Week in pictures: 20-26 April 2024
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
All photos subject to copyright
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
All photos subject to copyright
Uber plans to deliver more perks to Uber One members, like member-exclusive events, in a bid to gain more revenue through subscriptions. “You will see more member-exclusives coming up where members have exclusive access to events and experiences, which will kind of surprise and delight our members,” said Uber chief financial officer Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah Wednesday morning during Uber’s first-quarter earnings call. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber One’s membership fees are “in excess of $1 billion” run-rate.
It's still not clear how Charlotte will map out its future.
Say goodbye to crepey skin and hello to deep discounts!
Reddit stock moved higher after giving a better-than-expected Q2 forecast for sales and profit metrics. Many strategists argue the long-term growth story for Reddit is in artificial intelligence opportunities.
The Cardinals' nightmare season continues.
You'll get key skin-brightening ingredients like caffeine and collagen without the high price tag.
Apple's ninth-generation iPad with Applecare+ is 25 percent off the bundle's sticker price.
Help her unwind with mess-free scented tablets that last up to 30 minutes each: 'They smell heavenly.'
36,000+ happy haulers swear by this back-saving, rolling wonder.
TikTokers swear by post-meal walks for better digestion, less bloating and weight maintenance. Here's what experts have to say.
The brand basically never gets marked down — so head on over to Amazon, stat.
“We train mushrooms to eat trash and create renewable, bio-based raw materials,” she told TechCrunch. Rodriguez is the founder and CEO of Mycocycle, one of a fresh crop of startups using fungi, nature’s recyclers, to create plastic-like polymers for a post-fossil fuel economy. “We want to be able to compete with the 3Ms and BASFs and Dows of the world,” Rodriguez said.
Pininfarina unveiled a one-off Battista inspired by a one-off Lancia model from 1955. The EV features a specific two-tone paint job.
Howard Schultz has weighed in on Starbucks recent troubles, but there are no leadership changes in the works.
The US has stopped Intel and Qualcomm from selling and sending chips to Chinese-based Huawei Technologies.
High interest rates and financial pressures make it more important than ever for finance teams to have a better handle on their cash flow, and several startups are hoping to help. Two-year-old Israeli startup Panax is one, and it just raised a $10 million Series A round of funding led by Team8, with participation from TLV Partners. SVB's collapse created tailwinds for the cash management category, which includes players such as Embat, Kyriba, Statement and Vesto.
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Remedy's and Tencent's gaming project hit a snag last year when they had to go in a different direction. Now, that project has been cancelled completely.
It is estimated that about 2 billion people, especially those in lower and middle-income countries, lack access to quality and affordable essential medicines. The situation is exacerbated by low-quality or even killer counterfeit drugs that fill the gap. This is the problem that B2B marketplace Axmed is out to fix by addressing supply chain fragmentation, and the startup recently raised $2 million in seed funding from Founderful Ventures to fuel its plans.
For decades, the Global Positioning System (GPS) has maintained a de facto monopoly on positioning, navigation and timing, because it’s cheap and already integrated into billions of devices around the world. The startup plans to launch a satellite constellation in low Earth orbit that would act as a commercial GPS alternative. Xona was founded in 2019 by seven Stanford graduate school alumni; most met during grad school.