'Sopranos' Creator Finally Explains What Happened To Tony
www.huffpost.com “I had no idea it would cause that much … of an uproar,” David Chase admitted to The Hollywood Reporter in a new podcast.… Read More
Cruise launches driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco
www.techcrunch.com Employees of Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, will be the first to jump inside one of the company’s autonomous vehicles that operate in San Francisco without a human driver in the front seat. Certain members of the public will also be able to ride, but they won’t be charged a fare. ……
Sofar nets a $39M round B to grow its ocean-monitoring autonomous buoy network
www.techcrunch.com The ocean is vast and mysterious… but rather less so when you have thousands of little autonomous buoys reporting back interesting info to you every day. That’s just what Sofar Ocean has, and it just raised $39M to scale up its vision of real-time understanding of the seven seas. … Read More
If your kid needs a new laptop, these are your best options
www.mashable.com BEST DEALS ON CHEAP LAPTOPS (updated Nov. 3, 2021): BEST SAMSUNG DEAL: Samsung Galaxy Book Pro — $709.99 (save $190) BEST GAMING DEAL: Razer Blade 15 — $1,698.82 (save $900.03) BEST 2-IN-1 DEAL: Asus Chromebook Flip C434 — $479.83 (save $79.43) BEST MICROSOFT DEAL: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 — $1,329.00 (save $219.05) The learning…
McConnell: 'Last night was a difficult evening for Democrats'
www.cnn.com McConnell: 'Last night was a difficult evening for Democrats'… Read More
VCs must do a better job of supporting Black women founders
www.techcrunch.com There is a growing body of articles about the important issue of the lack of investment dollars flowing to Black women founders. For anyone following venture news, this data should not be new: Fortune reported that while the numbers have tripled since 2018, Black women still only receive 0.27% of all venture dollars in…
'Insecure' Star Alexander Hodge Wants To Make His Younger Self Proud
www.huffpost.com The 30-year-old actor talks about what it meant to be a part of the HBO series, Black and Asian storytelling in Hollywood, and what’s next for him.… Read More
Steve Carell improvised one of the best lines in Season 5 of 'The Office'
www.mashable.com Crack some eggs and slip on your Crocs, everyone. It’s time to unpack another memorable line from The Office. On the latest episode of the Office Ladies podcast, former co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey chatted all about the Season 5 episode, “Dream Team.” Turns out one of the funniest lines from “Dream Team”…
US falls behind on at-home Covid tests
www.cnn.com The United States is pushing to end a scarcity of rapid, at-home Covid-19 tests, with new investments from the Biden administration intended to bring more of the devices into American households.… Read More
Allbirds prices IPO above range, putting more points on the board for DTC startups
www.techcrunch.com In the wake of somewhat slack earnings from the recently public Robinhood, you might have expected the public-offering game to slow a bit. Nothing of the sort. … Read More