The 20 best startups from Y Combinator's W20 Demo Day: Anna Escher, Josh Constine, Brian Heater, Greg Kumparak, Ingrid Lunden, Natasha Mascarenhas, Lucas Matney, Alex Wilhelm
With world events overtaking the tech world’s preferences to meet for coffees and convene at events, Y Combinator skipped its famous two-day live Demo event and went for a radical experiment: no demos at all, but instead a long list of the nearly 200 startups…
NASA and SpaceX targeting mid-to-late May for first astronaut launch, despite coronavirus pandemic: Darrell Etherington
NASA and SpaceX issued a media accreditation invitation on Wednesday for their Demonstration Mission 2 (aka Demo-2) commercial crew launch – the first in the commercial crew program that will carry actual astronauts to space. The invite includes the current p…
NYSE will temporarily close its trading floor and move to electronic trading only: Frederic Lardinois
The New York Stock Exchange will close its trading floor on Monday, March 23 and fully move to electronic trading, the exchange’s operator Intercontinental Exchange announced today. The actual physical locations that will close are the NYSE equities trading f…
Charter staff told to report to offices despite positive coronavirus tests: Zack Whittaker
Two positive COVID-19 tests, but Charter staff are still forbidden to work from home.
The Dow and S&P near three-year lows, Nasdaq falls as well, and treasuries are no haven: Jonathan Shieber, Alex Wilhelm
It was another brutal day on Wall Street as investors continue to come to grips with the new economic realities imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the S&P 500 are scraping near their lowest point in t…
Original Content podcast: Hulu's 'Hillary' retraces a controversial career and a heartbreaking election: Anthony Ha, Jordan Crook, Darrell Etherington
While Hillary Clinton’s comments about Bernie Sanders (“Nobody likes him”) have prompted more headlines than anything else in Hulu’s “Hillary,” there’s a lot more to learn from the documentary. Over the course of four-plus hours, “Hillary” trace…
Can Apple keep the AR industry alive?: Lucas Matney
Augmented reality still has Apple’s enthusiasm behind it, but can that keep the whole industry afloat? On Wednesday, Apple debuted a new iPad Pro, the hallmark feature of which was a lidar time-of-flight sensor baked into the camera, which is designed to make…
Meditation apps offer free mindfulness, as social distancing takes a toll: Brian Heater
I’m not sure how many days we are into this “15 days” thing. Frankly, I’m not really sure what day of the week it is. As we collectively lose our grip on reality and socialization and increasingly turn to technology to cope, a number of meditation apps are of…
VC firms offer group therapy for founders due to the COVID-19 outbreak: Natasha Mascarenhas
Founders face many trials and tribulations when building their companies, from fundraising woes to visa challenges to product failures to company failures. And according to Kari Sulenes, “almost everybody who has built a company has a burnout story.” Her sta…
GM, Ford, and FCA shutter all North American factories over coronavirus fears: Matt Burns
Detroit’s big three automakers are to shut down all factories due to fears over the coronavirus. Details are still in the works and will be announced shortly. Over the last few days, United Auto Workers has been pushing the automakers to shut down their facto…
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