Barry Silbert, founder and chief executive officer of Digital Currency Group Inc., speaks during the Skybridge Alternatives (SALT) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Digital Currency Group, the crypto firm founded by Barry Silbert, and the former executive of a defunct unit are paying […]
To deal with more launches, FCC adds spectrum. The Federal Communications Commission has formally allocated additional spectrum for launch applications, fulfilling a provision in a bill passed earlier this year, Space News reports. The FCC published December 31 a report and order that allocated spectrum between 2360 and 2395 megahertz for use in communications to […]
WASHINGTON — A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said Friday. Biden administration officials said this month that at […]
(Bloomberg) — The NFL entered a new era on Wednesday by allowing the first investments by private equity firms in teams. Most Read from Bloomberg League owners voted to approve the sales of two 10% stakes, the maximum allowed to be acquired by institutional investors under new ownership rules set earlier this year. The Miami […]
The intake form “was included in an email thread between a Fog representative and Bryan Kimbell, chief human trafficking investigator at the Office of the Attorney General in Georgia,” according to 404 Media. Services like Fog Data Science have triggered concerns about how police might use location tracking to prosecute abortions. “For several thousand dollars […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Principles ingrained via military service may influence corporate governance, especially when it comes to executive accountability. Research published in Strategic Management Journal found that when outside directors with military backgrounds are on a company’s board of directors, it increases the likelihood of CEO dismissal under low-performance conditions. Military science research shows […]
Armando Iannucci has launched production firm Touchscreen with BBC Studios. The partners unveiled a U.K. development partnership on Monday. “The agreement will see BBC Studios and Touchscreen, founded by Armando Iannucci, work together to develop and co-produce innovative, daring and world-class scripted programming for the U.K. and international markets, distributed by BBC Studios,” they said […]
German media giant Bertelsmann has struck a deal with AI firm ElevenLabs to use its platforms and tools to help drive innovation and improve production processes across a range of Bertelsmann’s businesses. The goal is for the companies to work together to find ways for London-based ElevenLabs tools to help Bertelsmann create new products as […]
(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick is in talks to deepen his financial ties with the company operating the world’s largest stablecoin, Tether, by launching a $2 billion project to lend dollars to clients against bitcoin, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. Lutnick’s financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald is discussing […]
I’ve slept on dozens of different mattresses over the past two years while testing beds for our guide to the best mattresses you can buy online, but nothing quite like the Airwave Advanced. I first heard about this unique, plastic-filled mattress here on WIRED.com—the internet’s go-to source for all mattress-related content—where one of our libero […]
