Experts answer 16 questions about Credit Score & Credit Report
Are you struggling with managing your finances and enjoying all the perks of having a credit card? Because right when you thought you got the gist of the credit life, you met with endless payments to clear. Did you know…
US: The state of the unions
By Sarita Gupta From Tech Crunch Imagine that your boss calls you and your co-workers into a meeting and announces that you are all getting raises. But before any glasses are raised for a toast, you are told that you’re…
Tesla Cybertruck reservations hit 200,000
By Kirsten Korosec From TechCrunch Tesla has received 146,000 reservations [Nov 23 2019] to order the Tesla Cybertruck, pulling in some $14.6 million in deposits just two days after the company’s CEO Elon Musk unveiled the futuristic and angled vehicle. UPDATE: On…
The budding industry of cannabis tech
By Brian Kateman From TechCrunch From food and drink to health and wellness and beyond, there’s one plant we can’t seem to get enough of: cannabis. It seems like every consumer product nowadays is taking part in reefer madness. Home…
Brexit means clear your cookies for democracy
By Natasha Lomas From TechCrunch Brexit looks set to further sink the already battered reputation of tracking cookies after a Buzzfeed report yesterday revealed what appears to be a plan by the UK’s minority government to use official government websites to harvest personal data…
September’s Mate 30 launch could be a major test for Huawei
By Brian Heater From TechCrunch Apple isn’t the only smartphone manufacturer planning a big September launch. Huawei’s got a big event on the books as well, set for September 18 in Munich, just over a week after the new iPhones are…
Ford says its autonomous cars will last just four years
By Connie Lolzos From TechCrunch The automotive industry has been promoting self-driving cars as a kind of panacea that will solve numerous problems that modern society is grappling with right now, from congestion to safety to productivity (you can work…
India’s 9-month-old CRED raises $120M to help people improve their financial behavior
By Manish Singh From TechCrunch Many Silicon Valley companies and fintech startups in India today share a common mission: They all want to bring their financial services to the next billion users. Dozens of fintech startups that we have spoken…
US: As FTC cracks down, data ethics is now a strategic business weapon
By Daniel Wu From TechCrunch Five billion dollars. That’s the apparent size of Facebook’s latest fine for violating data privacy. While many believe the sum is simply a slap on the wrist for a behemoth like Facebook, it’s still the largest…
SpaceX contracted by NASA to launch black hole and neutron star research craft
By Derrell Etherington From TechCrunch SpaceX has been awarded a new contract by NASA to launch the agency’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE. This research spacecraft will study polarized light from sources including neutron stars, pulsar wind nebulae and supermassive black holes,…