Month: August 2021

After a flawed trip to orbit in 2019, the company hopes to take another crack at an uncrewed test flight of its spacecraft for NASA astronauts.

A second union vote may be held at an Alabama warehouse, and new tactics by the Teamsters and other groups aim to pressure Amazon across the country.

Unscrupulous, boundary-pushing executives seem to be an inescapable part of the most exciting technology.

WhatsApp said that it would soon let users send disappearing photos and videos and this week the feature will be rolling out to everybody. Anyone using the Facebook-owned messaging app can share a photo or video in “view once” mode, allowing a single viewing before the media in question goes [CONTINUE READING]

A coalition of app-based ride-hailing and on-demand delivery companies including Lyft, Uber, Doordash and Instacart have filed a petition for a ballot initiative in Massachusetts that would keep gig economy workers classified as independent contractors as the industry takes a fight it won in California on the road. The ballot [CONTINUE READING]

On Sunday Square announced it was gobbling up Afterpay in a deal worth $29 billion at the time of announcement. Alex followed up yesterday with more details on why the deal made sense for Square and Afterpay over here, but we wanted to ask some notable VCs what it means [CONTINUE READING]

Check out these tips and tricks to make your experience less stressful. After all, you do want to arrive with joy in your heart and kind words on your lips.

Tommy Cimato, a flight attendant who has amassed a following of over 108,000 on TikTok, shared five things that passengers should never do on an airplane.

This app arrived in the Aztec country at the beginning of the year with availability for some cards, but now it has expanded its compatibility.

The White House has teamed up with TikTok stars, while some states are paying “local micro influencers” for pro-vaccine campaigns.