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Bird is testing Bird Pay, which lets users purchase items from local businesses using its main app

INGRID LUNDEN

Another on-demand transport app is making a move into payments to expand the existing relationship with its customers (and subsequent margins that it makes from serving them). Bird today announced the launch of Bird Pay, a service that will let people use its app not just to hire e-scooters, but to purchase items from local participating […]

The mid-engined Corvette was 60 years in the making, now we’ve driven it

JIM RESNICK

Decades of aborted plans and concepts led to the production mid-engined 'Vette.

Let's Have the GIF Pronunciation Debate Forever

KATE KNIBBS

Giphy and peanut butter brand Jif are reigniting the argument over the pronunciation of “GIF.” It's exactly what the internet needs right now.

Will Your Cat Eat Your Corpse?

BRIANA FLIN

The short answer is maybe. The long answer won't make you feel any better.

A peanut butter brand has put its spoon into the GIF pronunciation debate

SAM MACHKOVECH

Instead of letting a brand have the final word, we called a lexicographer about it.

Best iPhone (2020): Which Model Should You Actually Buy?

JEFFREY VAN CAMP, JULIAN CHOKKATTU

Picking the right iPhone can be tricky, but this breakdown should help you decide if you want an iPhone 11 or an iPhone XR.

Instead of IPOs and acquisitions, exiting to community is one alternative

MEGAN ROSE DICKEY

The tech industry is built on the venture capital model where hockey stick growth and selling to a larger company or going public are markers of success. But the traditional VC model does not leave much room for startups that might not be the next unicorn but still generate revenue — just not the type […]

Marsquakes and ancient magnetic fields: InSight’s first data

JOHN TIMMER

Last year, we activated the first useful seismograph on Mars.

Insurance platform Collective Benefits raises £3.3M to give gig economy workers a safety net

MIKE BUTCHER

The famous phrase “software eats the world” was originally coined to describe how technology gradually replaces the old industrial norms of production. But few realized that when Uber started to ‘eat’ the taxi industry it would also be among the first harbingers of a new wave of what it meant to be ‘employed’. As similar […]

CircleCI-AWS GovCloud partnership aims to bring modern development to U.S. government

RON MILLER

Much like private businesses, the United States government is in the process of moving workloads to the cloud, and facing a similar set of challenges. Today, CircleCI, the continuous delivery developer service, announced a partnership with AWS GovCloud to help federal government entities using AWS's government platform to modernize their applications development workflows. "What this […]

Blockchain security startup CoolBitX raises $16.75 million Series B round

CATHERINE SHU

CoolBitX, a blockchain security startup based in Taiwan, announced today it has raised $16.75 million in Series B funding, led by returning investor SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial group. Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bitsonic, Monex Group, another Japanese financial group, and Taiwan’s National Development Fund also participated. Founded in 2014, CoolBitX makes two products. One is […]

VW to appoint “aggressive” climate activist to scrutinize policies

ERIC BANGEMAN

German group is first big carmaker to create post as it steps up drive to go green and electric.

Amazon opens its first cashierless grocery store

SARAH PEREZ

Amazon today is opening its first grocery store to pilot the use of the retailer's cashierless "Just Walk Out" technology that has previously powered 25 Amazon Go convenience stores in a handful of major U.S. metros. Based in Amazon's hometown of Seattle, the new Amazon Go Grocery store allows customers to shop for everyday grocery […]

Delay seems likely as parachute problems plague European Mars lander

ERIC BERGER

"This plan will be examined by the two agency heads."

For investors, late-stage fintech startups are a lucrative bet

ALEX WILHELM

Between two rounds at $500 million and two exits in the billions of dollars, financial technology and financial services startups, and the capital backing them, have been on fire.