How to Keep Monthly Expenses Stable in Retirement
In retirement, you’ll likely be living on a consistent budget with fixed monthly expenses. If that budget is ample, you should easily be able to meet all your needs. But…
What a return to supersonic flight could mean for climate change
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. As I’ve admitted in this newsletter before, I love few things more than getting on an airplane. I know, it’s a bold statement from a climate reporter because of all the associated…
December 2023
I’m an Economist — You Need to Ask These Questions About Your Business as You Look Toward 2024.
Executives: Use these three questions as a check-up on your business heading into an uncertain future.
Microsoft disrupts cybercrime operation selling fraudulent accounts to notorious hacking gang
Microsoft says it has successfully dismantled the infrastructure of a cybercrime operation that sold access to fraudulent Outlook accounts to other hackers, including the notorious Scattered Spider gang. The group, tracked by Microsoft as “Storm-1152”, is described as a major player in the cybercrime as a service (CaaS) ecosystem, whereby criminals provide hacking and cybercrime […]
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Playground Global closes Fund III with $410M for early-stage deep tech investments
The new fund invests across the computing, automation, infrastructure, logistics, decarbonization and engineered biology industries.
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Pfizer: From pandemic hero to investor jitters
Pfizer’s transitions from pandemic success to market concerns: analyzing revenue stagnation, investor reactions, and the company’s strategic roadmap for growth.
TPR, GPS, and TJX – Do These Luxury Stocks Have Holiday Gain Potential?
The future appears bright for the luxury industry, spurred by attractive discount promotions, increased consumer spending, and a rising demand for premium experiences and goods. Given this backdrop, it seems…
Google Nest Renew and OhmConnect merge into “Renew Home” with a $100M boost from Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners
Another development today in Google’s long-term strategy to streamline some of its less-core business operations. Google Nest Renew — a load shifting service for Google Nest owners get them to consume energy at off-peak times when energy is less expensive, or there are “cleaner” grid options available when your grid is cleaner or energy is […]
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Datalogz raises $5M to deal with your business intelligence sprawl
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of business intelligence tools that aim to help companies make critical business decisions based on data analytics. There’s a catch. As data adoption increases at most companies, they are left with growing administration problems, said Logan Havern, co-founder and CEO of Datalogz. “The sprawl that inevitably comes […]
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Paris-based VC firm Singular raises $435 million for its second fund
For a VC firm, the second fund is a make-or-break moment. With the initial fund, you raise money based on an investment thesis because you don’t have any track record, any return on investment to prove that you’re a capable investor. It’s a different story when it’s time to raise the second fund. And Singular, […]
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Threads is finally available to users in the EU
Five months after its launch in July, Meta’s social network Threads is now finally available to people living in the European Union. In a post on Threads, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is opening up Threads to more countries in Europe. However, at the time of writing the app wasn’t available on the App Store […]
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