Month: August 2021
Raise, a startup building Africa’s Carta, gets backing from 500 Startups
As startups in Africa continue to grow and raise money at a ridiculous pace, so too will their cap tables expand. Most African startups’ bulk of VC money is from foreign investors, making it imperative for African startups to incorporate
Read MoreThe Belarusian Coaches Who Tried To Send Sprinter Home Are Dismissed From Olympics
The two coaches had their credentials revoked by the International Olympic Committee four days after they ordered sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya back home for publicly criticizing them. (Image credit: Czarek Sokolowski/AP)
Read MoreUnited Airlines Will Require All 67,000 U.S. Employees to Get Vaccinated
United Airlines will require employees in the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by late October, perhaps sooner, joining a growing number of big corporations that are responding to a surge in virus cases. Company leaders called it a matter
Read MoreCanada Border Agents Begin Labor Action, Threatening Trade, Tourism
Talks between the union representing about 9,000 employees at the Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian government failed to produce a new agreement before a Friday morning deadline.
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Shot Works Well Against Delta Variant, Study Finds
Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine helps prevent severe disease among those infected with the Delta variant, according to a trial involving almost 480,000 health workers in South Africa. The study, known as Sisonke, provides the first large-scale evidence that the
Read MoreWhat to expect from Samsung’s next Unpacked
Foldables! Two, probably! Those are your headliners. Samsung tipped its hand with the event invite, which features a pair of geometrical objects that pretty clearly represent the new Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip. The other headliner is what
Read MoreAllyson Felix Now Has More Olympic Medals Than Any Female Track Athlete In History
U.S. track star Allyson Felix surpassed the record after winning bronze on Friday in the 400 meters at the Tokyo Olympics. (Image credit: David Ramos/Getty Images)
Read MoreTaliban Capture Zaranj, an Afghanistan Provincial Capital, in a Symbolic Victory – The New York Times
Taliban Capture Zaranj, an Afghanistan Provincial Capital, in a Symbolic Victory The New York Times Afghan Taliban kill head of government media department New York Post Taliban kills Afghan government’s top media officer NBC News Afghanistan war: Taliban capture regional capital Zaranj, officials
Read MoreSpaceX stacks the full Starship launch system for the first time, standing nearly 400 feet tall
SpaceX has achieved another major milestone in its Starship fully reusable launch system: It stacked the Starship spacecraft itself on top of a prototype of its Super Heavy booster, which itself is loaded up with a full complement of 29
Read MoreThe Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Is a Return to the Old Way of Politics. That’s A Problem for the Climate
The bipartisan infrastructure package being negotiated in the Senate promises to fund some important climate programs, with sizable expenditures for cleaning up abandoned oil wells, replacing lead pipes and repairing roads and bridges. The $50 billion in climate resilience funding
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