How to Turn Summer Travel into More Business and Less Taxes
When you pursue business opportunities in the places you love to visit, you can make your summer profitable and fun.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
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Barbara Corcoran Did ‘Crazy Things’ to Retain Employees, From Hot Air Balloon Rides to a Free Bentley: ‘We Had No Turnover’
Corcoran sold her brokerage firm, The Corcoran Group, for close to $70 million in 2001.
Starbucks Is Looking to Remove Seed Oils From Some of Its Food Products
The coffee giant is also launching a new egg bite made with avocado oil.
Apple COO Jeff Williams to step down later this month
Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer, is stepping down from his role later this month.
US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers
Accused hacker and Chinese national Xu Zewei was arrested in Italy at the request of U.S. prosecutors.
GenAI as a shopping assistant set to explode during Prime Day sales
A new report estimates that AI will be a larger-than-ever part of the online shopping process during Amazon’s Prime Day sale, which began Tuesday morning. Amazon’s annual sale, which this year spans four days (July 8-11), is predicted to drive $23.8 billion in online spending across U.S. e-commerce retailers, as other businesses run their own […]
SpaceX in talks to raise new funding at $400B valuation
SpaceX is in talks to raise fresh capital at a $400 billion valuation.
A Code Ninjas Franchise Empowers Youth with Tech & Education
Code Ninjas is a leading kids’ coding franchise that teaches children ages 7-14 how to code by building video games.
Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic Pour $23 Million into an AI Training Center for Teachers
The hub will train teachers to use AI for tasks like generating lesson plans.
Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B
French AI startup Mistral is in talks to raise up to $1 billion in equity from investors including Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund, reports Bloomberg.