A San Francisco startup named Nebia, backed by some of the biggest names in technology, released a $199 shower head this week. It promises to provide a hotter, more satisfying shower using less water than traditional models. I went to their offices, disrobed and took a 10 minute shower. I’ll tell you what it’s like. […]
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Currencycloud raises $80 million in funding round backed by Visa
Visa Inc. credit and debit cards are arranged for a photograph in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, April 22, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Financial technology start-up Currencycloud, which powers cross-border payments for a number of popular finance apps, has raised $80 million in a funding round backed by Visa. Based in […]
Apple, Microsoft joining meeting promoting patient access to data
Apple and Microsoft will every be sending a consultant to a gathering on Monday hosted by a gaggle that is supporting efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services to make it simpler for sufferers to entry and share their medical data. The nonpartisan Carin Alliance, which describes its focus as “advancing consumer-directed […]
TripAdvisor set to cut 200 jobs, source confirms
Experiences, which features a vary of actions from cooking lessons to guided excursions, had been a supply of progress for TripAdvisor in recent times. But within the newest earnings quarter, adjusted earnings from the experiences and eating division fell double digits versus the identical interval a 12 months in the past. Bloomberg first reported […]
Paycom Software joins S&P 500, replacing Centene
The addition comes two months after cloud vendor ServiceNow joined the index and is the newest signal of the elevated significance of subscription software program within the broader financial system. Prior to final 12 months, Salesforce was the one fashionable cloud firm within the S&P 500, alongside older names like Adobe and Autodesk, which […]
Bezos-hired experts say Saudi crown prince MBS may have hacked phone
An outdoors investigation ordered by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos concluded WhatsApp account linked to Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, might have been concerned in a hack of Bezos’ smartphone, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The report presents one rationalization of how the National Enquirer, a tabloid, obtained and […]
5 things to know before the stock market opens January 21, 2020
U.S. inventory futures have been pointing to a decrease Wall Street open on Tuesday, with world shares from Asia to Europe underneath strain. The U.S. market was closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. vacation. On Friday the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all closed at report highs once more. For […]
Uber sold its food delivery business in India to local rival Zomato
The sale offers Uber a 9.99% stake within the Indian restaurant aggregator and meals supply start-up. Zomato is backed by Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial, which just lately agreed to speculate as much as $150 million at a pre-money valuation of $three billion, in accordance with official filings from Zomato-shareholder Info Edge. Based on that […]
EU’s GDPR privacy law led to over $100 million in fines: DLA Piper
Since its implementation in May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) led to over 160,000 information breach notifications throughout Europe, in response to analysis from multinational regulation agency DLA Piper. Ross McKean, a companion at DLA Piper specializing in cyber and information safety, mentioned his agency’s findings confirmed “we’re nonetheless within the […]
Personalized nutrition could be the next plant-based meat, worth $64 billion by 2040, says UBS
Imagine receiving custom-made diet recommendation based mostly in your private biologic or genetic profile. That’s the “way forward for meals,” in line with a UBS analyst, who sees weight loss program personalization as the subsequent plant-based meat. Personalized diet may generate annual revenues as excessive as $64 billion by 2040, the agency stated. Plus, […]
