You Can Count on Pi
On Pi Day we answer the burning question: Is there any world in which pi does not go on forever?.....»»
Venture capital investment in Africa predicted to reach a record high this year
Investments in African startups keep growing at a healthy pace ever since reports started keeping count in 2015. That year, publications Disrupt Africa and Partech released independently researched and contrasting figures showing that venture capital.....»»
Canada"s Foundation Automotive acquires Colo. Hyundai store from AutoNation
Foundation Automotive is planning to nearly double its store count this year with 16 to 18 acquisitions in the U.S......»»
Computer Coding Could Count For Foreign Language Credit Under Bill
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Mercury News: Instead of learning a foreign language, Michigan students could take computer coding classes to replace the high school graduation requirement, under a bill that passed the state House Tuesda.....»»
E-Bikes Can Provide a Good Workout
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Does riding an electric bike to work count as exercise, and not just a mode of transportation? It can, if you ride right, according to a pragmatic new study comparing the physiological effe.....»»
Arrival’s Denis Sverdlov on the new era of car manufacturing
"I would also count myself as a serial entrepreneur because I've been doing this for more than 20 years." Electric vehicle company Arrival wants to break the current auto manufacturing model. Instead of one giant factory and an assembly lin.....»»
COVID-19 vaccination: Thrombosis can be prevented by prompt treatment, researchers report
A rare syndrome has been observed in people following vaccination against COVID-19. This involves thrombosis at unusual sites in the body, associated with a low thrombocyte count and a clotting disorder. In medical jargon, this syndrome is referred t.....»»
Jumia’s Q1 earnings report continues to show falling losses, slow growth
African e-commerce giant Jumia today shared its earnings for the first quarter of 2021 that ended in March. While its customer count grew, a drop in the company’s revenues spoke to the fact that it is still reeling from the effects of the COVID.....»»
"I will look for a diversity of approaches that promote novel ideas," says Dezeen Awards 2021 judge Maxwell Mutanda
As we count down the days to enter Dezeen Awards 2021, creative director Maxwell Mutanda says he is looking forward to seeing submissions from all over the world. Read more As we count down the days to enter Dezeen Awards 2021, creative dire.....»»
Google Photos free unlimited storage is ending soon
Starting June 1, any new photos and videos uploaded to Google’s sharing and storage service will count against the free 15GB of capacity that comes with every Google account (or the additional storage you might have purchased as a Google One member.....»»
Lithia plans buying spree to become $50 billion retailer by 2025
An ambitious five-year plan to quadruple revenue and double its store count would make Lithia the largest new-vehicle retailer in the U.S. And its journey is far from over......»»
Cerebras’ New Monster AI Chip Adds 1.4 Trillion Transistors
Shift to 7-nanometer process boosts the second-generation chip’s transistor count to a mind boggling 2.6-trillion Almost from the moment Cerebras Systems announced a computer based on the largest single computer chip ever built, the .....»»
Hide or show the Likes? Instagram and Facebook are giving some users the choice
Instagram has been experimenting with hiding the Like count since 2019. It’s long been known that the pressure some people feel to get huge numbers of Likes can lead to mental health issues, especially in those teens who equate social media popular.....»»
Forest elephants are now critically endangered—here"s how to count them
A team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and working closely with experts from the Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux du Gabon (ANPN) compared methodologies to count African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), which we.....»»
Coinbase sets direct listing reference price at $250/share, valuing the company at as much as $65B
Coinbase, the American cryptocurrency trading giant, has set a reference price for its direct listing at $250 per share. According to the company’s most recent SEC filing, it has a fully diluted share count of 261.3 million, giving the company.....»»
Lithia completes deal for Michigan"s Suburban Collection
The acquisition gives the Oregon company a national store count of 246. Lithia acquired 34 dealerships and annualized revenue of about $2.4 billion......»»
Lithia completes acquisition of Michigan"s Suburban Collection
The Suburban deal gives the Medford, Ore., company a national store count of 246. Lithia acquired 34 dealerships and annualized revenue of about $2.4 billion......»»
New International Space Station crew docks safely as things get crowded
The International Space Station is looking a little crowded this week, with a NASA astronaut two Russian cosmonauts safety arriving at the orbiting science platform and bringing its current occupant count to 10. The three new residents – NASA&#.....»»
How many podcast shows are there? It depends what you count…
If you ask Apple how many podcast shows there are out there, the official answer is “more than 2 million.” You’d find the same answer at Podcast Index, which actually puts it at closer to 2.5M shows. But a media company specializin.....»»
RWDSU head says rerun election ‘very likely’ following Amazon union vote loss
However the outcome of today’s vote count turned out, there was one thing we knew for certain: it wasn’t going to mark the end of the battle between Amazon and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. With voting having broken overwhelmi.....»»
French winemakers count cost of "worst frost in decades"
Desperate French farmers counted the cost Friday of several nights of frost this week which threaten to decimate grape harvests in some of the country's best-known and prestigious wine-producing regions......»»