Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot is now under in-depth antitrust scrutiny in the European Union. The $1.7BN deal for the ecommerce behemoth to pick up the robot vacuum maker, announced just under a year ago, was cleared by competition regulators in the UK last month. But EU regulators are now stepping in for their own…
Stock futures slip lower with jobs data on deck; Wage growth in focus for June payroll report; Twitter sends Meta ‘cease-and-desist’ letter following Threads debut; Levi Strauss slumps after mixed Q2 earnings, softer profit outlook and Costco slips lower following muted June sales update…
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3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view shows placards as longshoremen with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU) strike outside the Port of Vancouver’s Neptune Bulk Terminals in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada July 5, 2023. REUTERS/Chris He 2/3 By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) -The Canadian dock workers strike is another factor for…
It’s been, if you will, a case of managing dismay ever since TikTok user Roxie Abernathy learned that Buc-ee’s gas station pays its restroom janitors the same hourly wage as she earns as a case manager.“I haven’t been the same since,” she says in a video, which has garnered more than 55,000 comments since she…
When it first appeared on the scene around ten years ago, Notion Capital was poised to take advantage of the oft-repeated phrase, “Software is eating the world.” In particular, it was aiming at what was then called the enterprise SaaS space. Several years on, and it’s capitalised on that thesis, investing in in more than…
AirPods 2nd Gen, AirPods 3rd Gen, AirPods Pro 2nd Gen, and AirPods Max are discounted ahead of Amazon’s members-only shopping event…
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Here’s another edition of “Ask Sophie,”…
It was only a question of time, I suppose, before someone made a generative AI that can whisper sweet, sweet obscenities at you. Lovense – perhaps best known for its remote-controllable sex toys – this week announced its ChatGPT Pleasure Companion. The company’s newest innovation in sex tech is to do what everyone else seems…
Kentucky now requires that electric vehicle charging companies include Tesla’s charging plug if they want to secure federal funds from a state program to electrify highways, Reuters reports. The plan went into effect Friday, making Kentucky the first state to officially mandate Tesla’s charging technology. Texas and Washington have also shared plans that would require…





