United Airlines is flying its final 747 flight before retiring the iconic jumbo jet. The plane departed at 2:50 Eastern Time from San Francisco — 50 minutes late, according to FlightAware — and is slated to land in Honolulu, Hawaaii at 8:01 P.M eastern time, […]
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New story in Business from Time: United’s Final Boeing 747 Flight Is in the Air. Here’s How to Track It
United Airlines is flying its final 747 flight before retiring the iconic jumbo jet. The plane departed at 2:50 Eastern Time from San Francisco — 50 minutes late, according to FlightAware — and is slated to land in Honolulu, Hawaaii at 8:01 P.M eastern time, […]
What happens when you sell your startup?
Jason Rowley Contributor Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. More posts by this contributor: Entrepreneurship is not just about starting businesses. Getting out on the other side, ideally richer than before, is just as important. Unless you’re one of […]
Russia’s ‘Fancy Bear’ Hackers Exploit a Microsoft Office Flaw—and NYC Terrorism Fears
As dangerous as they may be, the Kremlin-linked hacking group known as APT28, or Fancy Bear, gets points for topicality. Last year, the group hacked the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign with shrewd, politically savvy timing. Now, those same hackers seem to be […]
Snapchat plans a big redesign to attract more users
In the company’s prepared statement accompanying the results, CEO Evan Spiegel admitted that “we grew our Daily Active Users at a lower rate than we would have liked”. He added that “this can be partially attributed to our decision to report our Daily Active Users […]
Waymo’s autonomous cars are already on public roads without safety drivers
We all knew there would eventually come a day when self-driving cars would start roaming US streets without someone in the driver’s seat for safety, but you still might be surprised that the day has come this soon. In fact, that day passed a couple […]
Smart trucking startup CargoX raises $20M
CargoX announced today that it has raised $20 million in Series C funding led by Goldman Sachs. The startup is currently focused on the Brazilian market, where it connects businesses that need to ship something with drivers who have excess capacity in their trucks. The […]
Pensioni, dai marittimi ai siderurgici: stop all’aumento dell’età per 15 categorie di lavori gravosi
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Waymo Finally Takes the Driver Out of Its Self-Driving Cars
Eight years after launching its self-driving “moon shot,” Waymo, a k a Google’s driverless car company, is having its Neil Armstrong moment. The company is now running its autonomous minivans around Phoenix with no human inside to grab the wheel if things go bad, CEO […]
Twitter officially expands its character count to 280 starting today
Twitter’s expansion to 280 characters is rolling out publicly today to all users in supported languages, including English. The company had first announced the controversial plan to move beyond its traditional 140 characters back in September, noting at the time how a longer character count allowed […]