How Online Payment Systems Can Take Your Business to the Next Level
Supporting credit card transactions is one of the simplest ways to boost your business, and everyone involved wins.
US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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September 2023
4 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Nightmare Boss (and How to Be a Dream Boss)
Are dream bosses born or made? It’s a bit of both. Here’s what I learned the hard way that can help you tap into your dream boss potential.
‘Nobody Helped Her Whatsoever’: Elderly Woman Sues McDonald’s For ‘Severe Burns’ After Spilling Hot Coffee
Mable Childress, a woman in her 80s, filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court last week.
Apple’s Lisa Jackson explains how going carbon neutral by 2030 is good business
As the most valuable company in the world, Apple extends its massive footprint into every corner of industry that it touches. With that footprint comes a vast responsibility to conduct itself responsibly in terms of sourcing materials, labor and the energy necessary to ship well over two billion mobile devices on its course to becoming […]
Volvo will make its last diesel car in 2024
Volvo’s last diesel car will roll off the line “by early 2024,” the company said on Tuesday. The writing’s been on the wall for several years. As far back as 2017, the Geely-owned automaker indicated it would wrap up production of diesel cars by around now. A few years later, Volvo pledged to exclusively sell […]
Redwood Materials acquires European battery recycler in expansion push
Redwood Materials said Tuesday it acquired lithium-ion battery recycler Redux Recycling, a purchase meant to accelerate U.S. company’s expansion into Europe. This is Redwood’s second acquisition since former Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel founded the battery materials and recycling startup in 2017. Last year, Redwood acquired a small UK recycling technology company. The company […]
Why Crypto is Back for Banks and Financial Institutions (and Why You Should Take Notice)
Crypto and blockchain products coming back down to earth has translated into heightened authentic interest from massive institutions that can take mass adoption to a new level.
Starbucks Faces $5 Million Dollar Lawsuit Alleging Its Fruit Refresher Drinks Don’t Contain Any Actual Fruit
On Monday, a judge rejected Starbucks’ attempt to dismiss nine out of the 11 claims in the proposed class action suit.
The new Fitbit app is now available
Google announced that its redesigned Fitbit app — which features a new three-tab structure for easier access to curated health and fitness content, easily glanceable stats and more — is rolling out to users starting today. As previously revealed last month, Google says the app’s refreshed design makes it easier to use thanks to the […]
Instacart’s IPO storms out the gate, showing that unicorns can, in fact, go public and survive
For startups dying of thirst in this desert devoid of capital, Instacart could not have offered up a more satisfying glass of cool water.