After 40 Years, 'The Wiz' Returns To Broadway With A Trailblazing Director
www.huffpost.com The revival of the beloved musical reflects the full “cultural impact that Blackness has had on fashion, music and dance,” director Schele Williams said.… Read More
Robots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleagues
www.techcrunch.com Much has been (and will continue to be) written about automation’s impact on the jobs market. In the short-term, many employers have complained of an inability to fill roles and retain workers, further accelerating robotic adoption. The long-term impact these sorts of sweeping changes will have on the job
Ibotta’s IPO opens sharply higher, hinting at warming public-market interest in tech shares
www.techcrunch.com Ibotta began its path as a public company on Thursday by opening at $117 per share, a big increase from its IPO price of $88, itself an increase from its proposed range of $76 to $84 per share. … Read More
Hackers are threatening to publish a huge stolen sanctions and financial crimes watchlist
www.techcrunch.com A financially motivated criminal hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of records that companies use for screening potential customers for links to sanctions and financial crime. … Read More
Amazon deal of the day: Slash nearly $200 off the M3 MacBook Pro
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Get the new JLab JBuds Lux ANC headphones on sale for the first time at Amazon
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Uber, Nvidia-backed Serve Robotics hits public markets with $40M splash
www.techcrunch.com Serve Robotics, the Uber and Nvidia-backed sidewalk robot delivery company, debuted publicly on the New York stock exchange Thursday, making it the latest startup to choose going public via a reverse merger as an alternative path to capital needed to fund growth. … Read More
After Spain Controversy, The 2024 Latin Grammys Will Return To Its Home
www.huffpost.com The decision to host the 2023 ceremony in Sevilla was criticized, given the country’s colonization of much of Latin America.… Read More
Screen Skinz raises $1.5 million seed to create custom screen protectors
www.techcrunch.com Clay Canning had an idea while in high school: smartphone screen protectors that featured logos, right on the screen. … Read More
'Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever' trailer teases a serial killer stalking a creepy facility
www.mashable.com A creepy medical facility, a job on nightwatch, and a serial killer who enjoys taking his victims’ scalps is the recipe for Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, Ole Bornedal’s follow-up to his 1994 cult movie. The new story features some of the cast from the original Nightwatch, with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau