© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down race-conscious student admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, during brief remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House i By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday announced…
It’s that time of week again, folks. Welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular digest of the past week in tech. New here? Not to worry — sign up here to get WiR in your inbox every Saturday, then read on for the week’s recap. This week, we’re covering Netflix quietly axing its basic…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Under-construction apartments are pictured from a building during sunset in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China November 7, 2021. REUTERS/David Kirton/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – New home prices in China edged down in June from the previous month, marking a second straight month of declines, and housing sales are…
In the days preceding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, David Bramlette found himself in a classroom in Washington, D.C. discussing whether Russia might invade Ukraine. He was in the middle of earning a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in international affairs. At the time, he admits, he found the prospect of a Russian invasion implausible.But when…
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. This week, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how some of the biggest companies in the world have as much — if not more — power than entire countries. Most countries, at least, have some level of democratic…
What Is the Bureau of Economic Analysis? The Bureau of Economic Analysis, or BEA, is an independent federal agency responsible for gathering and analyzing economic data and reporting national, international, regional, and industrial financial statistics—most notably gross domestic product (GDP). …
We’re just a few weeks away from Prime Day 2023, as Amazon has officially set the 48-hour sale for July 11 and 12. As we’ve seen in years past, the massive online retailer doesn’t restrict deals from only posting on the actual shopping event. Apple’s entry-level iPad has already hit the lowest price yet, Echo…
Travis VanderZanden’s slow-motion departure from Bird is now complete. The scooter rental company announced in a late-Friday news dump that the executive has stepped down from his role as chairperson of Bird’s board, “effective immediately.” Replacing VanderZanden is John Bitove, who played a role in saving Bird’s bacon this past December via its merger with…
Apple is the first publicly traded company to close a trading day with a $3 trillion market value. The company’s shares climbed about 2.31% on Friday to a new high. The tech giant first reached a $3 trillion market cap back in January 2022, but failed to close at that level. Apple’s stock has skyrocketed…
© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down race-conscious student admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, during brief remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House i By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Friday…





