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Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinSaudi King Salman (R) and his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) have drawn some of the biggest names on Wall Street and tech to Riyadh for the kingdom’s annual finance summit. AFP via Getty Images As Israel continued to bombard Gaza just two weeks after a devastating…

Consumers in the U.S. have the memory of a goldfish. When gas prices are up, they seek out more fuel-efficient transportation. But when they’re down, they rush to buy the biggest truck possible. Just take a look at Ford F-Series sales data from the last decade juxtaposed with average monthly gas prices. Image Credits: Tim…

In September 2022, Adobe dropped the bombshell news that it intended to buy Figma for $20 billion. It was a huge chunk of money for a startup that had recently been valued at half that amount, and it was a deal that would make investors and some Figma employees wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. But…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinThe gift giving season is nearly here. And between early Black Friday deals and fall sales, there’s no shortage of opportunities to save this weekend. Ahead, we’ve rounded up the best sales online right now in fashion, home, tech, beauty and more. These are the best sales online right…

Two of the biggest groups to oppose robotaxi expansion in California are now formally working together. Teamsters 856, which is tied to one of the longest-standing labor unions in the U.S., and Rideshare Drivers United (RDU), a group that advocates for app-based workers, said on Friday they’ll work together to push for “responsible guardrails on…

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A version of this post first appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here. Last week was a busy one for robotics. We had RoboBusiness in the Bay, ROSCon in New Orleans and Amazon’s Delivering the Future event in Seattle. I ended up choosing the latter, as I’d gotten quite a bit out of…

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Though attendees grumbled about Las Vegas as a city, the community sentiment at this year’s TwitchCon was notably more optimistic than it was at last year’s convention. TwitchCon 2023 closed out a tense year for the platform, which was punctuated by rounds of layoffs, unpopular policy decisions and the sting of competitors poaching major streamers…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinThe Marvels Marvel We are about two weeks away from the release of The Marvels, the film that’s not just a follow-up to Captain Marvel, but also a follow-up to WandaVision, Ms. Marvel and Secret Invasion on Disney Plus, technically. All of that jammed into just an hour and…