Evolving a Small Business With Online Marketing
In this episode, Wade Dickinson, owner of Heirloom Engraver, shares how incorporating online platforms like Yelp into his business strategy has helped his business triple.
Four things we’d need to put data centers in space
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. In January, Elon Musk’s SpaceX filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission to launch up to one million data centers into Earth’s orbit. The…
Car Crashes Into Second Story of Pennsylvania Home, Lodges Into Roof in Harrowing Photos
The incident occurred Sunday afternoon.
U.S. Treasury Makes a Bold Move to Combat Money Laundering — And Home Buyers Could Be Affected
The U.S. Treasury is targeting corrupt buyers by requiring the disclosure of true property owners in an effort to curb money laundering through real estate transactions.
Shared micromobility firm Veo launches retail seated scooter
Veo, one of the shared micromobility firms that secured New York City’s e-scooter permit, is moving into retail. Starting Thursday, the company will be selling its Cosmo X seated, pedal-less scooter across the United States. Veo will start with a small and limit its first batch to 1,000 scooters in 2023. While e-bikes are selling […]
Tracer nabs $18.1 to aggregate and normalize business data
Tracer, a platform that attempts to consolidate an organization’s data sources and enrich them with business insights, today announced that it raised $18.1 million in a Series A funding round co-led by NewRoad Capital Partners, Progress Ventures, and BDMI with participation from S4S Ventures and Arbour Way Investors. CEO Jeff Nicholson said that the new […]
YouTube is disabling links on Shorts to cut down on spam
YouTube Shorts is making a change to address the growing issues around spam on the short-form video platform. The company says that starting on August 31st, links that appear in the Shorts comments section, Shorts descriptions, and the vertical live feed will no longer be clickable. This new policy is meant to be a preventative […]
The most valuable startups are getting closer to profitability, but at a cost
At some point we have to acknowledge that the worst is behind us, and any remaining malaise is potentially psychosomatic.
Ultrahuman Ring Air review
Indian fitness and nutrition tracking startup, Ultrahuman, has fast-followed its debut smart ring last year with a second generation of the device — which officially launched in June. The new smart ring whittles down what was a slightly chunky form factor, for its original sleep & fitness-tracker, into a more svelte matte black* band it’s […]
CEO claims X, formerly Twitter, is close to ‘break even’
X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims that the company formerly known as Twitter is almost breaking even. “I’ve been at the company eight weeks,” Yaccarino said in her first broadcast interview since taking on her new role. “The operational run rate right now… we’re pretty close to break even.” This is a surprising declaration, given the […]
ChatGPT expands its ‘custom instructions’ feature to free users
OpenAI announced that it’s expanding custom instructions — a way to give users more control over how ChatGPT responds — to all users, including those on the free tier of the service. The feature, which was first unveiled in July as a beta for ChatGPT Plus subscribers, allows users to add various preferences and requirements […]