September 21, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two major U.S. retail industry groups on Tuesday asked the Biden administration for at least 90 days before imposing new rules that will require employees at larger firms to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to regular testing. On Sept. 9, the White House said the […]
Marvel shows are now available through Apple Podcast subscriptions
Kris Holt Contributor Share on Twitter Kris Holt is a contributing writer at Engadget. More posts by this contributor Google Meet will automatically adjust webcam brightness in your browser Disney+ ‘Hawkeye’ trailer shows Clint Barton’s past catching up with him Marvel and SiriusXM have opened a new Apple Podcasts channel, which includes a paid tier. […]
U.S. seeks to double climate change aid for developing nations -Biden
September 21, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday he would work with Congress to double funds by 2024 for helping developing nations deal with climate change to $11.4 billion per year, which would help achieve a global goal set more than a decade ago to […]
Raspberry Pi gets $45M to meet demand for low cost PCs and IoT
Turns out COVID-19 lockdowns have been good for the indoor hobby of hardware hacking: The UK-based foundational behind the low price microprocessor, Raspberry Pi, announced close of a $45 million funding round yesterday. The cash injection into the trading arm of the (non-profit) Raspberry Pi Foundational values it at $500M (pre-money), founder Eben Upton confirmed. […]
Just raises $8M in its effort to beat Root at the car insurance game
Just Insure, a pay-per-mile insurance technology company, has raised $8 million in a funding round. CrossCut Ventures, ManchesterStory and Western Technology Investments co-led the investment, which brings its total raised to $15.3 million since its January 2019 inception. Los Angeles-based Just says it uses telematics “to reward safe drivers and reduce insurer bias” by looking […]
America’s innovators will solve climate change, not regulators
Quill Robinson Contributor Share on Twitter Quill Robinson is the American Conservation Coalition‘s vice president of government affairs. President Joe Biden has pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. He intends to meet this ambitious target through a wave of new federal spending and government programs. But our best hope for […]
UK family resolve civil claim against U.S. diplomat’s wife over crash death
September 21, 2021 (Corrects spelling of Seiger’s name) LONDON (Reuters) – The family of a British teenager killed in a car crash involving a U.S. diplomat’s wife said on Tuesday they had reached a resolution in a civil damages claim over the 2019 accident, and could now focus on a separate criminal case. Harry Dunn, […]
Hungarian cenbank slows pace of tightening, plans more hikes to curb inflation
September 21, 2021 By Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s central bank raised its base rate on Tuesday by a smaller-than-expected 15 basis points to 1.65% and pledged similar hikes in the coming months to curb inflation, while it also reduced its bond purchases further. The National Bank of Hungary, which in June […]
Biden sanctions cryptocurrency exchange over ransomware attacks
September 21, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday will unveil sanctions against a cryptocurrency exchange over its alleged role in enabling illegal payments from ransomware attacks, officials said, part of a broader bid to crack down on the growing threat. The Treasury Department accuses Suex OTC, S.R.O. of facilitating transactions involving illicit […]
Banks say draft capital rules make cryptoassets too costly to trade
September 21, 2021 By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Proposed capital rules for banks holding cryptoassets on their books could block lenders from competing in the fast-growing sector, a group of industry lobbying groups said, though they urged watchdogs to act quickly to finalise the regulations. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, comprising regulators from […]
Hundreds of Ford India workers protest over planned plant closure
September 21, 2021 By Amit Dave SANAND, India (Reuters) – Hundreds of workers at a Ford Motor Co factory in India’s western Gujarat state protested outside the automaker’s plant on Tuesday, demanding that the factory’s closure plan be scrapped or workers be provided other jobs. The blue-uniformed workers gathered outside what is Ford’s car manufacturing […]
S.Africa’s Zuma seeks to replace prosecutor in arms trial
September 21, 2021 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A South African court on Tuesday resumed a trial that has dragged out for years over a $2 billion arms deal involving ex-president Jacob Zuma, whose legal team sought to remove a prosecutor they accused of bias. The trial over the 1990s deal was meant to start in May, after […]
Florida pension leader says on track to divest Unilever
September 21, 2021 BOSTON (Reuters) – Florida’s top pension investment officer said on Tuesday he expects the state will divest Unilever PLC in October after the company’s Ben & Jerry’s brand halted sales in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Ash Williams, chief investment officer of the Florida State Board of Administration, which oversees pension assets, said […]
Uber adjusts third-quarter forecast in light of increased gross bookings
Uber said Tuesday that it could hit one measure of profitability in the third quarter, earlier than expected as the ride-hailing company saw gains in its delivery and mobility businesses. The ride-hailing service told regulators in a filing this morning that it anticipated an increase in gross bookings and stronger adjusted EBITDA in the quarter […]
Really, this market isn’t good enough?
It’s the first day of Disrupt, so things are a bit busy here at TechCrunch. In honor of that fact, entries from The Exchange concerning NFT volume viz recent marketplace valuations and how an accelerating pace of change helps startups by exposing more market voids will have to wait. But we do have time this […]
What’s happening today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021
And we’re off to the races! Welcome to the official start of TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. Over the next three days, we play giddy host to icons, trendsetters and emerging technologies — plus a veritable panoply of innovative startups and the brilliant people behind them. Settle in and get ready to mine Disrupt for knowledge, trends, […]
At U.N., Biden promises era of ‘relentless diplomacy’ after military mistakes
September 21, 2021 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland NEW YORK (Reuters) -President Joe Biden defended the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Tuesday in a speech to the United Nations, arguing it was a necessary step to pivot U.S. policy to focus on a global challenge from anti-democratic systems, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate […]
U.N. chief grades world on vaccine rollout: ‘F in Ethics’
September 21, 2021 (Correct typo in first paragraph) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reprimanded the world on Tuesday for the inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, describing it as an “obscenity” and giving the globe an “F in Ethics.” Addressing the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders in New York, […]
Spain’s economy reboot firms and could reach pre-pandemic levels in 2021
September 21, 2021 By Nathan Allen and Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s economic recovery has been gathering pace in the third quarter, prompting a top international organization and the Bank of Spain to improve their forecasts on Tuesday while the Spanish government looked to a return to pre-pandemic activity levels by the end of […]
Investors tune in as Universal leaps on market debut
September 21, 2021 By Toby Sterling and Sudip Kar-Gupta AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Universal Music Group’s shares leapt more than a third in their stock market debut on Tuesday as investors bet a boom in music streaming still has a long way to run. The world’s biggest music label, which represents musicians and song catalogues from […]
