TikTok announced this morning that it is implementing new tactics to educate its users about the negative mental health impacts of social media. As part of these changes, TikTok is rolling out a “well-being guide” in its Safety Center, a brief primer on eating disorders, expanded search interventions, and opt-in viewing screens on potentially triggering […]
Atlanta’s sundry startups join in global VC funding boom
Mailchimp is selling itself to Intuit in a transaction valued at $12 billion. The deal is a coup not only for companies that eschew venture capital backing — Mailchimp is famous for its bootstrapping history — but also for the city of its founding, Atlanta. Mailchimp’s mega-exit comes in the same year that fellow Atlanta-based […]
Gig workers with smartphones can help set infrastructure priorities
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Twitter re-opens its account verification process after another pause
Twitter has again restarted its account verification process, the company said on Monday evening by way of a post to its Twitter Verified account, where it publishes updates about the system’s status. Since launching the revamped verification program this spring, Twitter had hit a few snags which have forced it to shut down verifications more […]
U.S. SEC “close” to publishing report on Gamestop meme saga – SEC Chair
September 14, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told lawmakers on Tuesday that the agency was “close” to publishing its report on the agency’s findings related to the Gamestop meme saga that unfolded earlier this year, adding that it should be out “shortly.” “We are pretty close. […]
U.S. casino stocks fall with jitters over Macau regulations, COVID-19 outbreak
September 14, 2021 By Sinéad Carew and Farah Master (Reuters) – Shares in U.S. casinos with operations in Macau fell on Tuesday, with Las Vegas Sands Corp down 12.3% and Wynn Resorts Ltd down 12.4% on concerns about stiffer regulations there and a COVID-19 outbreak. China’s health authorities said new COVID-19 infections more than doubled […]
Global markets edge lower as U.S. inflation data raises more questions
September 14, 2021 By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) – World markets edged lower and the dollar fell on Tuesday after data showed U.S. inflation rose by less than expected, stoking uncertainty over U.S. central bank policy. MSCI’s world stocks benchmark fell 0.53 points or 0.03%. European shares were 0.03% lower, while U.S. stocks […]
U.S. Senate Democrats to seek quick passage of revised election reform plan
September 14, 2021 By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a new version of an election reform bill that is a top priority of President Joe Biden, amid a wave of Republican state legislatures imposing restrictions on voting. Senator Amy Klobuchar and seven fellow Democrats, including moderates such as Joe […]
Ex-Canada minister who clashed with PM Trudeau says he broke many promises
September 14, 2021 By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Former Canadian justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, who quit the Cabinet in 2019 after a clash with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on Tuesday said voters should remember he had broken many of his promises. Wilson-Raybould became the first indigenous person to be named justice minister when Trudeau […]
Tennis – Raducanu hits Met Gala red carpet in New York victory lap
September 14, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion and overnight star Emma Raducanu’s New York victory lap included a stroll across the Met Gala red carpet on Monday night, where the Briton took her place among sport, film and fashion’s brightest stars. Twenty-three-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams and sister Venus, four-time major […]
NetEase downsizes some projects amid China’s regulatory crackdown – SCMP
September 14, 2021 (Reuters) – Chinese gaming firm NetEase Inc has downsized some of its studios and projects started in early September amid a regulatory crackdown by Beijing on the video gaming sector, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The report said that dozens of […]
In Argentina’s north, a ‘white gold’ rush for EV metal lithium gathers pace
September 14, 2021 By Agustin Geist SALTA, Argentina (Reuters) – In Argentina’s remote northern Salta province, the silence of the desert landscape is broken only by the hum of machinery pumping salt-water brine to extract lithium, a sign of accelerating efforts to ride the global electric vehicle boom. Beneath the South American country’s highland salt […]
Boeing delivers 22 jets in August; 737 MAX ‘white tails’ nearly gone
September 14, 2021 By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co said on Tuesday it handed over 22 airplanes to buyers in August as revived domestic travel fuels 737 MAX deliveries, and received orders for seven 787s even as the program for that jet remains hobbled by industrial defects. The closely watched monthly orders […]
Global debt is fast approaching record $300 trillion – IIF
September 14, 2021 By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Global debt rose to a new record high of nearly $300 trillion in the second quarter, but the debt-to-GDP ratio declined for the first time since the start of the pandemic as economic growth rebounded, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) said on Tuesday. Total debt […]
NatWest chair sees digital pound piloted within five years
September 14, 2021 By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will be piloting a digital version of the pound within a few years to cut the cost of money transfers, NatWest bank chairman Howard Davies said on Tuesday. Central banks across the world as studying whether to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC), a digital […]
Bombardier launches upscale Challenger 3500 in battle for mid-sized private jets
September 14, 2021 By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – Bombardier on Tuesday unveiled an upscale variant of its strong-selling Challenger 350 business jet, as the planemaker vies to protect its dominant market share and capitalize on higher demand for private flying during the pandemic. The refreshed variant, named Challenger 3500, seats up to 10 passengers […]
Canadian Amazon facility files for union vote -union
September 14, 2021 By Moira Warburton (Reuters) – Workers at an Amazon facility in the Canadian province of Alberta have filed a request with the provincial labor board to carry out a union vote, a major labor union said on Tuesday. Teamsters Local Union 362 filed for a vote on union representation at an Amazon […]
The Disrupt Desk will help you catch everything you missed at Disrupt 2021
This year at TechCrunch Disrupt (happening just next week), there is more to explore than ever before. From the scores of Startup Alley companies to the Startup Battlefield presentations to the Disrupt Stage, Extra Crunch Stage and beyond. We’ll hear from big name VCs like Chamath Palihapatiya, a16z’s Katie Haun, GC’s Niko Bonatsos, Forerunner’s Kirsten […]
White House welcomes inflation data, still concerned about U.S. housing prices
September 14, 2021 By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday welcomed data showing that consumer prices increased at their slowest pace in six months in August as evidence that inflation would be transitory, citing a drop in auto prices and a deceleration in food price increases. “The story from today’s data […]
Blinken appeals to senators to move nominees stalled over Nord Stream 2 pipeline
September 14, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken appealed to the Senate on Tuesday to quickly confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees for national security-related positions, citing the ever-present risk of attacks. “It is essential that we accelerate the process for national security appointments since a catastrophic attack could occur with little […]
