Month: May 2020
The Station: Cruise cuts, Waymo snags more cash, and a VC Mobility survey
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. Hi and welcome back to The Station, I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. If you’re interested in all the…
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The Best Weighted Blankets (2020): Yaasa, Bearaby, Casper, and More
These accessories might not cure your anxiety or insomnia, but they can feel like a hug when you really need one. Source
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General Atlantic to invest $870M in India’s Reliance Jio Platforms
Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms has agreed to sell 1.34% stake to General Atlantic, the latest in a series of deals the top Indian telecom operator has secured in recent weeks. On Sunday, New York-headquartered private equity firm General Atlantic said it would invest $869.8 million in the Indian telecom operator,…
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Watch live as ULA launches a U.S. military spaceplane for its first Space Force mission
[embedded content] The United Launch Alliance (ULA) is targeting a liftoff time of 9:14 AM EDT (6:14 AM PDT) today for an Atlas V rockets carrying the Boeing-built X-37B orbital test vehicle on behalf of the U.S. space force, which is an autonomous winged spaceplane that looks a little like…
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Netflix streaming quality looks to be getting back to normal in Europe
With more of us staying indoors for more of the day because of the coronavirus outbreak, some of the biggest platforms in streaming have been cutting down on video quality. Now it seems that normal service is being resumed, at least for Netflix in Europe. That’s according to data collected…
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How to adopt your next pet safely and virtually
All across the country, people are finding ways to adapt to our new stay-at-home normal, and for some, that means adopting a furry friend. Shelters in the US have reported an increase in adoptions since the start of the pandemic, some of which have had to create waitlists or pause…
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