Palantir CEO Alex Karp skewered short sellers — investors who bet on the decline in a company’s stock price — in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. “I love burning the short sellers,” Karp told CNBC’s Sara Eisen on “Money Movers.” “Almost nothing makes a human happier than taking the lines of cocaine away from … Read more
Rise Youth Explore XR with Agog Agog: The Immersive Media Institute Agog is a funny word, and it’s the perfect name for a nonprofit devoted to XR experiences. Let’s dip into the origin of the word (because it’s fun and oddly relevant), before we dive into the announcement. According to A Glossary And Etymological Dictionary … Read more
TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This week, it was all about Rivian … Read more
Zatima is heading back sometime soon. The smash hit comedy-drama BET+ series, a Sistas spinoff, first premiered in September of 2022, and is set to return for Season 3 sometime in 2024, although a release date has not yet officially been confirmed. The Tyler Perry-created show follows Zac and Fatima as they navigate the ups … Read more
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While everyone’s been focused on accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles to cut carbon emissions, a technological hero has been rapidly ascending under the radar: the heat pump. Instead of burning natural gas or coal to produce heat, this fully electric device extracts warmth from outdoor air—even when it’s freezing outside—and pumps it inside to … Read more
Reba McEntire and her partner, Rex Linn, joked that he wants in on one of the most popular Super Bowl prop bets — guessing the length of the national anthem. And now they know we know. The country legend took to Instagram on Saturday and shared video of her and Rex recreating a classic Friends scene from … Read more
Some people watch the Super Bowl for the actual football game being played. Many watch the event for the halftime show or as an excuse to eat wings and other game day snacks. Some watch it to look for better software solutions for their company — maybe? Papaya Global hopes so. The late-stage global workforce payment … Read more
Suspense, fueled by deafening engine roars, filled the air at the motorcycle Grand Prix as riders whizzed through a sprawling beachside racetrack—a landmark that has sprung up in Mandalika, a coastal enclave on Indonesia’s Lombok island. As part of a campaign to create “new Balis” across the Southeast Asian nation, once sleepy fishing villages like … Read more
Accel, an early investor in Indian e-commerce giants Flipkart and Myntra, is preparing a new fashion e-commerce bet in India even as competition intensifies with the recent expansion of Mukesh Ambani’s Ajio platform. Accel is in advanced talks to lead a $15-20 million funding round into Newme, an Indian fast-fashion e-commerce startup, according to four … Read more