Month: April 2020

The FCC  has finally gotten around to updating its 15-year-old orbital debris rules, adding new requirements and streamlining the approval process. With hundreds of satellites going up every year into increasingly crowded orbits, these rules are more important than ever. In stating the necessity for mitigating the accumulation of orbital debris, the FCC noted that while some … Continue reading FCC updates orbital debris rules for the first time since 2004 Continue Reading →

Leaked images obtained by TechCrunch reveal that Google  considered and designed a feature that would let people donate money to websites to help support news publishers, bloggers and musicians. But Google scrapped the idea and chose not to build out the product, despite these kinds of businesses and creators often struggling to earn revenue. Google’s design for … Continue reading Google ditched tipping feature for donating money to sites Continue Reading →

Tesla  has added Hiromichi Mizuno as a new member to its board of directors and audit committee — the former chief investment officer of Japan’s $1.5 trillion pension fund and a longtime opponent of common market practices like short selling. With Mizuno’s appointment the Tesla board now has 10 members, including Oracle founder, chairman and CTO Larry Ellison … Continue reading Tesla’s newest board member has a long stance against short selling Continue Reading →

On Thursday, the House passed the newest federal stimulus package aimed at providing financial relief for businesses and institutions hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. The bill lingered in the Senate for two weeks of debates, with Republicans seeking to pass a less comprehensive version of the legislation and Democrats working to weave other funding into the … Continue reading House passes COVID-19 relief package to replenish PPP loan funding Continue Reading →

Gogoro, the Taiwanese company known for its electric scooters, announced a new ebike brand that will go on sale in the United States first. Details about the ebike, called Eeyo, haven’t been released yet, but it is noteworthy because it marks Gogoro’s  first product launch in the U.S. Eeyo be available for purchase in the U.S. in … Continue reading Gogoro’s new e-bike brand Eeyo will launch in the U.S. first Continue Reading →

Trying to raise money for a startup is never a walk in the park. Still, there are good times, there are bad times, and there is right now, a moment of uncertainty unlike anything that most of us have experienced in our lifetimes. Even if a startup breezed through a fundraise before the world was … Continue reading How deal terms are changing right now Continue Reading →