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The New York Times Company agreed to purchase sports media outlet The Athletic in a deal valued at $550 million, The Information reports. This deal comes after months of speculation — at one point, The Athletic CEO Alex Mather approached Axios about a merger, which did not come to fruition. With this deal, the company […]... →

Back in 2019, Amazon first announced its Sidewalk network, a new low-bandwidth, long-distance wireless protocol and network for connecting smart devices — and keeping them online when your own WiFi network, for example, goes down, by piggybacking on your neighbor’s network. Since last year, Amazon has been turning its Echo devices into Sidewalk bridges and […]... →

Working from home has been my normal for more than a decade, but it’s getting a bit stale. Time to spice it up — with some of CES 2022’s hottest items, all of which definitely kind of exist. First off let’s upgrade these dinky twin 27-inch Dells I’ve been attempting to work on for the […]... →

When startup founders think of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), we tend to think of Mad Men-esque processes, involving dramatic office reshuffling and expensive rebranding.... →

After ridiculing one mosquito-fighting product, I figured it’d be only right to highlight another piece of buzz-reducing tech that was showing off its products at CES this year. Mosqitter is an industrial-scale mosquito murdering machine that attracts female mosquitos before they get a chance to lay eggs. From there, it’s a short zap away from […]... →

Стоимость акций производителя электромобилей Rivian упала после новостей о сделке Amazon со Stellantis. Stellantis — серьезный конкурент Rivian, которому принадлежат в том числе бренды Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot и другие.... →

As a journalist and investor, I’m always a little suspicious of single-product, super-niche companies; there are just so many things that can go wrong, and one of the ways that direct-to-consumer brands do well is having the ability to cross-sell to its customers. Morphée was one of those brands, starting with its frankly ludicrously over-designed […]... →

Little Otter, a digital mental health company that aims to provide tools and treatment for both children and their families, has raised $22 million in Series A funding. The round was oversubscribed and led by CRV, with participation from Torch Capital, Vast Ventures, Hinsdale, Boxgroup, Able, Carrie Penner Walton, G9, Springbank Collective, along with angel […]... →

EV charging companies have been showing their wares at CES for years now. But this year, the stakes — and opportunities — are a bit higher. With dozens of electric passenger cars and commercial fleets expected to hit the market in just a few years, EVs are pushing into the mainstream. That larger market comes […]... →

Mosquitos kill more people than any other creature in the world, and there’s no shortage of potential tech solutions. One such solution comes from Bzigo, which markets a device that finds mosquitos in your home, points at them with a laser and can notify you on your phone when a mozzy is buzzing about. Walking […]... →

Line is a regular staple at CES, showing off its high-end milled-aluminium docking stations. This year, the company is back in Las Vegas with an accessory aimed squarely at the gamers among us. Line Frzr is a therm-electric active cooling device that pre-cools the air before it goes into your gaming laptop. Traditional laptop cooling […]... →

Москва оказалась третьей в списке мегаполисов мира с лучшим ВВП по паритету покупательской способности (ППС) по итогам 2020 года. В рейтинге ее обогнали только Токио и Нью-Йорк.... →

LinkedIn, now with more than 800 million people listing their professional profiles to build out their careers, is taking its next steps to get them to spend more time on the platform. The company is rolling out a new events platform, where it will be listing, hosting and marketing interactive, virtual live events. It is […]... →

Dave.com hopes to join SoFi in the ranks of the fintech startups that did just fine in their SPAC debuts. ... →

Spotify is today introducing is introducing a new ad format aimed at podcasters which it’s calling “Call-to-Action Cards” — or CTA cards, for short. The feature, which is powered by Spotify’s streaming ad insertion technology, will display a visual ad in the Spotify app when the audio ad begins to play. The cards can be […]... →

Rupifi has raised $25 million in a new financing round as the Indian startup, which currently provides buy now, pay later service to several marketplaces to serve their merchants, looks to expand its business-to-business payments offerings. Tiger Global and Bessemer Venture Partners co-led the two-year-old startup’s $25 million financing round. Existing investors Quona Capital and […]... →

Исследование банка «Русский стандарт» показало, что в 2021 году россияне стали чаще покупать (58%) нежели продавать (42%) валюту. Средняя сумма обмена составила 68 959 руб.... →

Методы ведения бизнеса, которые работают в России, оказываются или не такими действенными, или вовсе не применимыми в другой стране. Постепенно приходит осознание, что нужно выстраивать свою жизнь практически с нуля.  После переезда начинается самое интересное… Кто-то справляется и интегрируется, а кого-то накрывает волна тоски по России и поглощают новые вводные ведения бизнеса. Дарья Бондаренко, журналист и консультант по коммуникациям, собрала шесть историй предпринимателей, которые уехали в другую стран... →

Despite the twofold growth in dollars invested, the number of companies receiving funding has grown by less than 30% compared with Q3 2020.... →

Авиакомпания «Аэрофлот» в связи с протестами в Казахстане отменила все рейсы, запланированные на 6 и 7 января. Также на две недели приостановлена продажа билетов в страну. При этом компания гарантировала возврат денежных средств за все отмененные рейсы.... →