When This American Life signed a deal with Pandora, it amplified a raucous, behind-the-scenes debate over the future of public radio.
When This American Life signed a deal with Pandora, it amplified a raucous, behind-the-scenes debate over the future of public radio.
This spring, This American Life and its creator and host, Ira Glass, became the latest flashpoints in a long-simmering public radio civil war.
Sources claim that when distributors won’t sell to Jet.com, it sometimes buys out brick & mortar stock instead, to the ire of manufacturers.
Sources claim that when distributors won’t sell to Jet.com, it sometimes buys out brick & mortar stock instead, to the ire of manufacturers.
Last fall, Barbara*, who works in the marketing department of a holistic pet supplement maker, was in the process of putting together a pricing policy for her company’s products when her boss asked her to look into a site called Jet.com.
From Sephora to Ulta to independent startups, the cosmetics industry is embracing what is clearly much more than a passing fad.
From Sephora to Ulta to independent startups, the cosmetics industry is embracing what is clearly much more than a passing fad.
I showed up at a Korean beauty blogger panel discussion in Los Angeles this past July because I wanted to understand the appeal of snail mucus face masks. The panel was part of KCON, the world’s biggest Korean culture convention.
Bureaucrats haven’t always done a great job of regulating tech, but new DoT guidelines set a clear path for driverless vehicles.
Bureaucrats haven’t always done a great job of regulating tech, but new DoT guidelines set a clear path for driverless vehicles.
For the last few months, Tesla, GM, Ford, Uber, and every other company seeking to play a part in the future of autonomous transportation has been anxiously awaiting the Next Big Thing, which would either stimulate or slow the budding industry. Well, it arrived on Monday, and while it’s not exactly a sexy product, it was exactly what the companies had been hoping for: A set of federal guidelines that offer a road map for manufacturers, without getting in the way of the rapid development of self-driving cars.
The guidelines released by the Department of Transportation lay out what the government expects from manufacturers as they build and deploy autonomous cars. Eleven of the guidelines offer broad suggestions for how companies should address concerns such as privacy, cybersecurity, certification of new features, and how drivers are educated about their autonomous vehicles. Importantly, four of the guidelines offer requirements that carmakers must consider when designing the autonomous technology itself.
Unicorns’ mergers, acquisitions, and initial public offerings are trending up, but remain well behind last year’s exit activity.
Unicorns’ mergers, acquisitions, and initial public offerings are trending up, but remain well behind last year’s exit activity.
For the first time since 2014, there were more VC-backed billion-dollar company exits than there were new private VC-backed companies valued at over $1 billion entering the market. In other words, more of those $1 billion-plus unicorns exited than entered the tech industry during the first half of the year.
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