Tax Hike Under Biden Poses Bigger Threat to Tech Than Hearing
(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc. are girding for a tough hearing in Congress on Wednesday. But the real threat facing the tech firms comes not from lawmakers now, but from higher taxes later if Joe Biden…
Software Startup Procore Said to Cut 180 Jobs Ahead of IPO
(Bloomberg) — Procore Technologies Inc., a construction software startup that filed to go public this year, has cut about 180 jobs, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company said in a blog post Tuesday, which confirmed an earlier…
What is Google Drive? A guide to navigating Google’s file storage service and collaboration tools
guide to google drive 2×1 Google; Samantha Lee/Business Insider Google Drive is a cloud-based storage solution that allows you to save files online and access them anywhere from any smartphone, tablet, or computer. Using a cloud storage service…
Tesla’s Musk Is Weeks Away From Next Multibillion-Dollar Payout
(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc.’s surging stock price has already let Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk collect two tranches of his moonshot compensation award, valued at a collective $3.94 billion. Now he’s at most a couple of months away from securing…
South Florida city is first in US to use new tech to speed up response to school threats
Coral Springs will be the first city in the country to implement a new technology designed to speed up law enforcement response times in the case of a threat to school safety. The Active Law Enforcement Response Technology (ALERT) from IntraLogic…
De Beers Sightholders Vow to Go Green in Step With Miners, Jewelers
Click here to read the full article. LONDON — With the front and back ends of the diamond pipeline looking to go greener, it was only a matter of time before the middlemen, the companies that purchase and transform rough diamonds into polished ones,…
Amid catastrophic floods, China’s dams come into question
A security guard looks at his smartphone as water is released from China’s Three Gorges Dam on July 19 to relieve pressure from flooding. (Getty Images) The white-haired farmer ran barefoot to his fields at 2 a.m. so he could harvest his crops…
CES Shifts Its January 2021 Edition In Las Vegas Online Due To COVID-19
Click here to read the full article. The Consumer Technology Association has become the latest event presenter to shift online amid ongoing concerns about COVID-19, with January’s sprawling CES event now slated to be entirely digital. Held annually at…
Clean Energy ETFs Soaring Ahead of Q2 Earnings
The clean energy space has been showing strength on the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s push for clean energy and infrastructure plans. Merger activity added to investors’ enthusiasm. The popular ETFs in the space — iShares…
Emmy Tide Keeps Rolling For Streamers As They Navigate Roiling Campaign Seas
Click here to read the full article. Tuesday’s Emmy nominations featured a bonanza of recognition for streaming and digital platforms, with 269 collective nods, up 42% from last year’s tally of 190. The nominations announcement capped a period of…