Month: April 2020

Igloo raises $8.2M to bring insurance to more people in Southeast Asia

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Singapore-based Igloo, formerly known as Axinan, has raised $8.2 million as the insurance-tech startup looks to broaden its foothold in half a dozen Southeast Asian markets and Australia. InVent, a corporate venture capital arm of telecommunications firm Intouch Holdings, led Igloo’s extended Series A round, the startup told TechCrunch. Existing investors Openspace Ventures,  a venture capital fund … Continue reading Igloo raises $8.2M to bring insurance to more people in Southeast Asia Continue Reading →

Ford builds a 1,400hp electric Mustang drag racer

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Other Mustang drag racers have gone that fast, but none as quietly. If you want to go from a standstill to very fast as quickly as possible, there’s nothing quite like an electric motor. They’re compact, powerful, efficient, and they can make all their torque almost instantly, so they’re pretty darn good at drag racing. … Continue reading Ford builds a 1,400hp electric Mustang drag racer Continue Reading →

Disney+ is giving us a peek behind the curtain of Mandalorian’s first season

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Eight-episode documentary series includes roundtables and footage of “Baby Yoda.” https://youtu.be/B492eUpIyAc There are still several more months until season two of The Mandalorian hits Disney+ in October (assuming everything stays on schedule), but to tide us over, the Mouse House has released a trailer for Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian. The eight-episode documentary series will explore multiple facets of … Continue reading Disney+ is giving us a peek behind the curtain of Mandalorian’s first season Continue Reading →

Capital One Reports First Quarter 2020 Net Loss of $1.3 billion, or $3.10 per share

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Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) today announced net loss for the first quarter of 2020 of $1.3 billion, or $3.10 per diluted common share, compared with net income of $1.2 billion, or $2.25 per diluted common share in the fourth quarter of 2019, and with net income of $1.4 billion, or $2.86 per diluted common share in the first quarter of 2019. Excluding adjusting … Continue reading Capital One Reports First Quarter 2020 Net Loss of $1.3 billion, or $3.10 per share Continue Reading →

Amazon’s white-collar workers are starting to stand up for their blue-collar colleagues

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In November 2018, more than 20,000 Googlers briefly walked off their jobs to protest the company’s lax treatment of executives who sexually harassed their subordinates. At the time, there was some debate about whether the protest was a singular event that came in response to some particularly outrageous behavior, or … Continue reading Amazon’s white-collar workers are starting to stand up for their blue-collar colleagues Continue Reading →

Brompton Funds Declare Distributions

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Brompton Funds announces distributions payable on May 14, 2020 to class A shareholders of record at the close of business on April 30, 2020 for each of the following funds: Fund Name Ticker Amount Per Share Global Dividend Growth Split Corp. GDV $ 0.10 Brompton Split Banc Corp. SBC $ 0.10 Brompton Funds also announces … Continue reading Brompton Funds Declare Distributions Continue Reading →

Redfin Launches Self-Tour Feature for Vacant Home Listings

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Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage, announced it launched Direct Access, a program that lets prospective buyers self-tour vacant Redfin listings on their own schedule, without an agent. Prospective buyers can now use the Redfin app to unlock doors and tour these homes, potentially generating more foot traffic and more interest for Redfin’s home-selling customers. Launched … Continue reading Redfin Launches Self-Tour Feature for Vacant Home Listings Continue Reading →

Bing disables “trending” feature after wildly inappropriate results

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“These search results were unacceptable,” Microsoft says. Microsoft has shut down a feature in its Bing search engine that shows popular articles from major websites after Ars Technica reported that the feature was showing wildly inappropriate results from the stock photo site Shutterstock. How inappropriate? Well, here are a couple of screenshots I took on … Continue reading Bing disables “trending” feature after wildly inappropriate results Continue Reading →

COVID-19: India’s Harvests also Locked Down

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By Neeta Lal      As a nationwide lockdown has confined a record 1.3 billion Indians to their homes since Mar. 24, one of the hardest hit communities has been that of Indian farmers. Agricultural markets or mandis have few buyers due to the coronavirus lockdown across India. Credit: Neeta Lal/IPS NEW DEHLI, Apr 24 … Continue reading COVID-19: India’s Harvests also Locked Down Continue Reading →

The FCC ratified Wi-Fi 6E this morning

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The 6GHz spectrum is officially open for unlicensed use in the USA. During the Federal Communications Commission’s monthly meeting today, it ratified unlicensed use of the 6GHz radio frequency spectrum in the USA. This decision opens the way for the proposed Wi-Fi 6E standard to move forward. Industry giants Intel and Broadcom began planning for … Continue reading The FCC ratified Wi-Fi 6E this morning Continue Reading →