Author: Zach_Wilson
France will delay controversial tech tax
France and the United States have reached a truce on a debate over a controversial French “digital tax” that was set to hit some of America’s biggest tech companies. This year, France passed a law requiring large digital service companies to pay a 3 percent tax on total annual revenue…
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Jeff Clavier, Sarah Guo, Ali Partovi, and Caryn Marooney to speak at Early Stage SF
Early Stage SF is sneaking up on us and there is plenty to be excited about. The one-day event, which brings together a wide variety of startup experts to host breakout sessions, is going down on April 28 and we have a handful of speakers to announce. So without any…
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India’s space agency will fly a half-humanoid robot to prepare for its first human spaceflight missions
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready to begin its human spaceflight program, which aims to carry its first astronauts starting in 2022. In advance of that milestone, however, the agency will be launching its ‘Gaganyaan’ crewed orbital spacecraft later this year if all goes to plan –…
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Brooke Hammerling launches The New New Thing, a strategic communications advisory
Brooke Hammerling, the strategic communications veteran that brought us BrewPR, announced her new project today. Dubbed The New New Thing, Hammerling’s new communications advisory wants to help startups bring more authenticity to brand messaging and comms through high-level partnerships with CEOs, founders, and executive leadership teams. There are a few…
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Google’s search engine for scientists upgraded for better data scouring
Google’s search engine for datasets, the cunningly named Dataset Search, is now out of beta, with new tools to better filter searches and access to almost 25 million datasets. Dataset Search launched in September 2018, with Google hoping to slowly unify the fragmented world of online, open-access data. Although many…
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Waymo is bringing its self-driving minivans and trucks to Texas and New Mexico
Waymo is hitting the open road and bringing some of its self-driving minivans and long-haul trucks to two new states. The Alphabet subsidiary said in a tweet on Thursday that it would deploy a portion of its fleet in Texas and New Mexico as it seeks to learn about new…
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