A little-noticed piece of legislation that would make it a felony to threaten a school employee appears to be moving forward in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, but it faces last-minute opposition from civil-rights groups. The bill is scheduled for a House floor vote Wednesday, and it’s backed by powerful teachers’ unions. But it […]
Alibaba Group Holding‘s cloud computing unit has slashed prices for international customers by up to 59 per cent, as the tech giant fights to woo users amid a global race for computing resources driven by rapid artificial intelligence (AI) development. The international cloud business of Alibaba, which owns the South China Morning Post, is facing […]
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the notable happenings in tech over the past few days. This week, TC’s auto reporter Sean O’Kane revealed how EV startup Fisker temporarily lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments as it scaled up deliveries, leading to an internal audit that started […]
Europa, one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday. It’s enough oxygen to keep a million humans breathing each day, but it’s substantially less than scientists previously believed existed, researchers said. The amount of oxygen could impact the moon’s underground ocean, which is thought […]
Celebrated Blackfeet chief John Two Guns White Calf was sacrificed on the altar of cancel culture. Now an effort to save the indigenous hero’s legacy as well as larger Native history from a woke agenda is beginning to spread nationwide. White Calf was the face of the NFL’s Washington Redskins for 48 years. Before receiving […]
The cannabis industry still is in its early growth stages, and many companies are staking out positions to set up for big gains later on. But there’s also a problem: Marijuana remains banned federally in the U.S., a huge potential market. That means there are hurdles to growth. Companies can’t simply transport products across state […]
In the third quarter of 2023 (ended Sept. 30), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) generated revenue of $143 billion. The vast majority of this, about $92 billion, was derived from online stores and third-party seller services, which are directly related to the company’s insanely successful digital marketplace. It has long been the case that Amazon’s e-commerce operations […]
I like to play a game with my kids when driving down the road: Name the publicly traded company that owns each business. We pass a Take 5 Car Wash — that’s owned by Driven Brands. We pass a Firehouse Subs — that’s owned by Restaurant Brands International. “Dad, we’re passing a Pizza Hut, a […]