Technology
This government-backed startup is growing blood to help fight shortages
Safi employees at work. Courtesy of Safi Biotherapeutics Last month, the American Red Cross declared an emergency blood shortage after its national supply fell by more than 25% in July. One startup’s solution: Lab-grown blood. Shortages can be dire for patients since doctors have to make tough decisions about who needs blood transfusions the most. […]
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Amazon is opening Fresh supermarkets after yearlong stall — but many locations remain vacant
Workers stock shelves at an Amazon Fresh grocery store in Seattle, Washington, US, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images On a humid afternoon in August, a few hundred shoppers lined up outside an Amazon Fresh supermarket in a Philadelphia suburb, eagerly awaiting the store’s grand opening. A person in […]
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Amazon makes £8 billion UK investment to build cloud and AI infrastructure
Amazon’s computing unit AWS is in talks with Italy to invest billions of euros in the expansion of its data center business in the country as part of the tech giant’s effort to boost its cloud offer in Europe, four people familiar with the matter said. Cesc Maymo | Getty Images News | Getty Images […]
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Coinbase-backed lobby urges ABC to ask about crypto in Trump-Harris debate
Stand With Crypto’s bus tour through five battleground states kicked off last week in Phoenix and Las Vegas. Logan Dobson/Stand With Crypto Alliance A big purple bus adorned with “AMERICA ❤️ CRYPTO” started making its way across five swing states last week, on a mission to get out the vote ahead of the presidential election. […]
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AI-powered search startup Glean doubles valuation in new funding round led by Altimeter
Arvind Jain, CEO Glean, on SaaS Monster stage during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile | Getty Images AI-powered search startup Glean said Tuesday it has raised $260 million in a funding round that values the tech company at $4.6 billion — more than […]
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Apple loses EU court battle over 13 billion euro tax bill in Ireland
Omar Marques | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Europe’s top court on Tuesday ruled against Apple in the tech giant’s 10-year court battle over its tax affairs in Ireland. The pronouncement from the European Court of Justice comes hours after Apple unveiled a swathe of new product offerings, looking to revitalize its iPhone, […]
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Google’s 2.4 billion euro fine upheld by Europe’s top court in EU antitrust probe
The European Union flag is seen with Google’s logo. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Europe’s top court on Tuesday upheld a 2.4 billion euro ($2.65 billion) fine imposed on Google for abusing its dominant position by favoring its own shopping comparison service. The fine stems from an antitrust investigation by the European Commission, […]
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In Huawei’s battle against Apple, chips are still a weakness, says analyst
Illustration of a user browsing booking information for Huawei’s new foldable mobile phone in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Sept 8, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images As Huawei tries to upstage Apple‘s new iPhone with the launch of its own ‘trifold phone’ on Tuesday, its chip capabilities remain a weakness, despite recent breakthroughs, […]
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Bitcoin rebounds from its worst week in more than a year, jumping above $57,000
Bitcoin jumped Monday evening and topped $57,000 after Wall Street’s rebound from its worst week of the year. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 5.6% at $57,4449.00, according to Coin Metrics. Last week, bitcoin tumbled 9% for its worst weekly performance since August 2023. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Bitcoin performance […]
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Palantir soars 14% on software vendor’s inclusion in S&P 500
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, walks to the morning session at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 10, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir shares popped 14% on Monday and are trading at their highest since early 2021 after the announcement late […]
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