Gwyneth Paltrow, Rebel Wilson, Darren Criss and Baron Davis are backing an LA-based weed soda company
Celebrity investors — including Gwyneth Paltrow, Rebel Wilson, Ruby Rose, Darren Criss, Baron Davis, Tove Lo and Casey Neistat — have come together to back the Los Angeles-based THC-infused drink company, Cann, the company said.
It’s the latest in a string of deals that show the s
Microsoft now lets you bring your own data types to Excel
Over the course of the last few years, Microsoft started adding the concept of “data types” to Excel; that is, the ability to pull in geography and real-time stock data from the cloud, for example. Thanks to its partnership with Wolfram, Excel now features more than 100 of these data ty
GetYourGuide closes $133M convertible note as travel startups continue to weather the COVID-19 storm
On the heels of Germany announcing another lockdown to try to contain the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in the country, one of the hottest startups in its capital city is announcing the closing of a large convertible note to help it keep moving forward.
GetYourGuide, which in brighter times runs a t
TikTok-parent ByteDance launches its first gadget in a big education push
ByteDance on Thursday unveiled its first consumer hardware product, a smart light lamp with a display, that it says is part of its education technology portfolio as the Chinese internet giant continues to expand to categories beyond social video.
The Dali smart lamp features a display, camera and b
Slingshot Aerospace raises $8 million to help it expand to new verticals beyond aerospace and defense
Austin and El Segundo-based Slingshot Aerospace was born out of a realization that while there is a massive amount of information collected by observation technology aboard satellites, airplanes, drones and beyond, the analytics and turnaround of said info into something actionable often took a lon
Trump hints at stopping ‘powerful’ big tech in latest ‘get out the vote’ tweet
If there was any doubt that yesterday’s flogging of big tech CEOs by Senate Republicans was anything other than an electioneering stunt, President Trump has thumped the point home by tweeting a video message to voters in which he bashes “big tech” as (maybe) too powerful but certa
Upgrade adds rewards program to its credit card
Fintech startup Upgrade has been quite successful with its two flagship products — a low-cost credit card and personal loans. The company is making its credit card more attractive by adding rewards.
Upgrade Card consumers will earn 1.5% cash back on all purchases made with the card — there'
LinkedIn’s Career Explorer helps you identify new kinds of jobs based on the skills you have
One of the key side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been how it has played out in the economy. There are currently 12.6 million people out of work in the U.S. alone, with estimates from the International Labour Organization noting that globally some 245 million full-time jobs have been impacte
Marriott International announces partnership with Grab in six Southeast Asian countries
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the hospitality industry especially hard, and hotels around the world are looking for ways to regain revenue. Today, Marriott International and Grab announced a partnership that will cover the hospitality giant’s dining businesses in six Southeast Asian countries
Ford will reveal its all-electric Transit van in November
Ford plans to reveal in November an all-electric version of its Ford Transit cargo van, the company said Wednesday as part of its broader third-quarter earnings report. The unveiling will showcase an electric van for all of the company’s global addressable markets.
The company has been talkin
Section 230 barely rates a mention in Senate’s hasty pre-election flogging of tech CEOs
Today’s Senate hearing on immensely important legal protections for online platforms quickly proved to be little more than an excuse for Senators to accuse the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google of partisan interference with next week’s election. The actual law being considered for re
Rocket Lab successfully launches 10 Earth observation satellites in 15th commercial mission
New Zealand launch provider Rocket Lab has put its 15th commercial payload into space, delivering 10 Earth observation satellites each to their own orbit. The company is getting back into its stride after an upset in July dampened plans to set a record for launch turnaround time.
Aboard the latest
Daily Crunch: Apple seems pretty interested in search
Apple might be building a Google competitor, Audible adds more podcasts and an ad measurement company raises $350 million. This is your Daily Crunch for October 28, 2020.
The big story: Apple seems pretty interested in search
Apple has a growing interest in search technology and mig
We need new business models to burst old media filter bubbles
Access to information in the United States is fragmenting along social lines. This goes beyond the fuzzy, qualitative feeling many of us have that people can't agree on key issues anymore — data show that people are increasingly breaking into disconnected ideological camps. While this is comm