Starbucks Is Increasing Hourly Wages, Benefits for Employees Again — But Not All Workers Are Eligible
The coffee giant last increased wages for hourly employees in 2022.
YouTube’s New Tool Lets Politicians Hunt Down AI Deepfakes of Themselves — Before They Go Viral
The technology launched last year for 4 million YouTube creators and is now expanding to a pilot group of government officials and candidates.
Airbnb ‘Tenant From Hell’ Finally Leaves, Police Oversaw the Move Out
An Airbnb guest rented a guesthouse for a long-term stay in 2021 but remained in the unit for 570 days — without paying rent.
Building digital infrastructure for developing countries with Nasrat Khalid from Aseel
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. On today’s episode, host Becca Szkutak is joined by our old friend Darrell Etherington to talk with Nasrat Khalid of Aseel. Aseel started as an ecommerce company making it possible for local artisans in Afghanistan to sell to customers across the world and […]
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01 Advisors, founded by Dick Costolo and Adam Bain, just closed on $395M more
You might imagine that if two former Twitter chieftains and a longtime C-suite Facebook exec agreed to build a venture firm together, they would chase after nascent social networks. You’d be wrong. 01 Advisors, an outfit founded in 2018 by former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and former Twitter COO and president Adam Bain, tells TechCrunch […]
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Another room-temperature superconductor bites the dust
Other researchers had discovered numerous problems with the scientific paper describing the material. Now, the scientific journal Nature has retracted it.
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Astra secures new debt agreement with assets as collateral
Astra has been thrown a critical lifeline in the form of new debt financing, which provides the company with a little more time to find funding to stave off catastrophe. The company said on Monday that it had closed $13.4 million in initial debt financing with JMCM Holdings LLC and Sherpa Venture Funds II, connected […]
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TC+ Roundup: Many Black founders are rooting for SVB
Before being known as the bank that collapsed, Silicon Valley Blank made a name for itself as a bank that helps support underrepresented founders.
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How AI Is Being Used to Increase Transparency and Accountability in the Workplace
Here’s how AI is transforming the way organizations approach transparency.
A 64-Year-Old Food Delivery Worker Was Shot in a Carjacking After Dropping Off a Takeout Order
The victim is in critical condition, according to police.
9 Steps for Building a Reputation Management Plan That Wins Customers and Gives You an Edge
Your company’s reputation is its most valuable asset. Learn how to build a strategy to protect it.