Industry

Due to the pandemic and the general slowdown in technology, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) sector is experiencing budgetary restrictions and staff reductions. In order to keep cash on hand and grow more productively, businesses have tightened their SaaS budgets. Vartana was established as a result by Kush Kella and Ahmed Sharif …

You’ve come to the right place if, like us, you were captivated by the new Amazon Prime series The Rig but left with more questions than answers about how offshore oil drilling actually operates. Here, we break down what happens on an offshore oil rig. No infectious spookiness here. Deep-sea …

There are simply not enough chargers for everyone’s electronic needs. Simply put, chargers work like magic to keep us and our electronics powered up all day. Yes, we dislike having to share our beloved chargers with multiple devices and the tangled cables, but how does one choose which device to …

The DISH-owned streaming service Sling TV ended Q4 2022 with a loss of 77,000 subscribers, marking a significant decline in subscribers for the entire year. Sling TV now has a total of 2.33 million subscribers, down from 2.41 million in the previous quarter, as revealed in an SEC filing on …

Sam Altman, the former CEO of Y Combinator and, as of 2019, the co-founder and co-CEO of OpenAI, the company he famously co-founded with Elon Musk and numerous others in 2015 to develop artificial intelligence for the “benefit of humanity,” spent an hour with this editor late last week in …

What will become of the 15,000 vibrant electric scooters that are currently littering Paris’ streets? Their future may take a dramatic turn on March 23 as the French capital decides whether or not to renew licenses for the three scooter businesses that are currently doing business there. The three businesses …

A new company called World View is entering the public markets with stratospheric balloons for Earth observation and tourism. The firm, which aims to create what it refers to as “the stratosphere economy,” announced on Friday that it would merge with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Leo Holdings Corp. II …

John Deere is, in a word, preeminent here in the United States. The American Economic Liberties Project, a nonprofit antitrust organization, reports that the firm has control over 60% of farm combines and 53% of the country’s large tractor market. Although it isn’t the only game in town, it might …

A complaint filed by WhatsApp disputing the alleged widespread phone hacking by Israeli spyware maker NSO Group was not dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2019, Meta-owned WhatsApp launched a lawsuit against NSO Group, alleging that the spyware manufacturer used a flaw in audio calling to covertly install its …

Following trials last year in Germany, European telcos are moving forward with a plan to establish a joint venture to provide opt-in “personalized” ad targeting of regional mobile network consumers. However, it is yet unclear whether European Union officials will approve of their proposal. Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, France’s Orange, Spain’s …