Better.com’s PR, comms, marketing heads submit resignations in wake of layoffs fiasco
www.techcrunch.com Better.com continues to find new ways to make itself look bad. … Read More
The world's newest nation is both drying up and drowning
www.cnn.com Many of the main roads running through Unity State are now completely submerged, yet the traffic remains. There are no cars, just people, some of whom swim, others wade, pushing their way through the heavy silt-laden water. The more fortunate glide by on canoes with their livestock and whatever possessions they could salvage from…
Here's why the internet is broken right now
www.mashable.com Do a bunch of your apps seem like they decided to call in sick today? That’s because they did. From Venmo to Disney+ to the McDonald’s app, outages are currently plaguing multiple services across the internet. The Downdetector home page is a sea of red spikes, all indicating service disruptions occurring around the same…
Therify hopes to build a more diverse and inclusive therapist network with $1.3M seed round
www.techcrunch.com Finding the right therapist is never an easy task, but it gets even harder when, as a person of color or someone with disabilities, there are few or no people sharing your experience available. Therify hopes to change that with a network of providers from and catering to marginalized populations. … Read More
Dubai is switching its work week to align with global markets
www.cnn.com The United Arab Emirates and its international finance hub Dubai are switching to a four-and-a-half-day work week ending midday Friday to make it easier to do business globally.… Read More
Allyship is Dictionary.com's word of the year
www.mashable.com “Allyship” is Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year — a defining term for a period marked by community organizing, online activism, and protest. The choice was inspired both by recent events in the real world, as well as the site’s many related additions to the database this year. John Kelly, Dictionary.com’s associate director of content…
WHO says Delta variant, not Omicron, is currently the main problem in Europe
www.cnn.com WHO says Delta variant, not Omicron, is currently the main problem in Europe… Read More
Jimmy Fallon, Ariana Grande And Megan Thee Stallion Release COVID-Themed Holiday Song
www.huffpost.com “The Tonight Show” host admitted he was “freaking out” ahead of the premiere of “It Was A… (Masked Christmas).”… Read More
Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, and Jimmy Fallon's 'Masked Christmas' song is a festive bop
www.mashable.com Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, and Jimmy Fallon are getting ready for a “Masked Christmas” with a brand new holiday song that will get stuck in your head with the same insistence as “Wonderful Christmastime.” The lyrics unpack the year we’ve had amid the ongoing pandemic, reflect on last Christmas spent mainly on Zoom,…
Chinese Amazon aggregator Nebula Brands raises $50M led by L Catterton
www.techcrunch.com 2021 has been a rosy year for China-based Amazon vendors looking for exits. Roll-ups, or brand aggregators, have been flooding China’s export-oriented e-commerce market with capital to scoop up sellers. The roll-ups themselves are fueled by venture capital, such as Silicon Valley’s Markai, which recently raised its seed round of $4 million from investors…