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Jeff Bezos and GMA host Michael Strahan star in new Blue Origin kids’ space show
Jeff Bezos-headed company Blue Origin is getting its own kid-friendly animated space adventure series called “Blue Origins Space Rangers,” production companies Genius Brands and SMAC Productions a
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy faces enormous challenges amid falling profits and negative numbers
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy worked his way to the corner office the old-fashioned way but is facing immense challenges amid falling profits.
What happens when a Black founder is ousted?
Defending an ousted Black founder is not a denial of the wrong, but an ask for empathy in the quest to get it right.
Analysts estimate single-digit growth for all retailers during Prime Day sales
Amazon’s annual sales event Prime Day delivered more than $12 billion in sales, according to third-party estimates. The retailer hosted the popular shopping event in the U.S. and in more than 15
Amazon Prime Day lands on July 12-13
Prime Day, Amazon’s annual event where it and sellers on the platform discount a huge number of items for a burst of sales activity, is coming to a screen near you. Today, the e-commerce giant a
Amazon is Primed for online domination
We talk about bulls in china shops, but what about bulls running through the streets of entire shopping districts, or other neighborhoods? This morning, Amazon unveiled a new feature that will test ju
Wagestream, a financial super app for waged workers, raises $175M, passes 1M users and doubles down on the U.S.
Front-line workers and those paid in hourly wages rather than salaries have become a prime target in the world of business IT, with a wave of apps helping them find jobs, do their jobs, communicate wi
Jeffrey Katzenberg backs the $10M seed round for HUBUC’s embedded finance API
I recently wrote about the so-called “Embedded finance” trend, citing the example of Intergiro’s recent fundraising in the space. There’s now yet another example of this trend in the shape of
Daily Crunch: After clinching $12.3B valuation, Brex hires Meta exec as chief product officer
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
AWS will buy a SaaS company, and other 2022 enterprise predictions
It's always a sticky business predicting what's going to happen in tech, because who knows what's going on behind the scenes or what's coming next.
Cheugiest tech moments of 2021
Technology has come a long way in 2021. There are widespread mRNA vaccines! An asteroid-deflecting space mission! A very powerful laptop with a very controversial notch! But it’s unfortunately e
Five stories that shook up the enterprise in 2021
There is often a mistaken impression that covering the enterprise is kind of dull when compared to the consumer side of the house, but having followed the space for a couple of decades now, I can tell
Why Amazon CTO Werner Vogels isn’t ready to retire just yet
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels has been in his job for 16 years, but the 63-year-old isn’t quite ready to retire. “There is so much more to do. I’m not finished yet,” he told me duri
DevOps transformation: Taking edge computing and continuous updates to space
With the “final frontier” now open to private companies, how do we transform the way we continually update the software that runs in space?
Amazon may have lied to Congress about its business practices, lawmakers say
Five members of the House Judiciary Committee have accused (PDF) Amazon’s top executives of either misleading or blatantly lying to it about its business practices and said they are considering an
Twitch takedown: Is extortion the new ransomware?
The nature of the Twitch attack and the shift toward extortion rather than demanding ransoms is serious and significant.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches 4-person crew, including William Shatner, to space
That’s two out of two successful crewed launches for Blue Origin, as the company today sent a crew of four people, including actor William Shatner, to space and back from its facility in West Texas.
To continue exploring space sustainably, we must act now
We’re at the start of a gold rush in outer space — and our track record for the sustainable development of any environment during gold rushes hasn’t been particularly noteworthy.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong might not be having fun at work, you guys
Aside from billions in personal wealth and impressive levels of corporate control, what's the point of being a successful tech CEO these days? I'm not asking in the abstract. There are tweets.