Improve Your Golf Skills With This Home Golfing Simulator, Now $173
Help a family member or colleague keep in tune with their golf skills no matter the weather.
XOi raises $230M, acquires Specifx to expand its tech for field service technicians
Field service engineers may not be the first group of customers that come to mind when you think about lucrative opportunities in B2B technology. But that same blind spot speaks of the opportunity in the space for those who are stepping up and targeting “the job site.” One of the players in that space, XOi […]
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December 2023
Why Did the Menendez Brothers Murder Their Parents? A Shocking Tale of Money and Abuse.
On this episode of “Dirty Money,” we dive into the gruesome tale of an infamous double murder that shocked the nation.
Ever Wanted to Live at Disney? Now You Can in This Residential Community — That’s Not in Florida or California.
Disney has announced plans to develop a 1,500-acre community in North Carolina.
Unpacking Hormel’s future, one savory bite at a time
From SPAM® to plant-based, Hormel Foods navigates market dynamics, seeking future success.
Credit scoring firms face curbs after landmark EU data protection ruling
Credit scoring companies operating in the European Union could be facing tighter curbs under the bloc’s privacy laws following a ruling issued by the Court of Justice (CJEU) today. The referral relates to complaints brought against the practices of a German credit scoring company, called Schufa, but could have wider significance for credit information agencies […]
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US indicts alleged Russian hackers for years-long cyber espionage campaign against Western countries
U.S. authorities have indicted two hackers linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for allegedly carrying out a years-long cyber espionage campaign targeting government officials. The Department of Justice alleged on Thursday that Ruslan Aleksandrovich Peretyatko, an officer with the FSB intelligence service, and IT worker Andrey Stanislavovich Korinets attempted to compromise the computers of […]
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Amazon will no longer accept Venmo as a payment option starting next month
Amazon is dropping Venmo as a payment option next month, the PayPal owned mobile payment service announced on its website. The official announcement comes as Amazon notified users last night via email that Venmo will no longer be accepted on Amazon.com starting January 10, 2024. Amazon will still, however, accept Venmo debit and credit cards. […]
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Seattle biotech hub pursues ‘DNA typewriter’ tech with $75M from tech billionaires
A new Seattle biotech organization will be funded to the tune of $75 million to research “DNA typewriters,” self-monitoring cells that could upend our understanding of biology. The collaboration between the University of Washington, the Chan-Zuckerberg Institute, and the Allen Institute is already underway. Called the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, the joint initiative will […]
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WhatsApp adds support for disappearing voice messages
While today’s bigger news from the world of Meta’s messaging apps was the rollout of end-to-end encryption in Messenger, the company is also bringing another useful feature to its WhatsApp users: disappearing voice messages. The new feature will allow users to send a voice message that can only be listened to once before it disappears, […]
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Coinbase and Robinhood’s break belies good news for a host of fintech startups
A number of fintech startups similar to Coinbase and Robinhood could benefit from the renewed optimism around the two companies.
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