a real dent in the bottom lines of cable and satellite businesses, some are getting creative in their attempts to stem …
trump news update Obama says presidents should avoid social media in apparent Trump jabGuardian US - Kari Paul in San FranciscoBarack Obama appeared to take a swipe at Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying he would “advise, if you’re president” to avoid social media and cable news. The former US president was speaking as a guest an
Microsoft Microsoft Unveils $40 Billion Stock Buyback, Boosts DividendBloomberg - Dina Bass Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, said it will repurchase as much as $40 billion of shares in a new buyback program and boosted …
Tech Industry Inside Amazon's Newest And Largest Office, Thousands of Miles From SeattleBloomberg - Jody Megson The new campus’s built up area when spread out spans over 68 acres, the equivalent of 65 football fields. It contains over 2.5 times the steel by …
Federal Reserve Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates by Quarter PointThe Daily Beast - Summer Eldemire The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, the second cut since July. The cut reinforces Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s …
Uber 1,000 Protesting Uber Drivers Brought NYC Traffic to a StandstillVICE - Edward Ongweso JrTo protest of changes being rolled out by Uber and Lyft, more than a thousand Uber and Lyft drivers led a caravan that brought rush hour traffic in New York City to a virtual standstill. The direct action
NYC Has a New Secret Weapon to Defeat All the RatsPopular Mechanics - By David GrossmanWherever and whenever there has been a city, there have been rats. Lots and lots of rats. From the rat traps of ancient Egypt to the headaches they give modern New Yorkers, rats have been bothersome rodents
Technology AB5, Landmark Bill Protecting Gig Workers in California, Becomes LawGizmodo - Bryan Menegus The hard-fought bill that may one day give full employee status to workers engaged in the gig economy spearheaded by companies like Uber, Lyft, and …
Amazon Amazon Cracks Down on Third-Party Apps Over Privacy ViolationsWIRED - Condé Nast The was just one problem: Amazon’s Data Protection Policy only allows developers to use customer information for tax and shipping purposes, not for …
Technology Microsoft-owned GitHub acquires code analysis startup Semmle to bolster securitygeekwire.com - Nat Levy GitHub has acquired Semmle, the San Francisco-based maker of a code analysis platform, to bump up security for the coding repository. Semmle, which …
Climate Green Data: The Next Step to Zero-Emissions Data Centersieee.org - Mark Anderson Data centers consume just two to three percent of the planet’s total electricity usage. So reducing data centers’ climate footprint may not seem, at …
Plastic Ireland plans to ban single-use plasticsinhabitat - by Mariecor Agravante In a move that has environmentalists cheering, Ireland recently overhauled its waste sector by announcing a ban on single-use plastics, including …
Employment These Are The Top 10 Highest-Paying Jobs Right NowRefinery29 - Hannah RimmWith the rising cost of housing, millennials' insurmountable student debt, and the increasingly gig economy, a full-time high-paying job is the white rabbit of our generation. Whether you’re in school
Lionsgate Plex partners with Lionsgate to expand its collection of free streaming movies9to5Mac - Chance MillerPlex continues to expand its free collection of streaming films. The company announced today that it has partnered with Lionsgate to make a collection of free movies available to Plex users around the
Kickstarter Workers Accuse Kickstarter of Union-Busting in Federal ComplaintVICE - Lauren Kaori GurleyOn Monday night, unionizing employees at Kickstarter filed a complaint with the National Labor Review Board (NLRB) for allegedly wrongfully terminating two employees. Both of the employees were on the
Rachel Riley The best way of dealing with online trolls? Ignore them – and starve them of oxygenThe Guardian - Stuart HeritageIf you want to know what sort of world we live in, Rachel Riley has had to block 1,500 people on Twitter. That’s right: Countdown’s human calculator has attracted such a swell of antisemitic hatred that
patagonia are closing all their stores to support the climate strikei-D USA - Owen MyersThis Friday across the UK in Ireland the brand will be showing their solidarity with protestors. Sad but necessary news for all the guys out there who need an anorak and hiking boots to brave the Central
Technology Instagram will restrict posts on cosmetic surgery and diet productsEngadget - Amrita KhalidThe platform will remove some posts and impose an age restriction on others. You'll soon see fewer ads for "flat tummy" tea and lip fillers on Instagram. The social media platform announced today that
Remote Working Study: Remote Workers Are Happier, Stay in Their Jobs Longer, and Work More Hours Than On-Site EmployeesInc Magazine - Brit MorseIn recent years, businesses increasingly have offered remote work arrangements to keep employees happy and productive. Now a new study has quantified just how appreciative remote workers really are--and
Play buttonOpinion If the world ran on sun, it wouldn’t fight over oilThe Guardian - Bill McKibbenConveniently, the largest ever demonstrations about energy policy are scheduled to take place this Friday We are sadly accustomed by now to the idea that our reliance on oil and gas causes random but outbreaks
Technology To decarbonize we must decomputerize: why we need a Luddite revolutionThe Guardian - Ben TarnoffDigitization is a climate disaster: if corporations and governments succeed in making vastly more of our world into data, there will be less of a world left for us to live in What matters is not only much
Facial Recognition Facial Recognition Expanding To More Airportsmediapost.com - Chuck Martin Some U.S. airports have been dabbling with the technology, primarily aimed at international travelers. For example, JetBlue partnered with U.S. …
Employment Why the Fourth Industrial Revolution could spell more jobs – not fewerweforum.org - Jayant Menon Ever since Homo erectus carved a piece of stone into a tool, the welfare of humanity has been on the increase. This technological breakthrough led …
Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic plans to take on British Airways for Heathrow flightsThe Guardian - Gwyn Topham Transport correspondentVirgin Atlantic has laid out plans to boost its network of international routes by more than 400% and challenge the dominance of British Airways at an expanded Heathrow. The airline said its ambitious
Facebook Facebook’s new oversight board could overturn Mark Zuckerberg’s decisionsDigital Trends Facebook on Tuesday released more details about its Supreme Court for content decisions — an oversight board that would have the ability to overrule …
Startups GoCardless launches US debit payments solution and opens San Francisco officeTechCrunch - Steve O'HearGoCardless, the London fintech that aims to become the one-stop shop globally for businesses that want to let customers pay via recurring bank payments, has launched a U.S. debit solution. The company
